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  Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch

Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League

October 26, 2016

Law Enforcement News

Families of 2 Slain Officers Call Governor's Prop 57 Campaign Deceptive
Family members of two law enforcement officers slain in recent weeks have come out against Proposition 57, accusing Gov. Jerry Brown of attempting to deceive voters about the measure that would enable some inmates to be paroled sooner. "Governor Brown, I'm calling you out on this," said Tania Owen, widow of Los Angeles Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Owen, who was shot to death on Oct. 5 while pursuing a burglary suspect in Lancaster. The accused killer, Trevon Lovell, was on parole.
NBC 4

California needs criminal justice reform but not Prop. 57
A bigger problem with Proposition 57 can't be finessed. It shifts authority for determining sentencing credits from the Legislature to the corrections department, raising the prospect that every governor could have different policies and empowering an agency with a history of issues. The State Auditor's Office has faulted the corrections department repeatedly in the past decade for major problems — including a 2011 report that said officials did a poor job in evaluating prisoners' likelihood of committing new crimes and a 2008 report knocking the sloppiness of their parole practices. Why trust them now?
San Diego Union-Tribune

LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell Weighs In On Upcoming Ballot Measures
Voters will be tasked with deciding on several measures during Election Day on Nov. 8, including measures that could have an impact on public safety. Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell and other law enforcement officials voiced their opposition to Proposition 57 and 62 and their backing of Proposition 66 on Tuesday. "Prop. 57, billed as the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, don't be fooled by that," McDonnell said. "We all believe in rehabilitation, giving someone a second chance, but public safety comes first. The focus has been on inmate's rights instead of victim's rights."
ABC 7

1 teen killed, 2 others injured in shooting near L.A. high school
One teen was killed and two were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near a Los Angeles high school, police said. The shooting was reported about 3:15 p.m. in the 1500 block of Lakme Avenue in Wilmington, according to LAPD Officer Sal Ramirez. The attack occurred near Banning High School, but its unclear whether the victims — all teenagers — were connected to the school.
Los Angeles Times

Woman Shot To Death In South Los Angeles; Suspect Sought
A suspect is on the loose after a woman was shot to death in South Los Angeles Monday night. Authorities responded to 41st Street and Avalon Boulevard on reports of a shooting. A woman was found with a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. She was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. The male suspect remains at large. It was unclear what led to the shooting or if the suspect and victim knew each other.
ABC 7

Teen Dies After Being Shot on Front Porch of Vermont Square Home
A homicide investigation is underway Wednesday after a 19-year-old man was fatally shot in the Vermont Square neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The shooting was reported near the intersection of West 40th Place and Menlo Avenue about 8:15 p.m., said Lt. Chuck Springer with the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers found the teen with a gunshot wound on the front porch of a home, said Capt. Darnell Davenport with the Police Department.
KTLA 5

Security Guard Fatally Shoots Man Threatening Grocery Store Employees
A private security guard shot and killed a man who was threatening grocery store employees in Sylmar on Tuesday, police said. The 45-year-old man was threatening to cut grocery store employees with a piece of glass at a Vons store in the 13700 block of Foothill Boulevard.  The security guard, who was in uniform, shot the man in the head around 3:40 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. 
NBC 4

Man With Arsenal Threatens Islamic Center Of Southern California, LAPD Says
An Agoura Hills man was arrested after authorities said he made criminal threats against the Islamic Center of Southern California. Los Angeles police said 40-year-old Mark Feigin had a large cache of weapons and ammunition at his home and had the means to carry out the threats. Authorities said Feigin called the Islamic Center and made deadly threats to its members in September.
ABC 7

Dodgers Stadium-area armed robbery suspects caught in Elysian Park
A man and a teenager suspected of carrying out an armed robbery near Dodger Stadium and fleeing in a U-Haul truck were taken into custody today after being caught in a police search perimeter, authorities said. The robbery was reported at 7:15 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of Lookout Drive. The victims had just pulled up to the location when one male hopped out of the truck, which was parked in the middle of the street, and stole the victims' cell phones, police said.
Los Angeles Daily News

Man With Bat In Custody After Blocking Steps To Hall Of Justice In Downtown Los Angeles
A man wielding a bat blocked the front steps of the Hall of Justice during a standoff with authorities in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. The man paced back-and-forth in front of the steps at the Hall of Justice as deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department tried to speak with him. "No justice, no peace," the man was heard yelling.
ABC 7

LAPD gang injunctions deny targets due process, ACLU lawsuit says
The Los Angeles Police Department has violated the due process rights of thousands of city residents by serving them with gang injunctions without first allowing them to challenge those orders in court, according to a federal lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. The suit, filed in federal court Tuesday, seeks to stop the department from enforcing injunctions against people who have not been given a chance to show they aren't gang members.
Los Angeles Times

LAUSD: No clown costumes allowed on school campuses this Halloween
The Los Angeles Unified School District is saying "No" to all clown masks and costumes this Halloween. The district announced today that because of the creepy clown craze there is a ban on clown costumes on all campuses.
Fox 11

Two corrupt cops joined forces with drug dealers. Now, dozens of criminal cases could be in jeopardy
Four years ago on a sweltering afternoon, Bakersfield Police Det. Damacio Diaz was sitting in his car alongside informant Guillermo “Memo” Magallanes. About $15,000 stuck out of Magallanes' shorts. When the informant left, the narcotics detective found just under $1,000 in the passenger-side door pocket.
Los Angeles Times

California correctional officers launch pro-death penalty campaign
With polls showing California voters poised to abolish the death penalty in just two weeks, the state correctional officers' union is underwriting a major drive to save capital punishment. The California Correctional Peace Officers Association on Monday released a pair of ads encouraging voters to reject Proposition 62, which would replace the death penalty with life imprisonment without parole, and support a competing measure, Proposition 66, that aims to expedite the process and resume long-stalled executions.
Sacramento Bee

Police: Oklahoma Man Wanted For Violent Crimes Had Hit List
Authorities say the Oklahoma man who has been wanted since Sunday in a string of violent crimes, including the killings of two relatives, had a hit list purporting to target several more people. Michael Dale Vance Jr., a 38-year-old man from Chandler, Oklahoma, is wanted on multiple charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. He was last seen early Monday about 30 miles from the Texas border in western Oklahoma - 165 miles from where the manhunt began Sunday night in Wellston.
Associated Press

Local Government News

LA City Attorney Settles With Hospital Over Patient Dumping
A hospital will pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit by the city of Los Angeles contending it dumped a homeless woman with schizophrenia on Skid Row. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced the settlement Tuesday, more than a year after his office sued Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center. “Patient dumping is an unconscionable practice and will not be tolerated,” Feuer said in a statement.
CBS 2
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