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  Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch

Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League

November 9, 2016

Law Enforcement News

Arizona officer shot and killed
A police officer was fatally shot Tuesday outside a fast-food restaurant in eastern Arizona, and authorities were negotiating with a barricaded suspect.
Police identified the suspect as Daniel Erickson, 36, of Huachuca City. Erickson is a convicted felon who has served two prison sentences in Arizona — a four-year term for a drug conviction in 2009 and five months for an endangerment conviction in 2007.
Associated Press

2nd Ga. deputy dies after weekend shooting
Authorities say a second sheriff's deputy has died after a shooting in central Georgia. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Nelly Miles says Peach County Sheriff's Deputy Daryl Smallwood died Tuesday after he was injured in the Nov. 6 shooting near Byron, about 16 miles southwest of Macon. Authorities say Sgt. Patrick Sondron also died in the shooting.
Associated Press

Police Hunt Suspects Following Robbery at Downtown L.A. Marijuana Dispensary; 1 Detained After Freeway Pursuit, 2 Fled on Foot: LAPD
Authorities were searching Tuesday for two individuals wanted in connection with a robbery at a marijuana dispensary in downtown Los Angeles. Police responded to the location on the 300 block of Wall Street around 10:17 a.m., according to L.A. Police Department Officer Sal Ramirez. It is not clear what they found when arriving on scene but officers executed a vehicle pursuit of three suspects, Ramirez said.
KTLA 5

Fugitive Wanted in Los Angeles for Double Murder Arrested at San Ysidro Port of Entry
A fugitive wanted by authorities in Los Angeles on double homicide charges was arrested at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents discovered 23-year-old Jose Rubio, a U.S. citizen, trying to cross from the U.S. into Mexico at the PedWest pedestrian crossing at about 12:30 p.m. Rubio presented his California I.D. to CBP agents and a routine law enforcement database search revealed that he had an active felony warrant for his arrest related to a double homicide. The warrant was issued by the Los Angeles Police Department with bail set at $3.5 million.
NBC 4

Hundreds of Demonstrators Protest at UCLA Over Trump's Election Victory
Hundreds of demonstrators protested over Donald Trump's presidential victory early Wednesday at UCLA's campus in Westwood. Police were called out to the Westwood Plaza at around 12:15 a.m. Around 500 to 600 students were "practicing their First Amendment rights," according to the LAPD West Los Angeles Division.
NBC 4

Neighbors Find Pit Bull Beaten, Left for Dead Near Mission Hills Home; Investigation Underway
A pit bull who suffered a violent beating last week in Mission Hills is on the road to recovery, but neighbors and animal control officials are asking for the public's help in finding the person responsible for the attack. Joaquin Espinoza was alerted to the injured dog on Friday evening after his neighbor, Joe Rodriguez, said he saw a man beat the dog with an object that looked like a baseball bat then flee the scene in a white Toyota Tundra
KTLA 5

Cocaine, guns and fury: 1 dead, 2 critically injured in Azusa shooting; gunman found dead
A cocaine-fueled “gun fanatic” armed himself with an assault rifle and launched a rampage Tuesday in his Azusa neighborhood, killing one man and critically wounding two women before he attempted to ambush responding police officers. During a furious gun battle in the quiet San Gabriel Valley neighborhood, police shot him dead, and his body was found in a home's entryway.
Los Angeles Times

Californians Favoring Death Penalty Reform Rather Than Repeal
Californians are leaning toward reforming the state's broken death penalty rather than getting rid of it. Early returns Tuesday favored Proposition 66, an effort to speed up appeals so condemned murders are put to death rather than replacing capital punishment with life in prison without chance of parole. About 51 percent of more than 3 million votes were in favor of reform. Only about 46 percent supported Proposition 62, the effort to repeal the death penalty.
NBC 4

California voters approve gun control measure Proposition 63
Following a year marked by a series of mass shootings, voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 63, which toughens California's already strict gun control laws. The initiative outlaws the possession of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, requires background checks for people buying bullets, makes it a crime not to report lost or stolen guns, and provides a process for taking guns from people upon their conviction for a felony.
Los Angeles Times

California Votes in Prop. 57 to Give Prison Officials More Say About Releasing Inmates
Voters have approved a proposition giving California prison officials more say about when to release prisoners. Proposition 57 marks a bid by Gov. Jerry Brown to reduce the state prison population and restore balance to a legal code that Brown says has become overburdened with get-tough policies. It passed Tuesday with 65 percent of the vote.
NBC 4

Family's quest reactivates case of Ohio officer who was shot 44 years ago
Her father frequently said the man who shot him never served a day in jail for the attack. Niki D. Cooper was a Columbus police officer with an elite unit when a bullet tore apart his left arm during a gunbattle on the Southeast Side more than 44 years ago. This past May — when her father would have had his birthday — Lori Cooper set out to learn more about her father's shooting.
The Columbus Dispatch

Local Government News

Measure that would overhaul LADWP too close to call
A ballot measure that would restructure the governance and operation of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power garnered some support but was still too close to call in early returns. As of 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, 50.86 percent of voters had opposed the measure, while 49.14 percent supported it with 21 percent of precincts reporting. Charter Amendment RRR would give the nation's largest municipal utility more power over contracts and hiring in an effort to reduce red tape while expanding the size of the board of DWP commissioners from five to seven members.
Los Angeles Daily News

City Officials Hail Voter Approval Of Prop. HHH To Help Homeless
Los Angeles city officials hailed voter approval Wednesday of a $1.2 billion bond measure to fund permanent housing for the chronically homeless. Proposition HHH will allow the city to sell bonds to finance as many as 10,000 housing units geared to homeless people who are difficult to house. The “permanent supportive hosing” will include on-site health, mental health and substance-abuse services and case management.
CBS 2

How the battle between Trump and Clinton may have paved the way for L.A.'s $1.2-billion homeless housing measure
Los Angeles voters who persevered to the end of a busy ballot Tuesday appear to have overwhelmingly approved a measure that will tax the city's property owners to provide housing for the homeless. Proposition HHH, the 26th item on the ballot, authorizes $1.2 billion in borrowing to accelerate the pace at which mostly nonprofit developers build permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people. 
Los Angeles Times

A tax hike to fund a major expansion of the Metro system is leading in early returns
A half-cent sales tax increase that would fund the most ambitious transit expansion in Los Angeles County history appeared to be leading in early returns Tuesday night. Measure M would generate an estimated $120 billion over four decades for Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus and rail operations, system maintenance and fare subsidies, as well as a dramatic expansion of the county's growing rail network.
Los Angeles Times
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