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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2011

LAPD's Chief Supports Banning Extended Magazines

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced his support for federal legislation that would ban weapon magazines carrying more than 10 rounds.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2011

LAPD Selects Cobham EFIS for Copters

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has announced the selection of Cobham to supply Synthetic Vision Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS) for their fleet of Eurocopter and Bell helicopters.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 14, 2011

LAPD Honors First Female Officer Killed On Duty

The ceremony marked the 20th anniversary of Officer Tina Kerbrat's death in Sun Valley in 1991, just four months from her Police Academy graduation and a day after celebrating her 45th birthday.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2011

High-Crime LAPD Gang Units Dismantled

All but one of the roughly 80 gang officers in the Southeast, 77th, Northeast and Hollenbeck divisions - areas that are home to some of the city's most violent and active gangs - refused.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 2, 2011

LAPD Clears DNA Evidence Backlog

Information provided in the kits from the original backlog has resulted in 521 matches in a national database of known offenders. There also have been 41 "case-to-case hits," some of which found serial offenders or an unknown suspect who has committed other crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 1, 2011

LAPD Will Transfer Inmates To New Jail

The 55-year-old Parker Center has been cited by CalOSHA and other agencies for health and safety violations, such as plumbing problems and the lack of a fire sprinkler system, according to the LAPD's Assistant Police Chief Michel Moore.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 25, 2011

LAPD Continues Search for School Officer's Shooter

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has said the suspect is white, in his 40s, wears a ponytail and is believed to be from the local area.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 25, 2011

Civil Jury Favors Slain Autistic Man's Relatives In LAPD OIS

An internal probe had largely cleared former LAPD Officer Joseph Cruz, who found Mohammad Usman Chaudhry laying near bushes behind a Hollywood apartment building, reports the Associated Press. Cruz fatally shot Chaudhry, saying the man lunged at him with a knife.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2011

LAPD Officer In a 'Fight for His Life' Before OIS

An LAPD officer fatally shot 25-year-old Reggie Doucet Jr., a former football player at Middle Tennessee State University, after he stripped naked, repeatedly punched officers and tried to take their guns.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2011

LAPD Gang Cops Leave Rather Than Disclose Finances

Dozens of Los Angeles Police officers assigned to gang units are leaving their assignments rather than agreeing to new disclosure rules that require them to provide detailed records of their finances.

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