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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
October 4, 2017 |
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Las Vegas Mass Shooting
Las Vegas Gunman's Girlfriend Returns To US For Questioning
The Las Vegas gunman's girlfriend returned to the U.S. overnight after a weekslong trip abroad and was met by investigators seeking to question her for clues to what drove Stephen Paddock to slaughter 59 people from his high-rise hotel suite. More than two days after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the question of why someone with no known record of violence or crime would open fire on a country music festival was unanswered.
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LAPD Officer Shot In Las Vegas Mass Shooting ‘Extremely Tough,' Chief Beck Says
An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer who was shot in the leg after a gunman opened fire at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday is recovering and “in great spirits,” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday. The female officer, who police have not named, serves the San Fernando Valley-based Foothill Division and has worked for the department for nearly seven years, authorities said.
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LAPD Officer Took His Wife To A Las Vegas Concert And Ended Up In A 'War Zone'
LAPD Officer John Kline and his wife Dawn were on their third annual visit to the Route 91 country concert series Sunday night when the gunfire began. "I walked to the front of the lounges and all I could describe it as was a war zone," John Kline said. "There were people covered in blood." He said he saw a man shot in the neck and women with a grapefruit-size stomach wound.
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Law Enforcement News
LAPD To Maintain ‘High-Visibility' At Large Events In Wake Of Vegas Shooting; Angelenos Undeterred
A LAPD spokesperson said the department would “maintain high-visibility” at large events in the wake of Sunday's mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert, as Angelenos vow the tragedy will not deter them from continuing life as normal. More than a thousand people were set to fill the seats of the Hollywood Bowl, where Chance The Rapper was scheduled to perform a sold-out show Tuesday night.
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USC Professor Detained After False Active Shooter Report Prompts Major Police Response On Campus
Los Angeles police said they found no evidence of a shooting on the USC campus Monday after reports of gunfire prompted a lockdown and a substantial LAPD response. “No danger to community,” the Los Angeles Police Department said on Twitter after completing a search of campus buildings. Public safety officials said evacuations were prompted by a false report that came in shortly after noon.
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Police Search For Additional Victims Of Suspected Van Nuys Rapist
Police Tuesday were seeking additional possible victims of a 32-year-old man accused of two attempted rapes in Van Nuys. Mateo Saucedo was arrested after officers responded about 5:10 p.m. Thursday to a call of a sexual assault suspect in the 1500 block of Sherman Way, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Should LAPD's Proposed Drone Pilot Program Get Off The Ground? Here's Your Chance To Weigh In
The public has two weeks to review proposed guidelines for the use of drones by Los Angeles police for a one-year pilot program before the Los Angeles Police Commission considers final approval later this month. The civilian commission agreed, after making a few revisions, at its Tuesday meeting that the guidelines were ready for public input. Police Commissioner Shane Murphy Goldsmith said she's heard the public's concerns expressed at recent community and commission meetings about the potential use of drones and takes them seriously. “Our challenge is to create a policy that strikes a balance that promotes public safety, the safety of our officers and does not infringe on individual privacy rights,” Goldsmith said.
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Bloody Chinatown Social Club Stabbings, Murder Suspect Ordered To Stand Trial
A man was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for the stabbing deaths of two men following a dispute at a private social club in Chinatown where he had once been a member. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor rejected the defense's motion to dismiss the case against Vinh Dao, 37, who is charged with murder for the Jan. 26 killings of Tony Young and Kim Kong Yun, both 64, at the Hop Sing Tong Benevolent Association at 428 Gin Ling Way.
MyNewsLA.com |
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A Glance Into The LA County Sheriff's Active Shooter Training
If you are a law enforcement officer, you may never respond to an "active shooter" in your career...but you may respond tomorrow. Either way you have to be trained, ready, and willing to act. I got to spend some time with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at a training facility in East Los Angeles where they went through what they call 'EASS' or Enhanced Active Shooter Scenarios.
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California Lawmakers Weigh Free Speech, Public Safety
Lawmakers listened and asked questions but offered no concrete solutions Tuesday in the first of several California legislative hearings planned to discuss how to balance free speech rights with public safety. The hearings arose after a violent clash between white supremacists and anti-racist demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia in August. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, a Los Angeles Democrats, called for senators to look into potential legislation.
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Detroit Police Chief Calls For Venues To Let Off-Duty Officers Carry
Responding to the Sunday night shooting that left more than 50 dead in Las Vegas, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Monday: "We're in a constant state of readiness." In Detroit, he said large venues should all allow off-duty officers to carry firearms during events such as Detroit Lions games -- where they're prohibited. "We have to find ways to mitigate threats," Craig said at a media briefing from DPD headquarters.
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Local Government News
L.A. reworks another 'road diet,' restoring car lanes in Playa del Rey
Faced with an ongoing furor over traffic congestion and so-called “road diets,” Los Angeles officials announced they will restore car lanes removed from two Playa del Rey boulevards earlier this year. Traffic crews will add back a single westbound vehicle lane to Jefferson and Culver boulevards, the latest reversal in a coastal district represented by Councilman Mike Bonin. In a Facebook message posted Monday night, Bonin said the change along the 1.1-mile stretch is an interim step recommended by a community task force looking at street safety and complaints about traffic congestion from residents and business owners. That panel is expected to present final recommendations next month. “It's my hope that this first agreement ... will lead to greater cooperation on all sides,” he wrote.
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Indigenous Peoples Day To Replace Columbus Day In L.A. County
Starting in 2019, the second Monday in October will be observed as Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day, according to a motion passed by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The motion, which makes Indigenous Peoples Day an official county holiday, also designates Oct. 12 as Italian American Heritage Day. “The motion, let me be clear, is not about erasing history,” said Supervisor Hilda Solis, who introduced it with Supervisor Sheila Kuehl .
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Sylmar Armory To Be Converted Into Year-Round ‘Bridge Housing' For Homeless Women
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to convert an armory in Sylmar, long used as an emergency winter shelter, into a year-round facility for homeless women. The repurposed armory, which could open as soon as December, will provide “bridge housing,” consisting of shelter and support services to help transition women into permanent housing.
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