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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 24, 2016 |
Radio host criticizes Chief Beck; LAPPL President Craig Lally says Los Angeles Needs CPR--Community Policing Reset
Yesterday, President Craig Lally was a guest on KABC 790's “The Drive Home” radio program hosted by Jillian Barberie and John Phillips. L.A.'s soaring crime rate was a topic of the show. Lally promoted the League's Community Policing Reset (CPR) plan to boost the number of “street-ready” police officers patrolling our neighborhood. While the hosts praised the League for providing solutions, they harshly criticized Chief Beck for his lack of action and “duplicitous” behavior.
KABC 790
Black Lives Matter protesters go on trial in LA for ‘battery'
Two Black Lives Matter protesters went on trial Tuesday to face charges of resisting arrest and battery on a peace officer at an event in June at the Mount Carmel Recreation Center in South Los Angeles. In their opening arguments, prosecutors argued that Luz Maria Flores and Evan Bunch disrupted a private meeting to make a scene in front of the mayor before their arrest. It is the first of six pending criminal cases that has gone to trial involving the group, which was formed in 2012 in response to police killings of young black men. Flores and Bunch have pleaded not guilty to eight misdemeanor counts that include trespassing, resisting arrest and battery on a police officer.
Los Angeles Daily News
$10,000 reward offered in East LA shooting of Compton councilman's brothers
Augmented by a $10,000 reward offer, the search will continue today for the gunman who shot two brothers of a Compton city councilman in East L.A., killing one of them in what authorities call a targeted gang attack but that the councilman describes as a case of mistaken identity. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $10,000 reward on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who shot Galvin's brothers. Supervisor Hilda Solis authored the motion. Compton Mayor Aja Brown Tuesday issued a statement in support of Galvan. “The Compton City Council joins with our residents in mourning the loss of Councilmember Isaac Galvan's brother and in extending our thoughts, prayers and love to his mother, his brother's children and entire family.
Los Angeles Daily News
Oscars Security: “It Will Be Like A Military State”
This year's Oscar show will be the first since the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino and Paris which, all told, took the lives of 144 people and injured 390. Law enforcement says there is “no specific information relative to threats” to this year's Academy Awards, which is good news. Still, Sunday's Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in the heart of Hollywood not only will be swarming with hundreds of law enforcement officers, but there also will be SWAT team members with bulletproof vests and tactical gear, bomb-sniffing dogs and sophisticated surveillance equipment (both overt and covert). There will be metal detectors, and every car entering into the Hollywood & Highland parking facility will be swept.
Deadline.com
Man Sentenced for Killing Girlfriend in Head-On Crash
A 43-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years and eight months in state prison for forcing his girlfriend into his SUV, then crashing into oncoming traffic, killing the mother of three young children.Jeffrey Minifie arrived in a Los Angeles Superior courtroom in a wheelchair with his attorney claiming he was on pain medication after an appendectomy last week, which delayed his sentencing until Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Henry J. Hall imposed the sentence saying there was evidence that there was a beating prior to the abduction that Minifie admitted to and there was evidence that the victim tried to jump from the moving car.
NBC 4
Public Safety demonstrates active shooter awareness to students in light of campus safety
If a shooter were to come to campus tomorrow, would you be prepared? The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is partnering with the Los Angeles Police and Fire Departments to conduct a demonstration on active shooter responses for the LMU community on Thursday, February 25, 2016. DPS hosts annual preparedness campaigns every month, each with a different theme. February is LMU's Active Shooter Preparedness Month and is meant to showcase how the LAPD responds to active shooter calls and the tactics that are used when dealing with mass casualties on a college campus. Along with helping students become aware of what to do in an active shooter situation, the drill helps the LAPD exercise their procedures in an environment that enforces 24-hour safety.
Los Angeles Loyolan
Arrest in Slaying of 1-Year-Old Girl
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a 1-year-old girl in Compton, who was hit by an errant bullet in her crib last week, authorities said. Ray Howard Patterson was arrested Monday in connection with the Feb. 9 killing of Autumn Johnson, online booking records show. He was being held without bail and had a court date set for Wednesday. Investigators are not saying how they connected him to the crime. But they do believe Patterson is the person who got out of a car and opened fire on a converted garage where a family was living. The baby was shot while she was in her crib. Authorities say they are stilling looking for the driver of a blue Chevrolet Impala.
NBC 4
Costs Of Los Angeles County Juvenile System Soaring
The cost of locking up young criminals in Los Angeles County has soared while their number has dwindled, an audit found. The cost of incarcerating a youth averaged $640 a day for juvenile hall and $552 a day for a youth camp, according to last year's study. By comparison, the costs were $351 and $307 in San Diego County; $497 and $284 in Orange County; and $232 and $272 in Harris County, Texas. The figure to put a youngster in LA County's juvenile hall worked out to $233,600 a year, while it might run $204,400 in Chicago and $84,680 a year in Houston, according to the audit figures.
CBS 2
Smart gun industry may have found its test bed — San Francisco
San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr on Tuesday offered his department as a test bed for smart guns once the technology is more fully developed. Suhr, speaking at an event sponsored by smart-gun technology proponents, said he'd be willing to give tech-savvy officers the option of trying a weapon that can be fired only by its authenticated owner. “Officer safety is huge, so you wouldn't want to compel that upon officers,” Suhr said. “But we have so many officers who are so into technology, I am all but certain there are officers that would be willing to do such a pilot.”
San Francisco Chronicle
Judge considers blocking California governor's prison plan
A judge is set to consider Wednesday whether to block Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed ballot initiative to reduce California's prison population. State prosecutors want Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Shelleyanne Chang to prevent Attorney General Kamala Harris from issuing the title and summary for a proposal that they say bypassed the normal filing process. That would force Brown and his supporters to file a new initiative instead of amending an existing proposal. It would delay when supporters can begin collecting the signatures necessary to put the measure before voters in November.
Associated Press
LA City Council Considers Requiring Farmers Markets To Accept Food Stamps
Farmers market vendors could soon be required to accept food stamps as payment as part of their certification in the city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday 15-0 to instruct city staff to report back on ways the city could use its farmers market permitting process to include a requirement that operators incorporate Electric Benefit Transfer cards as a payment method. The proposal by council members Nury Martinez and Jose Huizar is aimed at bringing more fresh fruits and vegetables to “food deserts” — areas with no major supermarkets or other plentiful sources of fresh foods.
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L.A. officials ponder bond or tax measure to help the homeless as a budget shortfall looms
Five months ago, Los Angeles' top elected officials stood on the steps of City Hall and promised to spend $100 million helping the homeless, a sum they billed as their first serious ante in the fight against a problem whose human cost could no longer be ignored. Now, with budget preparations underway and a detailed homelessness strategy waiting to be enacted, city officials are facing another and equally unavoidable problem: Fiscal reality.
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LA 2024 Olympic bid receives wide public support in new poll
The cheering section for the LA 2024 Olympic bid is nearly full, according to a recent telephone poll. More than 88% of Angelenos are in favor of the city's hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid, according to a survey conducted by Loyola Marymount University, which received 2,425 responses. Meanwhile, 12% of those who responded opposed the hosting of the Games. "The LMU poll finding enthusiastic public support for LA 2024's Olympic and Paralympic Games bid is a very strong indication that Angelenos have confidence in our fiscally responsible, sustainable and innovative plan for the Games," LA 2024 Chairman Casey Wasserman said in a release.
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