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The LAPD Air Support Division is the largest municipal airborne law enforcement organization in the U.S. and operates from the LAPD Hooper Heliport. The helicopter crews assist with thousands of arrests, pursuits and crimes in progress each year. The LAPD's airborne law enforcement program began with one helicopter in 1956. Today, the Air Support Division is the largest municipal airborne law enforcement operation in the world and logged more than 18,000 flight hours in 2011. Photos courtesy of the LAPD's Air Support Angel's Foundation.
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SOTech's combination of the Mission Go Bag and Mission Pack-Expedition have proven themselves on the streets of L.A. with LAPD and LASD.
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Chief Charlie Beck is also complying with state law by adopting the new policy, which allows the driver to call someone with a valid license to drive the vehicle away from the scene.
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The hacker group @CabinCr3w sent out a Twitter message Dec. 5 that police said provided information on officers' backgrounds, home addresses, campaign contributions, property records, and in some cases, the names of family members, including children.
Read More →With a $72 million budget shortfall staring Los Angeles city leaders in the face, the mayor's office is proposing a new round of cutbacks, including a $4 million reduction to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department produced this parody in the 1980s, after LAPD officers detained two plainclothes deputies.
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Faculty members objected to the hiring of the former LAPD chief. One professor said the school should enlist in-house faculty members to lead the probe rather than relying on "a former cop who is charging a lot of money we don't have to spend."
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Lou Salseda, a retired LAPD sergeant, gives an overview of Kel-Tec's KSG, an innovative 15-round bullpup pump gun that he says could "revolutionize law enforcement."
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Lou Salseda, a retired LAPD sergeant, takes Kel-Tec's KSG out to the range to field-test this innovative 15-round bullpup pump gun using 00 buck, as well as rifled slugs.
Read More →The Los Angeles Police Department's Air Support Division has launched an online store to offer air-support memorabilia. All proceeds from merchandise sold on the site go to the Air Support Angel's Foundation, which is a certified non-profit organization.
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