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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
February 17, 2016 |
City Council members grill LAPD brass on crime spike, police response
The Los Angeles Police Department must grow the ranks of its 10,000-officer force by 2,500 officers in the coming years to most effectively protect the city and keep crime down, Chief Charlie Beck told City Council members Tuesday. Union officials outlined their own plan to put more officers on patrol, which included hiring of more civilian workers. Officials with the union representing rank-and-file officers told City Council members that the LAPD needed effective short-term solutions to fighting crime. Hoping for more officers, they said, wasn't enough. “We all agree that we need more officers, but we can't wait,” said Sgt. Jerretta Sandoz, the union's vice president. “Crime is up now.”
Los Angeles Times
Man Sought After Dragging, Attempting To Sexually Assault Elderly Woman In Northridge
Police are looking for a suspect accused of dragging an elderly woman from her home and nearly sexually assaulting her in Northridge. Los Angeles police released a composite sketch of the male attacker that struck at about 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 and eventually left the scene. Investigators would not reveal the street where the attack occurred. The suspect was described as a black man between 30 and 40 years old. He is believed to be about 5 feet 8 inches tall, and weighs about 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black shirt, black pants and black shoes.
ABC 7
LAPD Kicks Off "Walk a Cop to School" Program
Hoping to inspire elementary school students to be safe when they walk to and from school, LAPD officers started Tuesday morning by walking with some kids from home to their Watts school. Taking part in what has been dubbed the "Walk a Cop to School" program, officers from LAPD's Southeast division went door-to-door to pick up children and walk them to 107th Street Elementary School. While walking with their unusual companions, the kids learned traffic safety, such as not walking against a red light, avoiding walking across the street without paying attention and walking while listening through headphones.
NBC 4
Knife-wielding man shot dead by LAPD in Van Nuys was suspected in stabbing, police say
A man shot and killed by Los Angeles police Sunday afternoon in Van Nuys was suspected of stabbing someone and was armed with a knife when confronted by officers, police said Tuesday. Rammy Jaradat, who would have turned 27 this week, died at a hospital, Los Angeles County coroner's officials said. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told police commissioners Tuesday that the shooting happened after officers responded to reports of a "screaming woman who had been attacked by a man with a knife."
Los Angeles Times
Authorities Cracking Down on Butane to Thwart Drug Trade
Driving through the streets of The Toy district in downtown Los Angeles, LAPD Detective Keith Honore points out the blocks of former toy shops, which are now occupied by smoke shops. "They're popping up everywhere," he said. "It's just like going to the store and purchasing a candy bar." LAPD narcotics detectives are focused on the legal product, fueling an illegal drugmaking empire. "We've seen people pick up 10-15 cases. That's a lot of fuel." Butane is used to convert marijuana to an even stronger form — known as honey oil — or BHO. For the last year, NBC4 has been tracking the rapid rise.
NBC 4
LAPD seeks public's help to find drivers in San Fernando Valley wrecks
Authorities on Monday sought the public's help in identifying two drivers involved in two wrecks — one which killed a 73-year-old Asian woman in Reseda. The accident happened about 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, when a dark-colored four-door sedan, possibly a Toyota, was traveling north on Hazeltine Avenue at the intersection of Valerio Street when it hit the woman -- yet to be identified -- who was crossing the street. The vehicle continued traveling northbound without stopping so the driver could render aid and identify him or herself, as required by law, the department said in a statement.
Los Angeles Daily News
Former CSUN student killed in hit-and-run in Boyle Heights
The family of a 24-year-old Cal State Northridge student killed by a hit-and-run driver is raising money to return his body to his home state of Indiana so he can be buried next to his father, who died just 11 days earlier. The “True Cowan Memorial Fund” had raised more than $4,300 through Tuesday, with a goal set for $10,000. “He was a vibrant young man who served in the National Guard,” a relative, Marcy Cowan, wrote on a gofundme.com site. Although the relative said Cowan was finishing his degree at Cal State Dominguez Hills, he actually did not attend the Carson campus. Records showed he attended Cal State Northridge in 2013-14, but did not graduate, a campus spokeswoman said.
Los Angeles Daily News
Prominent LA County Judge Killed While Crossing Street In Pico-Robertson Area
Friends and family were mourning the loss Tuesday night of man who served as a judge in Los Angeles County. Daniel L. Brenner was struck and killed while crossing the street in the Pico-Robertson area. The crash involving a Honda Civic happened on Beverwil Drive Monday, police said. Officers said the driver stopped. Brenner was appointed to the bench by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2012. He was also a respected law professor at the University of Southern California and had served on the adjunct faculties of other notable institutions, according to a biography posted to USC's website.
CBS 2
Recordings reveal the lies former LA sheriff told prosecutor
Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca told three lies to federal authorities who were investigating corruption at the jails he ran, according to a newspaper report. The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that recorded interviews reveal Baca denied knowing about efforts to stifle the probe into abuse at the jails by hiding an inmate who was working as an FBI informant, or that two of his deputies intimidated an FBI agent at her home. "I wasn't aware of any of the ... particulars," he said. Baca, who headed the nation's largest sheriff's departments for more than 15 years, had largely been out of sight since leaving office in January 2014. He consistently dodged questions about any connection to the corruption even as former underlings pleaded guilty or were convicted.
Associated Press
Apple To Fight Order To Help FBI Unlock Shooter's iPhone
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will fight a federal magistrate's order to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino, California shooters. The company said that could potentially undermine encryption for millions of other users. Cook's response, posted early Wednesday on the company's website, set the stage for a legal fight between the federal government and Silicon Valley with broad implications for digital privacy and national security.
Associated Press
LA City Council meeting canceled when fewer than half of members show up
The Los Angeles City Council's meeting today was canceled after fewer than half of the members showed up. Seven of the 15 members made roll call, several shy of the 10 needed to form the two-thirds quorum required for the council to meet. Only two council members were officially excused from today's meeting. Five other absent members had been taking part in a Public Safety Committee meeting, which is chaired by Councilman Mitch Englander. Englander noted at about 10:20 a.m. that the City Council meeting had just been adjourned, which gave the committee more time to discuss strategies for addressing the city's first overall crime rise in more than a decade. “This is absolutely the most important conversation right now in the city of Los Angeles that we could be having, so I want to get through this no matter how long it takes,” he said. The committee hearing included presentations from leaders of the police officer union and police department officials, including Chief Charlie Beck, who was also expected at the Police Commission's meeting this morning.
Los Angeles Daily News
L.A. Ethics Commission OKs more than $47,000 in fines for lobbying violations
The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission agreed Tuesday to fine two nonprofits more than $47,000 for failing to accurately report how much they had spent trying to influence city lawmakers. Both the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, a politically influential nonprofit focused on labor and environmental issues, and the Hospital Assn. of Southern California, a regional trade group for hospitals, had registered some of their employees with the city as lobbyists. Yet for years, the two groups had reported that they spent nothing on lobbying by those same employees, even as they spoke on a laundry list of issues at City Hall.
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LA 2024 Committee Readies Olympic Bid, Unveils Logo
The committee leading Los Angeles' bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games unveiled its official logo on Tuesday — a silhouette of a winged athlete — and a slogan, “Follow the Sun.” “Everyday people follow the sun to our city in pursuit of their dreams, spurring unprecedented creativity, innovation and progress,” said Casey Wasserman, chairman of Los Angeles 2024. “We're inviting the world to `Follow the Sun' to California in 2024, to join us in L.A. for an Olympic and Paralympic Games that signal the dawn of a new era for the Olympic Movement.” According to the committee, the logo's soaring figure symbolizes athletes reaching for their dreams, while the wings reference “the city of Angels.”
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