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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
January 14, 2016 |
L.A. crime hits highest level since 2009 amid more gang violence and homelessness
Los Angeles officials on Wednesday attributed last year's crime jump to increased gang activity and homelessness, among other things. With every crime category increasing last year in the city, total crime stood at its highest point since 2009, according to data released by Los Angeles Police Department. Violent crime was up 20.2% last year compared with 2014, and property crime rose 10.7% during the same span, LAPD figures show.
Los Angeles Times
Gangs Blamed For Rise In Violent Crime Throughout Los Angeles
Crime is up across the board in the nation's second-largest city. Statistics released Wednesday by the Los Angeles Police Department show that homicides and rapes are each up 9 percent and that robberies are up 13 percent. Violent crime overall increased by 20 percent. In Hyde Park, crime scene tape cordoned off Florence Avenue where three people were shot.
CBS 2
Three Injured in South LA Shooting: LAPD
A drive-by shooting in South Los Angeles left three people wounded, including one person in critical condition Wednesday evening, police said. The shooting was reported around 5:22 p.m. in the 7100 block of 10th Avenue in the Hyde Park area, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
NBC 4
Help needed in finding Fairfax District burglars
Police Wednesday sought the public's help in identifying two burglars who broke into a Fairfax District restaurant and stole about $1,200 in personal checks and cash from a register. The theft took place about 1 a.m. on Dec. 20 in the 7600 block of Beverly Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The culprits, two men who appear to be 30 to 45 years old, pried open the rear door of the business, made their way into the restaurant's dining room and then forced open a register, police said.
MyNewsLA.com
Why Chief Beck failed us
Impartial. Unbiased. Fair. Chief Charlie Beck clearly forgot the meaning of those words. Those words should guide every investigation conducted by a law enforcement agency or a District Attorney's Office. Whether it's an investigation of an officer-involved shooting or an investigation of a resident who is accused of committing a crime, all parties, including the community we serve, deserve an impartial, unbiased and fair review of all the facts and evidence. Period. On Monday, Chief Beck chose to put politics above fairness by shouting from the rooftops to every media outlet in the nation that the District Attorney should file criminal charges against LAPD Officer Clifford Proctor.
Los Angeles Police Protective League
City will pay LAPD officer nearly $1 million to end lawsuit over ticket quotas
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday agreed to pay nearly $1 million to a former Westside motorcycle officer who said the Police Department retaliated against him for not participating in an illegal traffic ticket quota system. The payment, recommended by the Los Angeles city attorney's office, was approved unanimously by the City Council, with Councilman Bob Blumenfield absent. The $950,000 agreement resolves a 2014 lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Dan Gregg, a former officer with the Los Angeles Police Department's West Traffic Division.
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles doubles its reward for information leading to graffiti arrests
Looking to intensify the city's fight against blight, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday doubled the reward offered to people who provide information leading to the arrest of a tagger or graffiti vandal. On a 14-0 vote, the council boosted the reward to $2,000, up from $1,000. Councilman Paul Krekorian, who pushed for the change, said the existence of a reward lets the public know that they should report graffiti -- either after it's on a wall or while it's being painted.
Los Angeles Times
FBI Probes Shooting of Philadelphia Police Officer as Suspected Terrorism
The FBI says it's investigating the ambush shooting of a Philadelphia policeman as a terrorist attack. FBI Director James Comey (KOH'-mee) spoke briefly about the investigation Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Police say Yeadon resident Edward Archer told them he was acting in the name of Islam when he opened fire on Officer Jesse Hartnett's marked cruiser on Jan. 7 at a Philadelphia intersection. The officer was wounded.
ABC News
Landlords and Tenants to Share Earthquake Retrofit Costs Under Deal Approved by LA City Council
Renters and apartment owners must equally share the financial burden of earthquake retrofitting, the Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday, capping a more than year-long debate that allows the city to begin implementing the most sweeping mandatory seismic laws in the nation. After many housing studies and heated meetings with landlord and tenant groups, city staff proposed a compromise that the City Council unanimously voted to move forward: Owners can pass half the retrofit costs to tenants through rent increases over a 10-year period, with a maximum increase of $38 per month.
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Public weighs in on county's plan to reduce homelessness
The county held its first public meeting Wednesday on its draft plan to combat homelessness, giving the public and advocates their first chance to weigh in on the wide-ranging proposal. The county unveiled the draft plan last week, the same day the city released its plan. The two entities worked in collaboration on their individual documents. The public may submit comments on the county's proposal through Jan. 21 at priorities.lacounty.gov/homeless. The county Board of Supervisors will hear a presentation on the plan next month.
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