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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 5 |
Law Enforcement News
LAPD Union Will Not Defend Officer Accused Of Fondling Dead Woman's Breasts
Leaders of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that represents rank-and-file cops, said it would not criminally defend an officer who allegedly fondled a dead woman's breasts. The officer's body-worn camera recorded the incident. Lt. Craig Lally, a 39-year officer and union president, said he has never heard of any similar incident in policing. He called the allegation “reprehensible, repugnant” and said, if true, the officer “has no place in law enforcement.” If the allegations are found to be true, Lally said “the Los Angeles Police Protective League will not defend this officer in a criminal proceeding.” “This is beyond pale, beyond acceptable,” he said. The Times first reported the incident on Tuesday. Department officials initially thought the alleged act was discovered during a random inspection of the officer's body camera footage, but officials now say a detective investigating the woman's death found the video. The officer, who is assigned to downtown's Central Division, was placed on leave and assigned to home as the department launched an internal investigation.
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Man In Prison For Killing Morrow Police Officer Denied Parole
The man in prison for killing a Morrow police officer will stay in prison for at least another 10 years. The parole board denied Anthony McIntosh's request to be released on parole. He was sentenced to prison for the murder of Officer Jeff Phegley in 1987. Phegley was shot and killed during a traffic stop. He is recognized at a police memorial in Warren County with other officers. McIntosh will be up for parole again in September 2029.
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Affidavit: 19-Year-Old Man Admits Firing At Least 3 Shots At Fort Lupton Officer
A 19-year-old man is facing several charges in the shooting of a Fort Lupton police officer on Monday night. Court documents show Matthew Cotter was arrested for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and threatening a peace officer with a weapon. According to an arrest affidavit from the Greeley Police Department, the Fort Lupton officer who was shot was Sgt. Christopher Pelton. The affidavit said Pelton has undergone two surgeries since the shooting. The affidavit says Cotter admitted under questioning after waiving his Miranda rights on Tuesday morning to shooting at least three rounds from his handgun at Pelton. Pelton was shot in the face outside a home in the 200 block of Ponderosa Place about 10:40 p.m. Cotter told detectives that when he heard police sirens approaching, he took a handgun from a vehicle, loaded a round in the chamber, then hid behind a fence, according to the affidavit. When officers arrived, Cotter "admitting shooting three or four rounds from his handgun at an officer," according to the affidavit.
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Woman Surrenders In Rented Tesla Hit-and-Run Crash That Killed Father Of Four
Amid public and media attention, a woman identified as a person of interest surrendered Wednesday in the case of a father of four struck and killed by a rented Tesla that left the scene and was later abandoned. Vanessa Gutierrez, 35, walked into the lobby of LAPD's Central Division station Wednesday afternoon and was booked on suspicion of felony hit and run, according to Det. Moses Castillo. The surrender came 13 days after the collision on Olympic Boulevard west of downtown Los Angeles hospitalized Emilio Perez, 34, with a severe brain injury from which he did not recover. He died on Thanksgiving Day. Per his wishes, his organs were harvested for transplants. Investigators located the Tesla, and found video they made public of a woman covering it up, before leaving in another vehicle.
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Police Searching For Man Who Groped UCLA Student On Campus
Police are searching for a man who groped a student walking home Tuesday evening at the University of California, Los Angeles campus, authorities said. The female student was near Covel Commons at 330 De Neve Drive when a man approached her and grabbed her buttocks at about 7 p.m., UCLA said in an alert to students. The suspect is seen shirtless, running across campus in surveillance video provided by university police. Authorities said the man then got into a silver four-door sedan and fled southbound on Young Drive West towards Strathmore Plaza. He was described as being a black man between 23 to 28 years old, with a thin build and short black, braided hair. The suspect was last seen wearing khaki or gray pants and had tattoos around his torso. University police said the sexual battery was reported almost a week after a UCLA security guard was struck on the head with an unknown object.
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Border Agents Arrest Woman Who Appeared To Use Child To Seem Less Suspicious To Smuggle Pounds Of Meth Into U.S.
A woman attempted to smuggle 50 pounds of methamphetamine into the U.S. while using her child to appear less suspicious, Border Patrol officials said Wednesday. The 26-year-old Mexican national was traveling into the country with a valid B1/B2 tourist visa on Tuesday afternoon when she was stopped by the Border Patrol agents near the Oceanside Harbor exit on Interstate 5. San Diego Sector agents who pulled the woman over said they became suspicious of her due to her behavior, according to a news release. Agents found a duffle bag with 20 bundles of meth that weighed a total of 48.94 pounds inside the trunk of the woman's car. The estimated value of the drugs was $92,986, officials said. She was arrested and could face charges for felony drug trafficking.
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Another Battle Over Crime Looms In California
No California ballot would be complete without at least one measure about crime and punishment and 2020 will be no exception. A referendum seeking to overturn California's landmark ban on cash bail in criminal cases will once again test voters' sentiments about the treatment of accused lawbreakers. During previous decades, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, voters endorsed a tough, lock-‘em-up attitude, culminating in passage of the state's famous — or infamous — three-strikes-and-you're-out law aimed at repeat offenders. At some point — roughly a decade ago — voter attitudes about crime softened and criminal justice reform advocates began winning in the political arena. When Jerry Brown returned to the governorship in 2011, he strived to undo some of the punishment laws he had signed three decades earlier by reducing penalties for crimes deemed to be nonviolent, diverting more offenders into probation rather than putting them behind bars and making it easier for felons to win parole. Law enforcement officials objected, saying that fewer offenders behind bars would imperil the public, but in 2014, Brown won passage of a key ballot measure, Proposition 47, encompassing his reforms.
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What Makes A Gun A Ghost Gun?
Law enforcement agencies are facing a new and growing problem: Homemade, nearly impossible-to-trace firearms, otherwise known as ghost guns. But there are many misconceptions about what qualifies as a ghost gun, and much confusion about the challenges they present. Let's break down the basics: What exactly is a ghost gun? The term “ghost gun” is used by media, police, and sometimes the firearms industry to describe homemade weapons devoid of serial numbers or other identifying markings that enable them to be tracked to their maker, seller, or original owner. For years, law enforcement authorities referred to these weapons as simply “homemade” guns or “kit” guns. “Ghost gun” is a relatively new term. How are ghost guns made? A variety of ways. The most important part of a gun is what's known as the lower receiver. It's kind of like the chassis of the weapon, housing vital components like the hammer and trigger. According to federal law, the lower receiver is actually a firearm. While you can walk into a store and purchase a new barrel or handguard for your rifle without a background check, the lower receiver is treated as a de facto weapon.
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Public Safety News
Romaine Lettuce Tainted By Fecal Bacteria Sickens More Than 100 People
Tainted romaine lettuce from California's Salinas Valley has been linked to 102 illnesses in 23 states, health authorities reported Wednesday. The tally, including a case reported as recently as Nov. 18, more than doubles the magnitude of an ongoing outbreak linked to E. coli bacteria generally found in animals. Consumers should check whether their lettuce is labeled with a place of origin, and throw it out if it came from the Salinas Valley, the Food and Drug Administration advised. Unlabeled romaine should be discarded as a precaution, the agency said. No lettuce from other regions or from indoor facilities has been linked to the outbreak, the FDA said.
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Local Government News
L.A. City Council Committee Puts Trash Cleanup Teams On Notice
Frustrated by the amount of debris on the city's streets, a Los Angeles City Council Committee Tuesday ordered the bureau in charge of handling illegal dumping and trash around homeless encampments to justify its work. During a meeting of the City Council's Energy, Climate Change and Environmental Justice Committee, City Council President-Elect Nury Martinez said she had concerns about the Comprehensive Cleaning and Rapid Engagement, or CARE, and CARE-Plus teams because of the visible debris lining the city's streets, which she said has been a particular nuisance to residents of the San Fernando Valley. The teams were increased and deployed in October, and they did proactive work before then. The city is spending roughly $6.5 million this year on cleanup services and outreach to homeless people living in encampments, as well as several hygienic services. “How can we have deployed this new program, basically to make you think that things were going to improve, but when you drive my district I actually think it's actually gotten worse than it was several months ago,” Martinez said.
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LA County Approves Pilot Program To Add 500 Mental Health Beds
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a two-year pilot program to add 500 mental health beds countywide. Supervisor Kathryn Barger recommended the pilot program, calling it "a critical first step of rapid expansion.'' An October report by the Department of Mental Health found that county psychiatric emergency rooms are severely overcrowded, with patients sometimes waiting days for a hospital bed. One of the goals of the pilot program is to get people the care they need to keep them out of a jail system that has become one of the nation's largest mental health institutions. Roughly one-quarter of homeless individuals countywide have a serious mental illness and cycle in and out of hospitals and jail without receiving care to put them on a path to recovery, according to the report.
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