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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
January 11, 2016 |
LAPD chief recommends criminal charges for officer in fatal shooting of homeless man in Venice
Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck has recommended criminal charges against an officer who killed an unarmed homeless man in Venice, marking the first time as chief that Beck has called for charges in a fatal on-duty shooting. LAPD investigators concluded that Brendon Glenn was on his stomach, attempting to push himself off the ground, when Officer Clifford Proctor stepped back and fired twice, hitting the 29-year-old in the back, Beck told The Times.
Los Angeles Times
Head of LA's police commission on reform: 'You have to change hearts and minds'
From Chicago to South Carolina, New York to Cleveland, police shootings and questions of how and when officers use force are drawing increased scrutiny. Here in L.A., it's a topic that we've been taking a close look at, as well. KPCC's investigation, Officer Involved, found that over a five-year period, from 2010 to 2014, at least 375 people were shot by on-duty officers from multiple agencies in Los Angeles County. To date, no officer has been prosecuted for the shootings.
89.3 KPPC
Retired judge pleads no contest to firearm charge in West L.A. standoff
A retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge pleaded no contest today to a single count of assault with a firearm for firing a shot at police officers during a standoff at his West Los Angeles home and was sentenced to 500 hours of community service and five years of formal probation. The case against James Bascue, 75, was being handled in Orange County because all of the judges in Los Angeles County had to recuse themselves. Bascue left the Los Angeles Superior Court bench about eight years ago.
Los Angeles Daily News
Bass Drum Stolen From Police Bagpipes Band
Police were asking for the public's help in tracking down a bass drum that was stolen from the Los Angeles police's bagpipes and drums band, hours before they were scheduled to perform at a ceremony for officers killed in the line of duty. About 2 a.m. Friday, the drum, along with other property, was stolen in the 3700 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard from a car belonging to a member of the Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums, the LAPD said.
NBC 4
Man Serving Restraining Order Stabbed
A man serving a restraining order in the Lincoln Heights area was stabbed early Friday morning, police said. The assault was reported around 12:45 a.m. in front of a tow yard in the 1700 block of Albion Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The victim suffered injuries that were not life threatening and was treated at the scene, police said.
NBC 4
California's laws test whether sexual predators can ever be rehabilitated
At the foot of a fence around a small house in the desert, a protester cleared her throat. She wanted to scream loud enough for the man inside to hear. “Raaaaaapist!” she shouted. “Go away, rapist!” “No one in this world loves you,” her friend yelled. “You are a sexually violent predator!”
Los Angeles Times
Can tech really disrupt gun violence?
With a gridlocked Congress unlikely to advance any sort of firearm control measures, President Obama is again touting technology as a bipartisan way to make guns less deadly.
But gun violence has so far proved difficult to disrupt. Obama tried to cheerlead innovation during his emotional White House speech last week outlining his executive orders on gun control. “If we can set it up so you can't unlock your phone unless you've got the right fingerprint,” Obama said in calling for high-tech help, “why can't we do the same thing for our guns?”
San Francisco Chronicle
Philadelphia cop shooting suspect charged; FBI probes trips
The FBI is investigating why a male suspect who police say confessed to wounding a Philadelphia officer "in the name of Islam" took trips to Saudi Arabia and Egypt in the past five years. Police said Edward Archer, 30, fired 13 rounds from a stolen police firearm at Officer Jessie Hartnett while the cop was sitting in his patrol car late Thursday. The 33-year-old officer, who was in serious condition with gunshot wounds to his arm, returned fire, hitting Archer.
USA Today
Mexico starts proceedings to extradite El Chapo to U.S.
Mexican officials on Sunday formally launched the process to extradite drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, starting what could be a lengthy road full of legal appeals and maneuvering. Agents notified Guzman at the maximum-security Altiplano prison where he is being held following his dramatic recapture by Mexican security forces on Friday -- six months after he escaped through a tunnel out of the same lockup, embarrassing the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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L.A. Councilman Felipe Fuentes says he won't run for reelection
The 15 politicians who sit on the Los Angeles City Council have plenty of reasons to stay put. They receive a yearly salary of $189,041, up from $184,610 in 2014. They're offered a city vehicle when they take office, and more for their staff. If they last in their post for a decade — 12 years is the maximum under term limits — they also can receive a healthy city pension.
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Homeless could be helped by new LA city tax or bond
Los Angeles can't significantly help its growing homeless population without taxing residents, borrowing money or other revenue streams, a new City Hall report suggests. The analysis, requested by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city leaders, states at least $1.85 billion is needed to build housing to shelter the city's homeless population, estimated to be at least 25,000 people.
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