Law Enforcement

LAPD to compile 'much more comprehensive' review of force, chief says
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday that his department will put together a "much more comprehensive" review this year than ever before of incidents in which his officers used force. Beck told the Police Commission that his agency's end-of-year report would look at whom police used force against, including a demographic breakdown that could be compared with the demographics of people involved in 911 calls and arrests. The report will also look at where in the city force was used compared with where 911 calls were made and where violent crime was reported.
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LAPD rookie investigated by Culver City police 'no longer one of my officers,' chief says
Culver City police detectives are expected to present prosecutors with their investigation of a now-former LAPD officer whose gun was found in the hallway of an apartment complex, a department spokesman said Tuesday. Culver City police Lt. Sam Agaiby declined to discuss the details of the case but said detectives expected to hand it over to the district attorney's office "in a few days." Prosecutors will then decide whether to charge the former officer with any crimes.
Los Angeles Times

Woman Who 'Brightened Up Any Room' Was Shot in Head: Coroner
Gabriela Calzada "brightened up any room," wrote Teena Padilla on a GoFundMe page raising money for her funeral expenses. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said on Tuesday that in addition to being shot in the head, she had suffered from serious wounds. Calzada's body was found with her friend Wednesday on a path at Ernest E. Debs Regional Park in Montecito Heights, a few miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. A woman out for a walk with her dog found them, LAPD Officer Matthew Ludwig said.
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Search For Burglary Suspects In Topanga Canyon
Authorities from the Los Angeles Police Department are searching for two suspects responsible for burglarizing multiple offices in the Topanga Canyon. The suspects have been captured on surveillance video. According to the LAPD blog, on October 19, a series of burglaries occurred in the Topanga area on the 6300 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. The building which houses doctors and dentists was broken into by the suspects who were seen prying the doors of several offices open with a screwdriver and entering the businesses after office hours.
Canyon News

New York Police Union: Damage From Tarantino's ‘Hateful Comments' Has ‘Already Been Done'
New York City's police union responded swiftly Tuesday to what it called Quentin Tarantino's “latest outburst,” in which the director doubled down on comments he made at an anti-police rally in the city last month. “The damage from Quentin Tarantino's hateful comments about police officers has already been done,” Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
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City Government

10 percent pay hike for Los Angeles County workers approved
Los Angeles County supervisors today unanimously approved a 10 percent pay raise for firefighters, deputy sheriffs, criminalists, correction officers, coroner investigators, probation officers, supervising child support officers and deputy district attorneys. The raise will be spread out over three years, according to labor pacts the county reached with unions representing those workers.
Los Angeles Daily News

L.A. County's new child welfare champion
The chief task of Michael Nash, assuming he is confirmed Tuesday as the first permanent leader of the Los Angeles County Office of Child Protection, will be to coordinate the work of several dozen departments and agencies to ensure they are working cooperatively in the interest of child welfare. That's a prosaic and somewhat obvious statement, but it's worth making because so many critics have insisted over the years that the county's troubled child welfare operation could be fixed only by switching ideologies, procedures, leaders, training, union rules or social workers.
Los Angeles Times