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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
November 19, 2018 |
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Law Enforcement News
LAPD SWAT Vehicle Filling Up With Toys For Kids In Need
The Los Angeles Police Department got some help from the public in the mission to stuff a SWAT BEAR vehicle with toys. The SWAT team's ballistic engineered armored response vehicle, also known as BEAR, was parked at the Beverly Connection in Beverly Grove for people to fill with toys to benefit the Orthopaedic Institute for Children. The gifts are for the hospital's annual Toys and Joy holiday party. "We take care of kids regardless of their ability to pay. To do that, to be able to do what we do, we depend on private support, we depend on people making a donation; we depend on people giving to us their time, their talents and their treasures," said Mary Beth Perrine of the institute.
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2 Shooting Victims Found Dead Inside Burning Westchester Apartment
Firefighters discovered the bodies of two people who appeared to have been shot while extinguishing a fire at a Westchester apartment on Saturday morning, officials said. The fire was first reported just after 9 a.m. at an apartment building in the 8600 block of Belford Avenue, just south of Manchester Avenue, Lt. John Radtke of the Los Angeles Police Department's West Bureau Homicide Division said in a written statement. Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters arrived to find several good Samaritans trying to put out the flames from outside the apartment, he said. Firefighters made their way into the burning home and discovered two people, Radtke said. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Southbound 101 Freeway Reopens After LAPD Officer-Involved Shooting Investigation
The entire southbound side of the 101 Freeway in Hollywood was shut down Sunday afternoon and into the night for more than five hours as Los Angeles Police Department detectives investigated a shooting between officers and a man who pulled out a handgun after jumping out of his vehicle. The southbound lanes of the freeway reopened about 9:50 p.m., the California Highway Patrol said. A SigAlert earlier was in place closing those lanes since about 4:30 p.m. Earlier, traffic was snarled on the freeway and on side streets for hours as officers directed thousands of motorists off the 101 and into nearby neighborhoods. An LAPD command center and several police units could be seen on the freeway, stopped just behind where detectives were looking inside the purple-lighted interior of a black Range Rover.
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Mother Claims Son Called Her Saying He Killed Someone After Deadly Watts Shooting
Authorities are investigating a shooting at a Watts home Sunday morning that was followed by an officer-involved shooting and left one person dead and "several individuals'' taken to local hospitals, a police officer said. Officers were dispatched at 5:40 a.m. to 95th Street and Defiance Avenue on a report that a person was shot, said Officer Mike Lopez of the LAPD's Media Relations Section. An officer-involved shooting occurred at the location and "several individuals'' have been taken to local hospitals, Lopez said, adding that he had no other immediate information.
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Teen Training for Marathon Killed in Westlake Hit-and-Run Crash, Friends Say
Police are asking the public for help in their search for a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a teen who was training for a marathon in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles earlier this month. The crash occurred just after 1 a.m. on Nov. 10 near the intersection of Virgil Avenue and First Street, the Los Angeles Police Department stated. Video posted by the LAPD to YouTube on Thursday showed the victim jogging in the street when he is struck from behind by a vehicle. The video seen in video released by police appeared to be some type of SUV or minivan, but LAPD did not offer a description of the "unidentified" vehicle or driver.
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Man Climbs Fire Escape To Break Into Woman's Apartment And Assaults Her, Say Police
A shocking break-in leads to a brazen sexual assault while a woman is sleeping. It happened two Sundays ago (November 4th) in her Sunset Boulevard apartment in Echo Park. He climbed a fire escape on the Glendale Blvd side, then broke into the woman's bedroom window around 5 in the morning. The man pried the window open, walked into the woman's bedroom, and began assaulting her while she was still sleeping. After he attacked her, he left through her front door. Video shows him wearing a green sweatshirt with some kind of logo, dark pants and black Adidas shoes, while climbing up a flight of stairs in her apt complex. Police are still on the case for her attacker and describe him as a Hispanic man with black hair, brown eyes, who is 5 feet 5 inches, 150 pounds, between 19-25 with a clean shave.
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Thieves Smash Through Nordstrom Window At The Grove
Thieves shattered a plate glass window at the Nordstrom store, just hours after thousands flocked to the Grove for the shopping center's annual Christmas lighting event. The burglary was reported at about 4:45 a.m. at The Grove, where Los Angeles police found a shattered plate glass window and discarded black clothes on the ground beneath the window. Witnesses told police they saw as many as six men in masks use a sledgehammer to break the window, ran inside and grabbed men's clothes and accessories. The men took off in five different cars, and were last seen speeding away on 3rd Street.
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Teacher At Charter High School In Van Nuys Charged With Sexual Battery, Child Annoyance
A teacher at Birmingham Community Charter High School in Van Nuys was taken into custody after police investigated a report alleging he engaged in “inappropriate conduct,” authorities said Saturday. The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office on Friday filed multiple counts of sexual battery and child annoyance against teacher Scott Silva and a $400,000 warrant was issued for his arrest, Los Angeles Police Department officials said. Silva was taken into custody without incident. The LAPD's Sexually Exploited Child Unit began investigating Silva Nov. 1 after receiving a report Silva engaged in inappropriate conduct, police said. No further details about allegations were available.
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Public Safety News
Woolsey Fire Containment Reaches 91 Percent
Cal Fire said the massive fire scorches 96,949 acres and containment reaches 91 percent after the absence of the Santa Ana winds. One firefighter from Washington state was injured when he was struck by a vehicle in Ventura County. In total, 1,130 structures have been destroyed and 300 more have been damaged as a result of the fire. The death toll in the Southern California wildfire remained at three Friday. At a news conference Thursday night, fire officials said they were focusing on getting evacuated residents back into their homes safely.
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Upcoming Rain To Cause Mudslide Risk In Burn Areas
Areas of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties that were burned by the Woolsey and Hill Fires are vulnerable to rock and mudslides with rain expected to enter the region on Wednesday, the National Weather Service says. Wildfires often leave behind terrain that has been cleared of vegetation, which make the areas prone to loose rocks and dirt during a storm. A rainstorm expected to bring between 0.25 and 1 inch of rain is forecast to arrive Wednesday afternoon. The NWS warns that mud or rockslides may result in major delays for Thanksgiving holiday travelers, particularly on Highway 1 and on canyon roads. NBC 4 |
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Nearly 1,300 Unaccounted For And At Least 77 Dead As Search For Bodies In Camp Fire Continues
Volunteers in white coveralls, hard hats and masks poked through ash and debris Sunday, searching for the remains of victims of the devastating Northern California wildfire before rains forecast this week complicate their efforts. While the predicted downpours could help tamp down blazes that have killed 77 people so far, they also could wash away telltale fragments of bone, or turn loose, dry ash into a thick paste that would frustrate the search. A team of 10 volunteers went from burned house to burned house Sunday in the devastated town of Paradise, accompanied by a cadaver dog with a bell on its collar that jingled in the grim landscape.
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Local Government News
Temporary Homeless Shelter For Women Coming To Hollywood In 2019
Ground was broken Thursday on a homeless bridge housing project for women in Hollywood, the latest in a large-scale effort by Los Angeles city leaders to install the temporary facilities in each City Council district to help ease the region's homeless crisis. The former library at 1403 N. Gardner Street will provide 30 beds and services for homeless women and is expected to be completed by late summer next year. “Today, we are turning a new page in the story of homelessness in Hollywood and Council District Four,” City Councilman David Ryu said.
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About the LAPPL Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. The LAPPL can be found on the Web at:
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