"There is a deep-seated frustration and anger among the officers caused by their low pay, working conditions, a disciplinary system that is viewed as biased and unfair, and their perception that management is unreceptive to their problems," Izen added.
Read More →A judge Thursday upheld a jury’s award of more than $2 million apiece to five former Los Angeles police recruits who were denied the temporary city jobs they sought while recovering from injuries suffered during training at the police academy.
Read More →The Los Angeles Police Department is no longer heeding federal immigration requests to hold inmates who might be deportable past their jail terms unless a judge has vetted the request, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday alongside a cheering crowd of immigrant advocates.
Read More →Late Tuesday, the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Protective League approved a tentative contract proposal covering more than 9,900 LAPD officers. The next step of the process is for the League to take the tentative agreement to the membership for a ratification vote.
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Five Los Angeles police officers were hospilized after breathing in toxic fumes while investigating a drug lab in Van Nuys. The officers are part of the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force. They were treated for inhalation of the fumes and released from the hospital.
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Five LAPD officers were hospitalized after breathing in toxic fumes at a drug lab believed to be producing the drug DMT.
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A man directed his rifle at officers during a high-speed pursuit, pulled over, ran through a neighborhood, and climbed onto the roof of a house. He barricaded himself inside the house until surrendering to LAPD SWAT hours later. Read Story Here.
Read More →The Los Angeles Police Department Devonshire Division plans to start a volunteer bicycle patrol team aimed at reducing crime in the northwest San Fernando Valley.
Read More →Only 21% of LAPD employees live in Los Angeles, and 16% of Fire Department workers call the city home, according to the analysis of city data showing where workers receive their paychecks.
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On May 17, 1974, three months after the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, armed members of the "Symbionese Liberation Army" barricaded themselves in a house in Los Angeles, Calif., and began firing at the police, reports The Daily News. Read Story Here.
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