Law Enforcement

Mystery Murders Put LAPD and Community On High Alert
Gabriela Calzada, 19, and Briana Nicole Gallegos, 17, were discovered when a woman walking her dog in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park came across the young women's bodies on Wednesday. Both bodies showed signs of blunt force trauma according to KTLA, which also reported that friends of Gallegos identified the teen on social media.
Breitbart

Driver Arrested for Cocaine Possession After Crash Injures 10 People in Downtown L.A.: LAPD
Ten people were injured, three of whom were hospitalized, and the driver of a U-Haul was arrested for allegedly having cocaine in his possession after police say he drove the wrong way and crashed into pedestrians and vehicles in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning. The driver, Michael Maurice Wilson, 40, was arrested for cocaine possession and driving under the influence, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer William Brown with the Central Traffic division. It was not immediately known if Wilson had drugs in his system.
KTLA 5

LAPD Detectives Probe Fatal Shooting In Mar Vista
Detectives with the LAPD's Pacific area are investigating a fatal shooting of a man Saturday morning. Officers were called to the 6400 block of Purdue Avenue about 10:47 a.m. When officers arrived they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced the victim dead at scene.
CBS Los Angeles

Quentin Tarantino's Father Joins Police Unions in Condemning Director
An unlikely ally has joined the NYPD and LAPD police officers unions in condemning Quentin Tarantino for his stance on police brutality: The director's own father. In a statement given to the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association – the NYPD rank-and-file officers union – Tony Tarantino wrote, "I love my son and have great respect for him as an artist but he is dead wrong in calling police officers, particularly in New York City where I grew up, murderers."
Rolling Stone

City Government

Los Angeles Becomes Largest West Coast City to Require Safe Storage/Trigger Locks for Handguns at Home
Late last month, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved (14-0) a law, written and championed by Councilmember Paul Krekorian, that will require all handgun owners in Los Angeles to store their handguns in a locked container or disable them with a trigger lock when kept at home. The only time a handgun need not be stored or locked is when it is carried on the body of or within the close proximity and control of the owner or another lawfully authorized person.
Van Nuys News Press

LA County workers poised to get 10 percent raise, additional vacation and new paid holiday
In what one union is calling a “breakthrough contract,” Los Angeles County workers are poised to receive a 10 percent pay raise, an extra week of vacation and a new paid holiday if a tentative labor pact is approved. However, county passage is not assured. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to vote at its regular meeting Tuesday on pay raises for county firefighters, deputy sheriffs, criminalists, custody assistants, coroner investigators, peace officers and other groups. The agreements, which have already been ratified by those unions, include a 3 percent raise in both fiscal 2015-16 and fiscal 2016-17 and a 4 percent increase in fiscal 2017-18.
Los Angeles Daily News