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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
April 5, 2016 |
Fox 22:30: Safety concerns with proposed LAPD use of force policy discussed
Fox News reporter Phil Shuman discusses the Los Angeles Police Commission's decision to change the LAPD's use of force policy The Los Angeles Police Protective League has concerns that the new policies could threaten public and officer safety. Jamie McBride, a member of the LAPPL Board of Directors joined Shuman on Fox's 22:30 news special to discuss those concerns.
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What's behind LA's rise in crime rates?
For the second year in a row, violent crime is up in Los Angeles. Through March, homicides rose 24 percent compared to the same period last year. Overall, violent crime – which includes homicides, robbery, aggravated assaults and rape – is up 13.4 percent, according to LAPD data. The latest trend breaks from more than a decade of falling crime rates in the region. Experts note that L.A. is still charting rates well below what they were in the 1980s. They urge a longer view of trends to understand the full context of what's happening in the city, where violent crime is affecting neighborhoods and communities differently.
89.3 KPCC
Pacoima residents, police say rising crime comes amid broader gains
As Los Angeles confronts rising crime rates for the second year in a row, residents in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Pacoima are hoping that hard-fought-for gains against gang violence will prove decisive in the fight against crime. Just a few years ago, the San Fernando Valley was a bright spot, scoring in reducing its gang-related violence. Many pointed to the hard work of local community groups, law enforcement, concerned parents and faith groups. Residents saw it as a sign that the area - long plagued by gang-related crime - had turned a corner. But lately, Pacoima, like other places in L.A., has seen an uptick in violent crime. And that's caused some to ask where the community is headed next.
89.3 KPCC
3 Shot, 2 Killed in Unincorporated Los Angeles
Deputies were searching for a brown car after three men were shot in unincorporated Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Century Station said. Two of the men died at the scene, deputies said. The call came in at 5 p.m. from the 13000 block South Avalon Boulevard. Deputies did not immediately provide a suspect description, but said a brown car was seen fleeing the area. he shooting appeared to have occurred near a liquor store at 135th Street and Avalon Boulevar near a shopping center. Witnesses told police they heard at least 15 shots.
NBC 4
Suspect Sought in Kidnapping of Girlfriend, Couple's Son
Police were searching for a man who reportedly kidnapped his 18-month-old baby and the boy's mother, prompting authorities to issue an Amber Alert. Luis Avalos,22, remained on the run Tuesday morning after the mother and baby were found safe after investigators asked for the public's help in finding them. The California Highway Patrol confirmed the car in the abduction had been found in West Covina at 10:42 p.m. The LAPD said the mother and baby were found in their South Los Angeles home by 11 p.m.
Police said the abduction happened at or near 10400 South Hoover around 1:15 p.m. in Los Angeles.
NBC 4
Driver Wanted For Attempting To Kidnap Woman In Westlake District
Officers continued to search Monday for a man who allegedly kidnapped a woman in the Westlake District. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the abduction unfolded around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of Ingraham Street near Witmer. Officers responded to the area for report of a call for help for a woman who was heard screaming by neighbors in the early morning hours. Upon their arrival, authorities spotted a woman sitting in the back seat of a SUV.
CBS 2
South LA Music Video Draws Large Group, Massive Police Presence
A large crowd drew a massive police presence in South Los Angeles on Monday as a rapper filmed an anti-Donald Trump music video, according to witnesses. Police flocked to the 1100 block of East 58th Street as a rowdy crowd gathered around 5:15 p.m. A witness said rapper YG 400 was shooting an anti-Donald Trump music video at Slauson and Hooper avenues. LAPD media relations confirmed a rapper may have been shooting a music video. The first calls to police reported cars racing up and down the street. Officers responded to handle crowd control but said no arrests were made.
NBC 4
LGBT Community Rallies After Slaying of Gay Son
The murder of a son by his father allegedly because his son was gay has rallied LGBT activists in the San Fernando Valley. They say it painfully reminded them of rejection from their own families. They are calling for more awareness. What happened in North Hills was not only shocking to the LGBT community, it was also painfully personal, reminding them of their own history of rejection. "It took me back to the moment when I was 17 and I came out to my parents," said Ronnie Veliz, an LGBT organizer. "When I came out there was family rejection. I was told, 'You need to be straight.'"
NBC 4
Two former LAX baggage handlers charged in connection with cocaine smuggling operation
Two former baggage handlers at LAX were arrested Monday for their part in a drug smuggling ring that spanned from California to the east coast, according to the US Attorney's Office. The two men 27-year-old Adrian Ponce and 26-year-old Alberto Gutierrez allegedly used their airport credentials to smuggle small amounts of cocaine past airport security. Thom Mrozek, a spokesperson for the US Attorney's Office said, the men would then ask a passenger to carry the drugs aboard a flight to the East Coast to distribute the drugs to customers.
FOX 11
Police Investigate Report Of Ice Cream Man Who May Have Come Too Close To School
School officials in Inglewood want to keep the ice cream man far away – or at least 500 feet away – from students. Authorities were asking for the public's help Monday to identify a man in a blue van who sold ice cream to students at Woodworth Elementary allegedly in violation of a municipal code requirement that prohibits vendors from coming any closer than 500 feet to schools. Lillian Grant of the Inglewood Unified School District said the ice cream vendor was peddling his goods last week on the 3200 block of West 104th Street and was “using his arm to motion the students away from the front of the school, where he is prohibited from selling ice cream, to a nearby area away from the school.”
CBS 2
Paul Tanaka Grilled About Ties To The 'Lynwood Vikings' Deputy Gang
Paul Tanaka faced a punishing cross-examination Monday as he fights corruption charges that could send him to federal prison for up to 15 years. Prosecutor Brandon Fox grilled Tanaka about his membership in a notorious deputy gang or "clique" known as the Lynwood Vikings. "It was nothing more than a station mascot," Tanaka told the jury, adding that there was nothing "sinister" about the Vikings back when he joined the group as a sergeant at the Sheriff Department's Lynwood station in the late 1980's. "Just because you're trying to make it evil, doesn't make it evil," Tanaka testified.
ABC 7
Virginia bus station gunman who killed trooper 'hated' cops
An ex-girlfriend of the gunman at a Virginia bus station said Friday he frequently expressed his hatred toward police and once nearly choked her to death after she broke up with him. James Brown III of Aurora, Illinois, was killed Thursday by two Virginia state troopers after authorities say he fatally shot Trooper Chad P. Dermyer at a Richmond Greyhound station. Brown, 34, who had a lengthy criminal record, previously said he would rather die fighting police than return to prison, the ex-girlfriend said. Brown had an extensive criminal record in his home state, including charges of attempted murder, unlawful possession of a firearm and body armor as a felon and threatening to kill someone by phone. He often pleaded guilty to lesser charges or a single charge after being charged with several crimes.
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Gov. Brown signs bill setting highest statewide minimum wage in U.S.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Monday giving California the nation's highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2022. That and a similar effort in New York mark the most ambitious moves yet to close the national divide between rich and poor. Experts say other states may follow, given Congress' reluctance to act despite entreaties from President Barack Obama. “This is about economic justice. It's about people. It's about creating a little, tiny amount of balance in a system that every day becomes more unbalanced,” Brown said before signing the bill at the Ronald Reagan State Building in downtown Los Angeles.
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City Government
Holleigh Bernson park reopens after being closed due to Porter Ranch gas leak
The Chatsworth High School varsity football team was poised to rush the gate Saturday of Holleigh Bernson Memorial Park, closed for a month because of oily residue from Aliso Canyon. Three-two-one. … The park is open!, declared Councilman Mitch Englander at 9:07 a.m., snipping a line of yellow police tape. “We wanted to make sure this place was absolutely safe for the community,” said Englander, a resident of Porter Ranch, to the more than dozen football players and residents hankering to use the park. “You can lick the trees.”
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