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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
December 31, 2015 |
Crime in Los Angeles rose in all categories in 2015, LAPD says
For the first time in more than a decade, all categories of crime rose across Los Angeles in 2015 as police struggled to get control of the problem, according to LAPD data. Violent crime in L.A. climbed 19.9% and property crime increased 10.3% through Dec. 26 compared with the same period last year, according to the police data. It marked the second year in a row that violent crime rose, but the first time since 2003 that both violent and property crime rose.
Los Angeles Times
Police fatally shoot murder suspect barricaded in Rosemead
A suspect wanted for killing a man in Hollywood Hills was shot and killed by Los Angeles police Tuesday night during a standoff that lasted about six hours in a Rosemead neighborhood. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner - Coroner Investigator has not released the name of the dead man because his next of kin has not been notified, according to spokesman Ed Winter. He described the man as Asian and in his 30s.
Los Angeles Daily News
Security Will Be Tightest In History At Rose Parade And Rose Bowl
Security will be extra tight at New Year's celebration events in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC on Thursday. In fact, security will be the tightest in history at the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl. There are no known threats, according to authorities. But the Department of Homeland Security is asking those cities to be on heightened alert.
CBS 9
Terror threat won't affect beefed up patrols
Los Angeles police are aware of an uncorroborated, non-specific terrorism threat against Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C., but it won't affect already beefed-up New Year's Eve patrols, a department spokesman said today. President Barack Obama has been briefed about the uncorroborated threat, which came from a single source overseas and warned of possible attacks between the Christmas and New Year holidays, according to CNN. “We are aware of it, Major Crimes (Division) is aware of it, but it's nothing specific,'' said Officer Ricardo Hernandez of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
KFI AM 640
In LA, Renewed Focus On Training Police On When To Shoot, And When Not To
Across the country, activists are demanding that police stop shooting unarmed people — particularly young black men. In Los Angeles County, an investigation by NPR member station KPCC in Pasadena found that one-quarter of the more than 375 people shot by police over a five-year period were unarmed. Black people were fatally shot at three times their proportion of the population. Using deadly force is the toughest decision a cop will make. And as angry protests have swelled over police shootings, some departments like Los Angeles' are providing new de-escalation training. They're encouraging officers to take cover and create distance, when they can, to give them more time to better assess what's going on.
KQED
Police warn that celebratory New Year's Eve gunfire is illegal
Clanging pots and pans, smooching a loved one or popping open some good old apple cider are common ways to celebrate when the ball drops at midnight on New Year's Eve. However, some people ring in the new year by firing guns into the air, and this year police say they will not tolerate it. LAPD Commander Robert Arcos and L.A. County Sheriff's Department Chief Anthony La Berge held a news conference Wednesday to launch a Gunfire Reduction Campaign in an effort to reduce the number of bullets fired into the air to celebrate New Year's.
89.3 KPPC
The Numbers Are In: Black Lives Matter Is Wrong About Police Statistics
In response to the allegations of Black Lives Matter activists, the Washington Post launched an unprecedented, case-by-case study of police shootings. After a year of research, the data are in, and they confirm the conservative position: The police use force mainly to protect human life, the use of force against unarmed suspects is rare, and the use of force against black Americans is largely proportional to their share of the violent crime rate. According the Post, as of December 24, American police had fatally shot 965 people in 2015. (The Guardian, in the midst of its own study, reports a slightly higher number of shootings). 564 of those killed were armed with a gun, 281 were armed with another weapon, and 90 were unarmed. In fully three-quarters of shootings, “police were under attack or defending someone who was.”
Fox News
Moratorium sought on expansion of L.A. boundaries for developments near Porter Ranch
The director of a commission that oversees Los Angeles city annexations said the agency plans to consider a moratorium on any expansion of boundaries for new housing developments around Porter Ranch. The county Local Agency Formation Commission, which rules on annexations, will consider the moratorium at its Jan. 13 meeting, said the panel's executive director, Paul Novak. But Novak said it is not yet clear whether the commission has authority to halt annexations preemptively, as a moratorium would do.
Los Angeles Times
Minimum Wage Hike To Affect Santa Clarita Businesses In 2016
California's minimum wage will increase statewide to $10 per hour on Friday, and L.A. County will raise its minimum wage to $15, starting at $10 and then increasing over the next five years. Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation on Sept. 25, 2013, raising California's minimum wage to $9 per hour on July 1, 2014, with a final adjustment to $10 per hour on January 1, 2016. Mayor Eric Garcetti, in early June, signed into law a bill raising the minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 over the next five years for L.A. county. The move was expected after city council had passed the legislation by a near unanimous vote.
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‘NCIS' Actress Pauley Perrette, Mayor Garcetti To Advocate For Protection Of Homeless In Hollywood
NCIS” star Pauley Perrette and Mayor Eric Garcetti plan to meet next week to advocate for further protection of the homeless population living in Hollywood. According to Perrette, the crime rate in Hollywood that has been committed by homeless people has increased by 80 percent in the last five years. The actress says we need to provide facilities for the homeless in order to provide safety and make a difference in the community.
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