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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
December 10, 2018 |
Law Enforcement News
When Life Unravels, Where Do Police Officers Turn for Help?
David Swailes was a 10-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran who was married to his high school sweetheart. A father of four boys, he was making plans for a family trip to Disneyland. His wife of 14 years had noticed something was horribly wrong in recent months. His behavior had changed. There were fits of rage. He wasn't sleeping well and having nightmares when he did sleep. "There were all kind of pieces of a puzzle," said Melissa Swailes. "At the time, I didn't see how they all fit together. "I had every confidence that he would get through it." One day in 2016, on a son's second birthday, the day they were supposed to make that Disneyland visit, David Swailes killed himself with a gunshot to the head. "It's just so still surreal, to go from making plans [as a] family to go to Disneyland, to making funeral arrangements," said Melissa Swailes. David Swailes' death was one of 36 LAPD officer suicides reported between 1998 and 2017, according to a study done by the department's Behavioral Science Services. NBC4 -- with the support of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents the department's more than 7,000 rank-and-file officers -- sent surveys with questions about job-related stress faced by officers. More than 600 officers responded to the NBC4 I-Team survey.
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Sheriff: Bullet That Killed Sergeant Came From CHP Officer During Thousand Oaks Mass Shooting
The deputy sergeant killed during the Thousand Oaks mass shooting died from a bullet fired by a California Highway Patrol officer who was also trying to stop the suspect, Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said in a Friday news conference. The suspect's gunfire hit Sgt. Ron Helus five times, but that gunfire was not necessarily fatal. “We are deeply saddened to inform you that Sgt. Helus was also struck by a sixth bullet, which we now know … was fired from the CHP officer's rifle,” the sheriff said. “Tragically, that bullet struck vital organs and was fatal.” Authorities made the discovery when FBI crime-lab analysis showed that the lethal bullet matched the type that came from the officer's weapon. Ayub said the news was “extremely difficult” to process and understand, particularly for Helus' wife, Karen, and adult son Jordan.
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Law Enforcement Officer Found Dead On Hollywood Hills Elementary School Campus, LAPD
Investigating Detectives are investigating the death of a law enforcement officer whose body was found on the campus of a Hollywood Hills elementary school Sunday night. Detectives from LAPD's North Hollywood division responded to the scene at Valley View Elementary School, located in the 6900 block of Woodrow Wilson Dr. The deceased has been identified as a male.
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LAPD Holds Annual Toy Giveaway In Hollywood
Los Angeles Police Department officers took part in their annual holiday toy giveaway in Hollywood on Saturday.
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Man Sleeping Inside Vehicle In Pacoima Killed By Hit-and-Run Motorist
A man sleeping inside a parked car in Pacoima was killed this morning when his vehicle was struck by a hit-and motorist, who fled on foot. The crash in the area of Telfair Avenue and Branford Street occurred a little after 3:20 a.m., said Officer Norma Eisenman of the LAPD's Media Relations Section. The suspect struck several parked vehicles and fled on foot, Eisenman said. The man was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries, she said.
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Two Shot Inside Car That Crashed Into Sign Outside YMCA In North Hollywood
A man and woman were hospitalized Saturday morning after being shot in a car that crashed into a sign outside a YMCA in North Hollywood. The shooting was reported at 7:45 p.m. Friday in the 5100 block of Tujunga Avenue, near Magnolia Boulevard, according to Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section. “We got information from… witnesses that apparently this started at a fast-food restaurant not too far away from here, possibly the Taco Bell,” LAPD Detective Sgt. Adolfo Godinez told reporters at the scene. The car crashed into a sign outside the East Valley Family YMCA at 5142 Tujunga Ave.
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LAPD Searching For Missing 5-Year-Old Last Seen At Union Station
Los Angeles Transit Services police asked for the public's help Sunday to find a 5-year-old child who went missing at Union Station. Lorenzo Capriccio was last seen about 8 p.m. Saturday, Transit Services detectives reported. Capriccio's mother told police that Lorenzo may be with a family member in the San Diego area. San Diego police have been notified about the missing child, the LAPD reported. Lorenzo is black. He stands 3 feet 5 inches tall, has brown eyes and short black hair, police said. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Lorenzo was asked to call LAPD's Transit Services Division watch commander at (213) 922-1410.
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Clues Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Van Nuys Man
Police are seeking two killers in connection with a shooting that left a Van Nuys man dead and a second victim seriously injured on Thursday night, authorities said. Osvaldo Hernandez, 22, died in the 9:40 p.m. shooting in a residential neighborhood in the 7300 block of Vista Del Monte Avenue, between Wyandotte and Valerio streets, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a written statement. A second victim was hospitalized in “serious but stable” condition. No description of the surviving victim was provided. Officers found the victims while responding to reports of gunfire, police said.
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Debit Card Activity Found For Missing Mother Of 3
A desperate search continues for a missing mother of three in Granada Hills. Adriana Prado Figueroa, 34, was last seen Tuesday afternoon driving a Toyota Highlander in the 17200 block of Los Alimos Street. Her husband's private investigator found new information on where she might have been Friday. “There was some debit card activity in Century City, near the mall at a bar named St. Mark,” David Figueroa said. “It's not a guarantee that it's for certain for her, but it's something to point us in the direction of where her whereabouts are.” Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to call the Los Angeles Police Department Missing Persons Unit at 213-996-1800.
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Transient Pleads Not Guilty To Pushing Man Into Path Of Truck In Downtown Los Angeles
A transient charged with pushing a man into the path of a truck on a downtown Los Angeles street pleaded not guilty to attempted murder Friday, Dec. 7. Garrett Joseph Boldt, 41, is due back in court Dec. 20. He's suspected of pushing a man into a downtown Los Angeles street, where the man was struck by a box truck, and also accosting two women. The attacks appeared to be random and unprovoked, prosecutors said. Boldt could face up to life in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
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Public Safety News
More Than 100 Firefighters Battle Sylmar Strip Mall Blaze
Firefighters Monday battled a greater-alarm blaze inside an L-shaped strip mall in Sylmar, authorities said. The fire was first reported at 3:47 a.m. at 12777 San Fernando Road, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said. Firefighters were working to keep the fire from spreading throughout the mall, but they had to get out of the interior and off part of the roof on one section of the L because “the structural integrity of the roof over the fire unit is poor,” Stewart said. “The common facade leaves the risk of the fire running the entire structure and is being closely monitored for safety,” she said. No injuries were reported, Stewart said.
Los Angeles Daily News |
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Local Government News
Metro Moves Forward With Aerial Tram To Dodger Stadium
Metro CEO Phil Washington announced Thursday that the agency had signed a letter of intent with a company called Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies that plans to build an aerial tram running between Union Station and the stadium. The letter will allow the agency to begin negotiations with the company in order to allow the proposal to move forward. ARTT is led by Drew McCourt, the son of former Dodgers own Frank McCourt. The company revealed plans for the project in April, estimating it would cost about $125 million to build. According to Martha Welborne, project manager for the ARTT system, the tram will “have the capacity to move thousands of people every hour.”
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