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  Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch

Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League

October 25, 2016

Law Enforcement News

LA Sheriff's Sergeant Dies After Apparent Medical Emergency In Compton
A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant died after an apparent medical emergency in Compton Monday morning. Around 5:30 a.m., authorities rushed the sergeant to St. Francis Medical Center after a citizen reported seeing the deputy slumped over and unresponsive in his patrol car. The sergeant was found in his car on Wilmington Avenue and Myrrh Street, not far from the Compton Station. The department identified the deputy as Sgt. Al Lopez, 47.
ABC 7

Americans' Respect for Police Surges
Three in four Americans (76%) say they have "a great deal" of respect for the police in their area, up 12 percentage points from last year. Gallup has asked this question nine times since 1965. The percentage who say they respect the police is significantly higher now than in any measurement taken since the 1990s and is just one point below the high of 77% recorded in 1967. Solid majorities of Americans have said they respect their local law enforcement in all polls conducted since 1965.
Gallup

Prop 57 Would Give Power To Try Juveniles As Adults To Judges, Not Prosecutors
Santa Clara County has one of the highest rates in the state for trying children as adults. Proposition 57, on the November ballot, would make that decision up to judges, not prosecutors.“Four of us must agree to directly file a case in adult court,” says D.A. Chris Arriola. “We look at sophistication, the record and the gravity of the offense committed by the minor.” Other law enforcement groups are opposed to it. Los Angeles police officers are buying billboards saying other provisions of Prop 57 would allow violent adult offenders to get reduced sentences.
CBS SF Bay Area

New ads urge California voters not to repeal the 'last defense' against killers
In two new television ads, police officers and prosecutors urge California voters not to repeal the death penalty on Nov. 8, calling it "the last defense" against killers.
The commercials, released late Monday by the California Correctional Peace Officers Assn., are part of the No on Prop. 62, Yes on Prop. 66 campaign.
Los Angeles Times

2 Fatally Shot at Home in Winnetka; Shooter at Large: LAPD
A young man and woman were found fatally shot at a home in Winnetka late Monday morning, and the shooter is at large. The call came in just after 11 a.m. from the 7800 block of Oso Avenue, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Sal Ramirez. The woman's mother discovered the bodies, according to officials. She sobbed at the scene, hugging one of her sons. Police said the victims appeared to be in their mid-20s. They were pronounced dead on scene.
KTLA 5

Robbers Tie Up, Pistol-Whip Man Inside Leimert Park Home
Police searched Tuesday for two males and a female who pistol-whipped a man in a home invasion robbery in Leimert Park. The robbery was reported at 9:50 p.m. Monday in the 4200 block of Norton Avenue. The victim told responding officers that he was accosted by two males and a female in their late teens when he arrived home, said Lt. Chuck Springer of the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest Station.
City News Service

2 Gang Members Convicted of Murder in South L.A. Shooting of 19-Year-Old Over Red Shoes, Clothing
Two gang members were convicted of first-degree murder Monday in the 2015 South Los Angeles shooting of a 19-year-old man who was targeted because he wore a red shirt and shoes. A jury found Kanasho Shadrick Johns, 29, and Kevin Deon Johnson, 26, guilty of one count of first-degree murder with gang and handgun-use allegations. They deliberated for just 2 1/2 hours before reaching a verdict, according to according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
KTLA 5

LAX shooter who killed TSA plotted mass murder: Prosecutors demand life in prison
The man who opened fire inside a Los Angeles International Airport terminal in 2013, killing a TSA officer and wounding three other people, was bent on committing mass murder and should be sentenced to life behind bars, a federal prosecutor wrote in court papers obtained Monday by City News Service.
My News L.A.

LA Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Making Repeated Criminal Threats Against Muslims
City leaders will hold a press conference Tuesday to discuss the arrest of a 40-year-old man who is accused of making repeated criminal threats against the Islamic Center of Southern California (ICSC). According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Mark Feigan, of Los Angeles, has been charged with hoarding guns and ammunition in his home, threatening to kill or seriously injure local Muslims, and making repeated threats of violence against the ICSC.
CBS 2

2016 LASD Valor awards dedicated in honor of Sgt. Steve Owen
The 2016 Valor Awards Ceremony is lovingly and honorably dedicated to the memory of Sergeant Steve Owen.  His wife, Deputy Tania Owen and the Owen family attended the event. Sergeant Steve Owen was recognized during the 2014 Valor Awards Ceremony.  He received the Meritorious Conduct-Gold award for saving a kidnapping victim and capturing two armed robbery suspects in Lancaster in 2013.
Fox 11

Authorities Investigating Driver's Actions Before Bus Crash
Authorities are looking through security video at the Red Earth Casino, the destination of a tour bus that crashed into a big-rig and killed 13 people and injured 31 others in Palm Springs, to determine whether or not the driver of the bus was inside the casino instead of catching up on sleep before the crash. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016.
NBC 4

Palm Springs Police Officers Escort Fallen Officer's Daughter to School
Vanessa Vega got a surprise visit from her father's colleagues Monday morning.
The 8-year-old daughter of Palm Springs fallen officer Jose “Gil” Vega, met her outside her home and escorted her to school, police officials said. The police department shared the heartwarming moments on Facebook and Vanessa is seen smiling in every photo. Vanessa spoke at her father's memorial service on Oct. 18, making guests laugh with story about how Vega taught her how to run, but she always beat him when they raced.
KTLA 5

Amber Alert: Woman Suspected of Snatching 7-Month-Old Son in Northern California
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 7-month-old boy who authorities say was abducted by his mother in Northern California on Sunday. The California Highway Patrol described the Guerneville boy Monday as having brown hair and grey eyes. The CHP says the suspect is 35-year-old Hanna Ashley, a woman standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 125 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Authorities say Ashley is driving a silver 2005 Subaru Forester with license 5JKZ255.
NBC 4

Many California Counties Charge Parents High Fees While Kids are Locked Up
If your kid gets arrested and locked up, it turns out you (the parent) might end up footing the bill. This might seem strange — after all, the state doesn't charge adults for the cost of incarcerating them — but there is a little-known law that allows counties in the state to collect money from parents for the cost of upkeep while their kids are in custody.
KQED

Gaps in SF, state counts of police killings hinder grasp of issue
A little more than a year ago, outrage over police shootings around the country led California Attorney General Kamala Harris to launch an “unprecedented” project called Open Justice to provide user-friendly statistics — including counts of fatal police encounters — to researchers and regular citizens. But the public still isn't getting a complete picture of these deadly incidents. Not even close.
San Francisco Chronicle

Man On Lam After Attempted Decapitations, Violent Rampage
Authorities have been hunting for more than 24 hours for an Oklahoma man they say posted live videos to social media while running from police during a violent rampage that included shooting two police officers, armed car thefts and killing his aunt and uncle, apparently attempting to cut off their heads. Michael Dale Vance Jr., a 38-year-old man from Chandler, Oklahoma, is wanted on multiple charges, including two counts of first-degree murder.
Associated Press

Local Government News

Send more money for water recycling, LA mayor begs state
More financial assistance is needed from the state to boost water recycling and further other water conservation projects in Los Angeles, city Controller Ron Galperin said Friday in a letter penned with Mayor Eric Garcetti. The state's $15 million cap on each city for the state water board's Recycled Water Funding Program has limited the amount of money the city can put into such projects, the elected officials wrote in a letter to the Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Water Resources.
My News L.A.

President Obama, Mayor Garcetti talk homelessness on the tarmac
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took a few extra minutes today to greet President Barack Obama as he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport for what is likely one of his last visits to the city as leader of the country. In a conversation that lasted for several minutes at the bottom of the staircase from Air Force One, Garcetti and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who was also on hand to greet the president, engaged Obama on the LAX tarmac in a discussion about the upcoming election, as well as Los Angeles' homelessness and transportation measures, according to the mayor.
Los Angeles Daily News

Work begins on $20M ‘My Fig' bike-friendly Figueroa project
City officials broke ground Monday on $20 million in street upgrades intended to make a three-mile stretch of Figueroa Street between downtown Los Angeles and USC more amenable to bicyclists, pedestrians and people who use public transportation. Upgrades such as wider sidewalks, protected bike lanes, better street lighting and signs and dedicated transit stops will be made along Figueroa Street, between Wilshire and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards, as part of the “MyFig” project, which was officially kicked off Monday.
My News L.A.
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