The New American Cop: Smarter, More Diverse, Better Equipped And Scared
Although sometimes portrayed as a white occupying army at war with black civilians, American law enforcement has never been so diverse. In 2013, around 27 percent of the country's 477,000 sworn local police officers were racial or ethnic minorities, up from 15 percent in 1987, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics . There are now more female cops than there were decades ago—around 12 percent of local police—and more openly gay, lesbian and transgender officers as well. Today's police are also entering the force with higher levels of education and more special abilities, such as foreign language skills and technological expertise.
Newsweek
Two men wearing military garb and carrying rifles arrested by LAPD; guns, ammo found in apartment
Los Angeles police arrested two men clad in military gear who were seen carrying rifles on Tuesday after they were monitored for hours in a bizarre rolling standoff that began in Inglewood and ended in the San Fernando Valley. The spectacle, which was captured by local television stations, began around 11:30 p.m. Monday in Inglewood and continued through the night and into Tuesday morning as the men shouted at police officers and drove randomly across the city.
Los Angeles Times
1 Dead After South LA Officer-Involved Shooting
One suspect died after an officer-involved shooting Tuesday afternoon in South Los Angeles and police are looking for a second person who fled the scene. "During the traffic stop, a passenger-suspect exited the vehicle," said Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Chris Ramirez. "At which time an officer-involved shooting occurred." "During that time, the suspect was struck and was transported to a local hospital. We have recovered two weapons at the scene." Those two weapons were handguns, police said.
ABC 7
286 arrested in Los Angeles County human trafficking sweep
A multi-agency operation against human trafficking in Los Angeles County resulted in 286 arrests, including 153 for prostitution, and the rescues of eight minors and two adults, the Los Angeles Police Department reported today. Operation Summer Rescue focused on the rescue and recovery of commercially sexually exploited children. It involved the LAPD's Internet Crimes Against Children and geographic vice units, the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, FBI Innocence Lost Task Force, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and Los Angeles County Probation Department.
Los Angeles Daily News
$35,000 Reward Offered as ‘Violent Predator' Sought in Series of Attacks at L.A. Apartment Buildings
A $35,000 reward was announced Tuesday after a series of eight hot-prowl attacks, including two attempted rapes, in which a man armed with a kitchen knife targeted mostly women who were alone in apartment buildings in the central Los Angeles area. The incidents began Aug. 1, with four attacks in the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division area on the same day. The most recent was Saturday, police Lt. Joe Losorelli said.
KTLA 5
Protesters ordered out of Los Angeles City Hall East
Protesters decrying police tactics were ordered out from their encampment outside City Hall East Tuesday night after 36 days. Officers told the protesters they had to leave or would face arrest for trespassing, and they complied, according to Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
CIty News Service
3 arrested, 1 hospitalized after first LA Rams preseason game
Several fights broke out at Saturday's game, three people were arrested and seven were ejected from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday evening. Eleven ambulances were also requested, but only one person had to be taken to the hospital, according to the LAPD. The department did not know if the individual's condition or if any of the ambulance calls were related to fights.
Los Angeles Daily News
Car performing stunts in South L.A. slams into crowd, seriously injuring 2
A driver performing “doughnuts” near a crowd of roughly 300 people lost control of his vehicle in a major South Los Angeles intersection last week, seriously injuring two people, police said. Jonathan Alvarado, 18, of Los Angeles, was booked on suspicion of reckless driving after he plowed into a crowd at Western and Manchester avenues on Aug. 7, according to Officer Ricardo Hernandez of the LAPD's South Traffic Bureau.
Los Angeles Times
Emergency-Response Drill To Be Held At Union Station
An emergency-response drill will be held Wednesday at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The operation, called Exercise Station Guardian 2016, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon, officials said. According to Metro, the drill will test various agencies' “response and recovery from an emergency,” and will include local, federal, state and private agencies.
CBS 2
Another inmate walks away from L.A. County halfway house
Two days after the apprehension of an inmate who walked away from a Los Angeles County halfway house, another inmate escaped from the facility on Monday, officials said. Jeffrey Scott Pine, 47 is at least the ninth offender to walk away from the Male Community Reentry Program facility in 2016. At least 12 other inmates have left conservation camps and reentry facilities in different cities across the state this year, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation news releases.
Los Angeles Times
LA supervisor wants more implicit bias training at sheriff's department
A week after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department admitted a deputy accidentally killed an innocent black man in Compton, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas called for more implicit bias training for deputies. “Things continue to happen that are minimally of a questionable nature,” Ridley-Thomas told KPCC Tuesday. He said implicit bias “is not addressed to the extent that it should be” at the sheriff's department.
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Fatal shootings, ‘hot prowl sexual predator' prompt LA County rewards
The Los?Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a trio of rewards Tuesday for unsolved crimes, including the fatal shootings of a young mother and her daughter in Long?Beach and attacks by a sexual predator in Los?Angeles. The board also doubled a reward to encourage the public to come forward with information on the suspicious disappearance of an Antelope?Valley woman.
Los Angeles Daily News
Thousands of Stolen Guns In California Used in Crimes
Standing in the driveway to his home on Sacramento Street in Stockton, California, 13-year-old Rashawn Harris says goodbye to his daddy. “Love you, see you when you get home.” Moments later bullets from a gun owned by Anthony Silva, the Mayor of Stockton, tear through his body, killing him instantly.
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