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Los Angeles
Police Protective League
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the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
October 3, 2017 |
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Law Enforcement News
SoCal Police Officers, Firefighters Among Those Wounded In Las Vegas Mass Shooting
More than a half-dozen Southland law enforcement and fire department officials were among those injured in the massacre at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. At least two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department employees, two Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters, three Los Angeles County Fire Department employees, a Torrance firefigher, an Orange County sheriff's deputy, a Los Angeles police officer and two Newport Beach employees, including an off-duty police officer, were wounded in Sunday night's shooting. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, issued a statement praising the bravery of first responders. "This unspeakable act of terror did not break the resolve of Las Vegas first responders from running toward the automatic gunfire to assist the hundreds of victims and storm the hotel room of the coward who gunned down the innocent concertgoers,'' according to the union. "We pray for the swift recovery of the shooting victims, including a member of the LAPD family who was shot and is recovering from her wounds.
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In The Midst Of Las Vegas Mass Shooting, Off-Duty First-Responders From Southern California Worked To Save Lives
They told people to get down. They shielded those who fell. Some loaded victims into ambulances. Others comforted the dying. They too, became victims. As a gunman opened fire into a massive crowd during Sunday night's Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, off-duty first responders-police officers, deputies, firefighters and paramedics, from across Southern California did what they always do. They reached out to help.
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An LAPD Cop Was Trained For This Situation – But He Didn't Have His Gun
Los Angeles Police Department Officer Joel Twycross was grabbing drinks with a friend near the back of the outdoor concert venue in Las Vegas when he heard the first pop. Twycross initially thought it was a problem with a speaker, he said. Then he heard it again. "That sounds like gunshots," he thought. Suddenly, people began running and screaming. Bullets sprayed a table in front of Twycross and his friend.
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Law Enforcement News
Police Officer Fatally Shot In Louisiana
A Louisiana man is accused of shooting a cashier and then killing the police officer who was sent to investigate, authorities said Monday. Ian Paul Howard, 28, of Lafayette also is accused of wounding a second person and attempting to kill a second police officer, officials said. Howard was arrested Sunday on several charges including first-degree murder of a police officer, Louisiana State Police said in a news release.
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Georgia Police Officer Shot Dead, Another Wounded
Two police officers were shot, one of them fatally, when a man walked out of the woods Friday and opened fire as the officers investigated a stolen car found beside a road in rural Georgia, authorities said. The suspected gunman, 31-year-old Seth Brandon Spangler, was arrested a few hours later after he again emerged from a patch of woods — this time wearing no clothes — and surrendered, said Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd. Dodd said Spangler was wanted for a probation violation in a neighboring county.
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‘No Shooting' At USC After Reports Prompted Massive LAPD Response, Shelter-In-Place Order On Campus: Police
Reports of a shooting at the University of Southern California campus Monday afternoon that prompted a major police response turned out to be unfounded, according to LAPD. “We can confirm there's been NO shooting on @USC Campus,” the Los Angeles Police Department tweeted after conducting a search on campus in the early afternoon hours.
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LA Man Who Reportedly Killed Self After Shooting Daughter-In-Law In Chantry Flat Area Identified
Investigators have released the identity of a Los Angeles man who killed himself after he shot and wounded his daughter-in-law during an argument in the Angeles National Forest, authorities said. Nery Estrada, 57, was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon in the 300 block of North Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, after his 33-year-old daughter-in-law drove him and herself there and pulled over following the shooting, which took place inside the car as the relatives were driving through the Chantry Flat area of the Angeles National Forest, according to Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner records and sheriff's officials.
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Trespassing Suspect Taken Into Custody After Search In Van Nuys
A trespassing suspect who may have been armed with a gun was taken into custody Sunday afternoon after police conducted a search with police dogs of an area in Van Nuys, according to a police spokeswoman. The search for the suspect began about 12:10 p.m. in the 7300 block of Haskell Avenue, Los Angeles police spokeswoman Officer Rosario Herrera.
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Cops Drone Debate Rages: Will LAPD Spy On You From Above?
Are you concerned the Los Angeles Police Department will use drones to spy on you from above? The civilian panel that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department plans Tuesday to revisit a drone program the department wants to create despite opposition from activists who consider the technology a threat to civil liberties. The debate over the LAPD using drones began three years ago, when it acquired two of the devices, which ultimately it chose not to use in the face of protests from activists fearing surveillance uses.
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California Police, Clinicians Look To Shift Mental-Health Response Burden Away From LEOs
Jim Tourino watched helplessly as his 280-pound son, holding a knife above his head, charged at a San Jose police officer. Staring at the 28-year-old mentally ill man coming toward him, the officer made a split-second decision: He fired his weapon, fatally wounding Tourino's son. Time after time, Joseph, in the throes of a violent mental breakdown, had been brought to psychiatric emergency rooms, but he always calmed down enough to avoid being admitted.
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Divided Nation Picks Up One Of Its Most Divisive Debates: Gun Control
The deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history reignited the debate over gun control on Monday, thrusting one of the most emotional political issues back onto the national stage as America faces deep divisions. Some of California's top elected officials went beyond the typical thoughts-and-prayers rhetoric to urge quick action after a lone gunman killed at least 59 people and wounded hundreds more in Las Vegas on Sunday night.
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Local Government News
Los Angeles To Reopen Section 8 Housing Lottery
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles is preparing to reopen a Section 8 waiting list lottery for the first time in more than a decade and expects more than 600,000 to apply for the rental subsidy program, it was announced Monday. "Angelenos deserve housing they can afford, no matter their income,'' Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. "People who are eligible should apply for the Section 8 rental subsidy program -- and we'll keep fighting to build more affordable housing that gives every family the opportunity to find safe, stable places to live.''
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L.A. Sues Federal Government Over Threats To Withhold Funds
Marking the latest legal challenge to the Trump administration's crackdown on sanctuary cities, Los Angeles is suing the U.S. Department of Justice over its policy of conditioning federal funds on cooperation with immigration agents. In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court, City Atty. Mike Feuer alleges that the Justice Department decision to tie federal grants to immigration enforcement is unconstitutional.
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