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The Los Angeles Police Department has issued a purchase order for 75 ABS-equipped Harley-Davidson Police Electra Glide motorcycles to replace a portion of the agency’s existing fleet of 393 motorcycles.
Read More →In response to an outcry from the public over the videotaped beating of a suspect with a department-issued flashlight, Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton says he will prohibit officers from carrying large metal flashlights that could be used as weapons.
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The possibility of being kidnapped was heavy on the minds of LAPD officers in the mid-1960s because of the kidnapping of their fellow Officers Bob Hettinger and Ian Campbell whose story inspired the book and movie, "The Onion Field."
Read More →Despite success in arresting vandals, pickpockets, and sexual predators, two of the Los Angeles Police Department’s undercover units are being disbanded to put more cops on the streets.
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The Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT unit has chosen a new sidearm. The elite unit has selected the Kimber Custom II .45 ACP as it's duty pistol of choice, Shooting Times reports.
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The officers of LAPD SWAT wanted a handgun that was solid, reliable, and delivered the features, accessories, and performance they felt they needed. After an extensive period of testing there was one clear winner: the Kimber Custom II.
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The reality of the contemporary police special ops team is very different than the image of LAPD SWAT that was burned into America's collective consciousness by the hit show.
Read More →Police Chief Bernard Parks vowed to take his fight to the Los Angeles City Council after a civilian panel decided not to grant him a second five-year term.
Read More →The Police Commission rejected LAPD Chief Bernard Parks' bid for a second five-year term as his department struggles with understaffing, low morale, and implementing a decade-old reform mandate.
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Imagine yourself working uniformed patrol at 9:15 a.m. on a warm sunny day and you suddenly find yourself in Beirut, Bosnia, or back in the Mekong Delta. You go from thinking about where you'll stop for the next cup of coffee, to having your black-and-white shot up with full automatic AK-47 rounds.
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