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Newsby Staff WriterJune 4, 2020

Los Angeles Proposes $150 Million Cut in LAPD Budget, Money to be Spent on Social Programs

“Our only path forward is to dismantle the systems that are designed to harm people of color,” Wesson said on Twitter. “A preliminary cut to the LAPD budget will not solve everything, but it’s a step toward to being the city we aspire to be.”

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2020

LAPD Chief Defends Police Using Patrol Vehicle Against Rioters

Los Angeles Police Chief Michael Moore on Monday defended the actions of officers who used a police vehicle to push aside rioters who were reportedly threatening them on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2020

LAPD to Award $41M in Bonuses to Officers with Higher Education

The Los Angeles Police Department is set to award officers who have college degrees nearly $41 million in bonuses in the coming budget year, even as thousands of other city employees face pay cuts amid a financial crisis at City Hall.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2020

LAPD Chief Says Zero Bail Leading to Increase in Repeat Offenders

LAPD Chief Michel Moore said while crime in Los Angeles is down in almost all categories since the pandemic began and L.A. implemented its stay-at-home order, career criminals are now exploiting the situation, getting arrested over and over with no real consequences.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 3, 2020

LAPD Officers Now Required to Cover Faces in Public

In an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, all officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are now required to wear masks while in public.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 31, 2020

LAPD Checking Officers' Temperatures Before Each Shift

Any LAPD officer with a temperature will be sent home immediately and directed to get medical treatment. “We are taking every step to ensure officers’ health,” Assistant Chief Horace Frank said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 23, 2020

LAPD Officers Told to Expect 12-Hour Shifts Because of Coronavirus

Senior LAPD officials have grave concerns about coronavirus infections spreading among officers, who would then have to be isolated and removed from work while the officers are tested or treated.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 17, 2020

LAPD Detectives Moved to Patrol During Coronavirus Crisis

Some detectives already are out there, the mayor said, to “make sure that any challenges that arise in our neighborhoods and grocery stores” are addressed and to help people feel secure.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 11, 2020

LAPD Receiving Guidelines and Gear to Protect Against Coronavirus

Asst. Chief Horace Frank said all patrol officers and officers likely to come into contact have been issued a kit consisting of multiple sets of gloves, a bacteria protection mask and goggles.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 4, 2020

Wife of LAPD Officer Sues City After Contracting Typhus

The wife of a Los Angeles police officer is suing the city after both she and her husband contracted typhus, which she alleges resulted from his working at an unsafe building located in an area with a large homeless population.

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