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the union that represents the
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
December 4 |
Law Enforcement News
Man Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Detroit Police Officer
A 28-year-old convicted felon was charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting last month of a Detroit police officer and the wounding of another as they searched for him following a home invasion. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said JuJuan Parks could be arraigned as early as Tuesday on 16 charges, including first-degree premeditated murder, murder of a police officer, assault with intent to murder, and resisting and obstructing police. He also could face charges in other shootings. “The investigations ... are far from over,” Worthy said. “I don't want to taint any kind of jury pool.” Parks was arrested Nov. 20 after a third officer shot him in the arm as he tried to flee from the home on the city's west side. Officer Rasheen McClain was shot in the neck and later died at a hospital. His partner, Officer Phillippe Batoum-Bisse, was shot in the leg as he, McClain and two other officers descended basement stairs to look for Parks.
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Suspects Drag 2 Ohio LEOs Behind Vehicle At Traffic Stop
Police are looking for two males who dragged two Dayton police officers who tried to remove the suspects from a stolen vehicle just minutes after the same suspects tried to run over two other officers, Lt. Randy Beane said. In the first incident, a vehicle jumped a curb and tried to run over two officers, he said. Beane did not say where that incident occurred. Police found and seized that vehicle, which was empty. They soon learned the suspects had taken a second vehicle. Minutes later, two police officers on an unrelated call at South Gettysburg and Maywood avenues saw the second vehicle and tried to initiate a traffic stop. Beane said the suspects refused to get out and began fighting with the officers. One of the suspects managed to get into the driver's seat and sped off with both officers apparently hanging onto the vehicle. "The vehicle dragged two officers approximately 50 yards," Beane said.
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LAPD Asks For Money To Prevent Communicable Diseases For Cops Working Filthy Conditions
The LAPD plans to ask for hundreds of thousands of dollars in new funding to pay for equipment, building upgrades, and landscaping -- all aimed at reducing the spread of communicable diseases among officers who often work in filthy conditions. The Department's proposed 2020-2021 budget includes requests for more than $2 million in facilities improvements, including $325,000 to purchase 50 boot sanitizers that use ultraviolet light to kill microbes and bacteria on the soles of officers' shoes. "Environmental safety for our officers was paramount," said Robert Harris, a director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents most officers. The League purchased the first boot sanitizer in use at the Central Division at a cost of about $5,000, but said each police station needs one at each entrance for them to be effective. "The majority of pathogens that come into an environment come in from the soles of shoes, and then they atomize, they get up in the air, they land on desks, and that's where our officers are being contaminated," Harris said.
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Man Accused Of Trespassing Kendall Jenner's Hollywood Hills Home Arrested
A man was in custody Tuesday for allegedly trespassing at the Hollywood Hills home of model and television personality Kendall Jenner. Richard Eggers, 27, was arrested about 10:30 p.m. Monday in the 14000 block of Mulholland Drive and was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. He was being held Tuesday morning on $1,000 bail. According to TMZ.com, Eggers scaled a neighbor's fence near Jenner's home and made his way to her property. TMZ reported that Jenner's security team apprehended Eggers and held him until police arrived. Eggers allegedly told police he was going door-to-door collecting signatures to impeach President Donald Trump, TMZ reported.
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95-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Reunited With Family After Vanishing En Route To Doctor In Mid-City
A 95-year-old Holocaust survivor who went missing on his way to a doctor's appointment Tuesday was found and reunited with his family Wednesday, according to Hatzolah of Los Angeles. The emergency services group says it was contacted by L.A. police for mutual aid, and its volunteers combed the city for Carthay resident Karl Wozniak. The rescue squad found Wozniak around 9:30 p.m., Hatzolah said, though it did not specify where.
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UCLA Police Investigating Report Of On-Campus Battery
UCLA police are investigating a report of an on-campus battery involving a university employee. Police say an incident at a parking garage on Le Conte Avenue between the Doris Stein Eye Research Center and Geffen Hall was reported at approximately 2:40 a.m. November 27th. The victim reported being hit on the head by the suspect, resulting in serious head injury and body pain. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately six feet tall, wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans. Anyone with information regarding the incident is advised to contact UCLA police.
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Los Angeles-Based Video Game Maker Riot Games Agrees To Pay $10 Million In Gender Bias Case
The maker of popular video game League of Legends has agreed to pay $10 million to female employees to settle a broad gender discrimination case. Los Angeles-based Riot Games will pay about 1,000 current and former female employees who have worked at the company in the last five years. The case against Riot Games claimed the company paid women less than men, passed them over for promotions and fostered a “bro culture” that excluded them. The lawsuit claims that culture led to sexual harassment and misconduct. Allegations of misconduct against women have plagued the video game industry for years. The plaintiff's lawyer, Ryan Saba, said the large settlement amount shows that Riot was serious about changing its culture.
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SoCal Mother Accused Of Tying Plastic Bag Over 3-Year-Old Son's Head, Setting Home On Fire
A Santa Paula mother was arrested and is expected in court on Wednesday after investigators said she tied a plastic bag over her three-year-old son's head and set their home on fire. Maricela Magana Ruiz, 47, was bailed out of jail on Monday after Santa Paula police said she tied a plastic grocery bag around her son's head, tied his hands together and left him on the third floor of their townhome on Bahia Circle Sunday evening. Ruiz then lit their living room on fire and tied her feet to her bed on the second floor. Ventura County firefighters responded to the scene and rescued Magana and the boy while putting out the fire, authorities said. Both were taken to a nearby hospital and treated. Santa Paula Police Department responded to the scene along with arson investigators from the Ventura County Fire Department and initiated a criminal investigation.
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$5M Reward Offered In Search For Ex-San Diego Resident Who Landed On FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is offering $5 million for information that leads to the arrest of an American citizen on the agency's Most Wanted Terrorist List. An indictment unsealed in federal court on Monday accuses Jehad Serwan Mostafa, 37, of providing material support to al-Shabaab, which the US has designated a terrorist organization for its activities to undermine the Somali government. “We believe this defendant is the highest-ranking U.S. citizen fighting overseas with a terrorist organization,” US Attorney for the Southern District of California Robert Brewer said in a news release Monday. “Al-Shabaab's reign of terror threatens U.S. national security, our international allies and innocent civilians. Today we seek the public's assistance in capturing Mostafa and disrupting Al-Shabaab.” Mostafa — also known as “Ahmed Gurey,” “Ahmed,” “Anwar,” “Abu Anwar al Muhajir,” and “Abu Abdallah al Muhajir” — was formerly a resident of San Diego, but is currently believed to be in Somalia, according to San Diego special-agent-in-charge Scott Brunner.
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Gun Background Checks Are On Pace To Break Record
In 2019 Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates' calls for tighter restrictions. By the end of November, more than 25.4 million background checks — generally seen as a strong indicator of gun sales — had been conducted by the FBI, putting 2019 on pace to break the record of 27.5 million set in 2016, the last full year President Barack Obama was in the White House. On Black Friday alone, the FBI ran 202,465 checks — one every 4.85 seconds. Some analysts question how accurately the background check figures translate into gun sales, since some states run checks on applications for concealed-carry permits, too, and some purchases involve multiple firearms. But the numbers remain the most reliable method of tracking the industry.
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Public Safety News
LAFD Saves Porter Ranch Home, Confines Fire To Attic
Los Angeles firefighters attacked a house fire Monday night in Porter Ranch and were able to contain the blaze to the single-family dwelling's attic. When the LAFD arrived at the home on the 19600 block of Bermuda Street about 9:40 p.m., they saw moderate smoke coming from an attic fire. The occupants of the home were able to escape without injury, and firefighters contained the fire to a portion of the home's attic, said a photographer at the scene. Firefighters told the photographer that the blaze was caused by an electrical issue.
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Local Government News
L.A. Is Planning To Limit Campaign Money From Developers. But First, More Fundraising
L.A.'s elected leaders are on the brink of passing a law that would deprive them of one of their biggest sources of political money — real estate companies with projects pending at City Hall. Under the proposal, those companies and their executives would be prohibited from giving directly to the election campaigns of city candidates. But enforcement of those new restrictions could still take a while — more than two years. The prolonged timeline has drawn complaints from critics, who say it will allow incumbent council members in the March 2022 primary campaign to preserve one of their key advantages over challengers. Rob Quan, an organizer with the group Unrig L.A., said he believes council members slow-walked the new donation restrictions so they could continue collecting checks from real estate interests — and improve their odds of staying in office in 2022. As many as seven incumbents could seek re-election that year.
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LA County Placing 6-Cent/Square-Foot Fire Department Parcel Tax On Ballot
The Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to place a parcel tax on the March ballot that would provide funding for more staffing and upgraded equipment for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Fire Chief Daryl Osby, who has held that job for nearly nine years, said calls for emergency medical assistance have jumped by more than 50% since 2008, while the number of paramedic units has increased by only 5%. “We have not asked for anything in over 23 years,” Osby told the board. “I come here as a last resort to ask for your support.” Supervisors Janice Hahn and Kathryn Barger co-authored the motion to put the 6-cents-per-square-foot parcel tax on the March 3, 2020, ballot, pointing to a May 2018 assessment showing that the fire department is underfunded and underresourced. “It showed that our fire district needs at least $1.4 billion just to upgrade and replace (equipment and technology),” Hahn said.
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