Law Enforcement

LAPD Union Calls For Nationwide Police Boycott Of Tarantino Films
Craig Lally, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, joins Fox to discuss the boycotting of the Tarantino films.
Fox News

‘Western Bandit' suspect arrested in two slayings, string of shootings and robberies, LAPD says
For years, the man detectives dubbed the "Western Bandit" eluded police. He struck at night or early in the morning, approaching his victims on foot or by bicycle as they stood near cars. Without warning, he opened fire, then fled with anything he could find: cash, wallets, cellphones. Two victims were killed. Six others were wounded. The LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division took over the investigation about a year ago and combed through piles of evidence, looking for a break in the case.
Los Angeles Times

No break in hunt for killer of two young women found by dog-walker
The killer of two young women who were found in a Montecito Heights park by a woman walking her dog remained at large Monday, while efforts continued to raise money to support the families of the victims. The bodies were found about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday near Mercury and Boundary avenues along a walking path through Ernest E. Debs Regional Park. Coroner's officials identified one of the victims as 19-year-old Gabriela Calzada. Friends identified the second victim as 17-year-old Briana Gallegos, a Pico Rivera resident and student at Sonia Sotomayor Learning Academies in Glassell Park. Their deaths have been classified as homicides.
mynewsLA.com

Missing woman last seen in Pacoima
A 54-year-old woman last seen in Pacoima was being sought by police Monday. Sandra Brandon, who is in need of medication, was last seen about 10 p.m. Friday at her home in the 12900 block of Montague Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles Daily News

Two Men Arrested in Shooting of Brother of Dodgers Pitcher Josh Ravin
Two people were arrested in connection with an attack on Joel Ravin, the older brother of Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Ravin, who was shot five times outside his West Hills home, police announced Monday.
KTLA 5

LAPD Is No. 1 in High-Speed-Chase Bystander Deaths
Long before America was enthralled by the slow-speed chase of O.J. Simpson across Los Angeles County in 1994, high-speed chases had already become a staple of network television—worth featuring on newscasts and breaking into regular programming. Los Angeles is a perennial leader in high-speed chases; experience which one would hope translates into safer pursuits for all involved. That is not the case. The Los Angeles Times crunched numbers from 2006 to 2014 and found that innocent bystanders were injured twice as often in LAPD pursuits than the state average.
AllGov

City Government

L.A. City Council to weigh proposals to slash parking fines
With more than $440 million in cash stashed away for a rainy day, Los Angeles City Hall's finances are looking rosier than they have in years.Those numbers, made public last week, have encouraged a group that is urging elected officials to reexamine how parking tickets are issued. Until recently, their proposal to slash fines seemed a tough sell because parking ticket income helped maintain basic city services during the worst of the economic downturn.
Los Angeles Times