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Police Protective League
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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 12 |
Law Enforcement News
Texas Police Still Searching For Man Who Killed Officer While Fleeing Traffic Stop
A Houston-area police sergeant was killed when a man wanted on a domestic violence warrant broke free from police while being handcuffed, fled from a traffic stop and struck her with his vehicle, police said. The search continued Wednesday for 21-year-old Tavores Henderson, who police said likely still has one handcuff attached to his wrist. Harris County Sgt. Dennis Wolfford said a warrant for felony murder had been issued for Henderson. “Turn yourself in. We will eventually catch up to you,” Wolfford said Wednesday. Nassau Bay police Sgt. Kaila Sullivan was assisting in a traffic stop Tuesday night at an apartment complex when police discovered the driver, later identified as Henderson, had an outstanding warrant for assault on a family member, Nassau Bay Police Chief Tim Cromie said. Police were in the process of handcuffing and arresting Henderson when he escaped the officers and got into his vehicle, Cromie said.
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‘Strongest Woman I've Ever Met': Parents Of LASD Deputy Injured By Alleged DUI Driver Say She Is Recovering
The parents of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy who was injured by an alleged drunken driver in Paramount last month said she is in stable condition and recovering. Dakota Palanca's mother and stepfather told KTLA on Wednesday that the deputy is strong. She has opened her eyes and is moving her arms, but remains hospitalized. She was critically injured while responding to a call on Nov. 25. about a man allegedly acting erratically. The man ran to her window and began assaulting her before he got away, authorities said. As Palanca, 25, was running after him, she was struck by a Chevrolet Suburban. The driver was found a short distance away and arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. The man involved in the initial incident was also arrested. Despite being in stable condition, Palanca has a long recovery ahead of her, her parents said. After a recent scare at the hospital, Palanca's mother said her daughter took the incident in stride.
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How The LAPD Is Trying To Lower A Language Barrier
On a September afternoon nine years ago, a man named Manuel Jaminez Xum was fatally shot by LAPD officers not far from MacArthur Park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. At the time of the shooting, the 37-year-old was allegedly drunk and threatening passersby with a knife. Authorities said police repeatedly ordered him to drop the weapon, but that Jaminez raised the knife over his head and moved toward one officer, who opened fire. The commands were delivered in English and Spanish. But Jaminez, who died at the scene, spoke K'iché — an indigenous language spoken by Guatemalan Maya. The shooting, which later was declared justified by LAPD's oversight body, incited violent protests in the largely immigrant neighborhood and made headlines in Jaminez's home country of Guatemala. It also made the need for outreach between the department and non-Spanish-speaking Mexican and Central American communities acutely clear, as my colleague Metro reporter Leila Miller wrote in a story published Thursday. As the story details, indigenous Mexican community leaders began organizing training for officers in the LAPD in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. The department itself is about half Latino. Later this month, LAPD officers will begin carrying pocket cards that can help them identify an indigenous language, and if necessary, call an interpreter.
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Police Search For Driver Who Fatally Struck Pedestrian In South LA
Police were searching Wednesday for a driver who fatally struck a 47-year-old man in South Los Angeles and drove away. The victim, Rufino Miranda, was crossing Avalon Boulevard Dec. 4 around 9:20 p.m. when the driver of a black Ford Fusion plowed right into him. When Miranda got stuck on the windshield of the car, police said the driver slammed his breaks to get the man off the car and then drove away. Investigators said Miranda was still alive when the suspect fled the scene and later died at the hospital. Neighbors said cars speed down that stretch of Avalon Boulevard all the time. There is a $50,000 reward being offered. Anyone with information was asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Drunken Suspects Target, Vandalize Vehicles In South Los Angeles
Two men accused of going on a vandalism spree, busting the side view mirrors, windows and windshields of at least seven vehicles in South Los Angeles, were under arrest Thursday morning. Police received calls about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday that the suspects were damaging vehicles in the area of 46th Street and Hoover Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Officers caught up with the men and both were taken into custody without incident. Multiple broadcast reports said the suspects were drunk at the time of the vandalism.
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LAPD Hollywood Division Tests Out Tesla Patrol Car
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Division will be sporting a new set of wheels over the next few months after the station volunteered to test out a Tesla police cruiser. The Tesla Model S, adorned with a traditional black-and-white LAPD paint job, was debuted on Twitter. “As @LAPDHQ moves to be more environmentally conscious, we at @LAPDHollywood were happy to volunteer to try out a @Tesla patrol vehicle!” LAPD Capt. Steve Lurie wrote. “Stop and say hi if you see us on “all electric” patrol for the next few months.”
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Man Arrested For Suspected Car Burglaries, ID Theft Across Glendale, Burbank, L.A.
A Glendale man arrested last week for what police said was a string of car burglaries has been released on bail. Sevak Vardumyan, a 30-year-old Glendale resident, posted bail after he was arrested at his home on Dec. 4. That's where Glendale detectives found him following their investigation into a Nov. 24 car burglary. When they searched his home, police said, the detectives found stolen items linking Vardumyan to burglaries in Glendale, Burbank and Los Angeles, as well as to an identity-theft scheme. A Glendale police spokesman said in a statement that Vardumyan was arrested on suspicion of vehicle burglary, possession of stolen property and identity theft. Detectives traced the Nov. 24 burglary to Vardumyan after they found video of him captured on nearby security cameras walking away from a crime scene, police said. They took his image to other Glendale police officers; one said he'd encountered Vardumyan before and recognized him.
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States Prepare To Purge Tens Of Thousands Of Pot Convictions
With the tap of a computer key, prosecutors in Los Angeles and Chicago plan over the coming weeks to erase tens of thousands of marijuana convictions from people's criminal records, a key part of a progressive crime-fighting strategy that is seeking to rectify the wrongs of a decades-long drug war. Prosecutors and legal aid advocates say purging arrest and conviction records removes barriers to jobs and housing, helping to stabilize and improve troubled communities. Jettisoning marijuana convictions has taken on added urgency as more states legalize the possession and sale of marijuana, a lucrative trade, and confront the vexing question of how to handle convictions for crimes that are no longer crimes. “We are undoing the harm prosecutors have caused,” said Cook County State's Atty. Kim Foxx, whose office handles prosecutions in Chicago, a city of 2.7 million residents, and who has been one of the leading national advocates of expunging people's records. “Prosecuting these cases was not in the public interest, or in the interest of public safety. These convictions kept people out of the housing market, job market,” Foxx said.
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Local Government News
L.A. Councilman Herb Wesson Wraps Up Council Presidency Los Angeles
City Councilman Herb Wesson, who will surrender his council presidency next month to focus on a campaign for county supervisor, gave his final remarks as the leader of the council Wednesday. Wesson, 68, has been council president for eight years. He will be succeeded by Councilwoman Nury Martinez, while Councilman Joe Buscaino will be the next council president pro tempore. “When I was elected … I indicated that my presidency was not about me, that it was about we, that it was about us,” Wesson told the council. “And I indicated that it was time for us as a council to work together, recognizing that we could do more together and that it was time for us to sit at the grownups table and take our rightful place and become an equal partner in the running of this city, and I'm so proud of each and every one of you.”
MyNewsLA.com |
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City Council Restricts L.A. Housing Land To Affordable Unit
s The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday, Dec. 10, to allow only affordable units to be built on city-owned land slated for housing. Council President Herb Wesson said he introduced the proposal because not enough affordable housing is being developed at a fast enough pace. “One of the reasons why the people rise up when they see market-rate developments going up throughout the community is because we're not building affordable housing that elevates their comfort level,” Wesson said. The restrictions go in effect on Jan. 1. Councilman Paul Krekorian said he was concerned the restriction could prohibit developers from building affordable housing, as many projects with affordable units throughout the city are built with market-rate units to recoup costs. “Our goal is to maximize the number of affordable units,” Krekorian said. “By maximizing the production of housing, we may actually be producing more affordable units than by imposing further limitations on the use of land.”
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