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  Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch

Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League

November 29, 2016

Law Enforcement News

Shooting in San Pedro leaves 3 wounded, hospitalized
At least three people were wounded Monday in a shooting in San Pedro. The shooting was reported about 6:10 p.m. in the 300 block of West Second Street, between Pacific Avenue and Harbor Boulevard, authorities said. Three victims were treated and taken to a hospital, according Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Police initially said two people were transported and one went to a hospital in a private vehicle. The suspect, who was not immediately apprehended, was described only as a male, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Mike Lopez.
City News Service

LAPD, FBI Address Threatening Letters Sent to California Mosques
Los Angeles city and county law enforcement, along with the FBI and Muslim community leaders on Monday condemned a vitriolic letter that was sent to multiple California mosques. At a midday news conference, representatives of the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the FBI urged anyone who receives such a threatening letter to report it.
KTLA 5

Police close in on person who mailed hate letters to California mosques
Letters sent to five California mosques, including one in Signal Hill, appear to be written by the same person, the FBI said at a news conference Monday in Los Angeles. Based on the post office from where the letters were mailed, police with the LAPD's counter-terrorism unit said they are confident they can track down the person who wrote and sent them to the Koreatown and Northridge mosques. Both were postmarked Nov. 19.
Press Telegram

A Project Honoring Fallen LAPD Officers Also Says a Lot About the City
Along the First Street entrance to the Police Administration Building, there is a memorial that stands cold and apart from the living challenges and social media-fueled tensions faced by the Los Angeles Police Department. Here, 207 badges are mounted on a wall to honor the LAPD officers who have died in the line of duty since 1907. Forty-two of those bronzed shields recall men who died in Downtown. 
Los Angeles Downtown News

Suspect Killed In South LA Officer-Involved Shooting
A burglary suspect was fatally wounded Monday in an officer-involved shooting in South Los Angeles. No officers were injured in the shooting, which was reported just after 1 p.m., according to Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section. The suspect, a man believed to be in his 20s, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the LAPD.
CBS 2

Suspicious Package Shuts Down Hollywood, Highland Intersection
A suspicious package investigation in Hollywood shut down a busy intersection Monday morning. Authorities say an LAPD bomb squad responded to the 6800 block of Hollywood Boulevard at 8:40 a.m. The investigation concluded around 11:30 a.m., with police saying that the device turned out to be nothing. Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue was shut down due to the investigation.
ABC 7

Surveillance Video Shows Suspect Vandalizing Car in Koreatown for Hours
A woman was left distraught after a passerby attacked her car for hours, leaving it heavily vandalized on Thanksgiving in Koreatown. Stacy Omelianoff parked her car in front of a friend's house on Westmoreland Avenue Thanksgiving night to celebrate the holiday with loved ones. That morning, she was informed that the police were called with reports of a woman jumping on her vehicle and carving into the car all night with a pipe, windshield wiper and a piece of wood. The attacker was placed on a psychiatric hold but has not yet been arrested, according to Sgt. Gamble of the Los Angeles Police Department.
KTLA 5

How to Spot Counterfeit Goods This Holiday Shopping Season 
With the holiday shopping season officially underway, the Los Angeles Police Department and agents from U.S. Homeland Security have teamed up to help people spot counterfeit goods. The increasing tendency for people to shop for items online has increased the possibility that they might get scammed, said Joseph Mecias, special agent in charge for Homeland Security in Los Angeles.
NBC 4

State to defend suit against bail system after SF declines
Attorney General Kamala Harris will defend a California law requiring criminal defendants to post bail to be freed while awaiting trial, a system that is being challenged in a lawsuit as unfair to the poor. Harris' office agreed to step in after San Francisco's city attorney and sheriff refused to defend the law, questioning its constitutionality and even-handedness.
San Francisco Chronicle

Ohio State Attack: Terrorism Eyed As Police Seek More Info
Investigators are looking into whether a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University that injured 11 people was an act of terror by a Somali-born student who had once criticized the media for its portrayal of Muslims. The attacker, identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife before he was shot to death by a campus police officer, authorities said.
Associated Press

Mo. officers' home set on fire in possible targeted attack
An investigation has been launched after the home of two officers was set on fire Nov. 20.  According to WDAF, Sgt. Geremy Pearce received a call that his home was on fire while working the overnight shift. He shares the residence with his girlfriend, who is an officer at a different department.  “It was probably the longest, quickest drive home that I've ever had, and just trying to figure out what's going on and make sure everybody was okay,” Pearce told the news station.  Investigators said the fire is suspicious and they're looking into possible arson.
Police One

Calif. officer injured in skateboard attack showing 'positive signs of recovery'
A veteran police officer who suffered a serious head injury after he was hit with a skateboard Thanksgiving afternoon was showing “positive signs of recovery” over the weekend, according to South San Francisco police. Officer Robby Chon, 49, remains in critical condition at a San Francisco hospital, but doctors are “cautiously optimistic regarding his progress,” police said in a news release Monday.
San Jose Mercury News

Days after being shot, Mo. cop opens charity event
The 30th annual Budweiser Guns 'N Hoses kicked off Wednesday with a moving tribute to fallen and injured officers, which included a surprise appearance by the St. Louis officer shot Sunday. Sgt. Tom Lake, 46, appeared before the crowd of thousands inside the Scottrade Center. He was shot twice in the face during an ambush at Hampton and Pernod avenues Sunday.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

City Government News

Shop owners on Hollywood Boulevard battle to take back the curb from mobile vendors
Even though Hollywood Boulevard is bustling and full of tourists eager to shop, take photos and eat, the pizza shop Stefano's Two Guys From Italy is empty, its red leather booths vacant. Stefania Alberti, owner of Stefano's, steps away from the counter. It's been like this for months, she says, after the hot dog vans began selling food right outside her front door. “I sell pizza by the slice; they have hot dogs,” Alberti says. Tourists “stop there before they come here.” 
Los Angeles Times

Minimum-Wage Workers 'Fight for $15' in Los Angeles
Fast-food, home-care, child-care and other workers are expected Tuesday to take part in a series of protests, which could cause some traffic disruptions, as part of a national "Fight for $15" wave of demonstrations in support of higher wages and workers' rights. Organizers, including the Service Employees International Union, said the demonstrations are being held in response to the recent election of politicians "who threaten an extremist agenda to move the country to the right."
NBC 4

Transportation News

Metro Board to Consider $547 Multi-Agency Transit Policing Contract
This Thursday Metro's Board of Directors will consider a new contract for policing the agency's transit systems. Metro bus and rail policing is currently done by the L.A. County Sheriffs Department (LASD). The LASD transit policing has received criticism, especially in a 2014 audit that found numerous irregularities and shortfalls. The oft-extended LASD contract is set to expire at the end of next month.
StreetsBlogLA
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