Union officials said LAPD already made sacrifices in 2020 when the City Council approved a $150 million cut to its police budget over the summer. That resulted in LAPD shuffling more than 300 positions, with some specialized detectives being reassigned to community stations and other neighborhood patrols being eliminated entirely.
January 20, 2021
A deputy and a K-9 were killed in a shooting with a suspect at Cal Expo late Monday night, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said. The suspect was also killed.
January 19, 2021
Superior Court Judge Hayden Zacky ruled that it was “not in the interest of justice'' to dismiss the special circumstance allegations of murder of a peace officer in the performance of his duties and murder to avoid or prevent a lawful arrest, along with gun allegations, against Kenneth Earl Gay, now 63, in connection with the June 2, 1983, slaying of Officer Paul Verna.
January 15, 2021
The deputy was responding to 911 calls from a couple walking on a bike trail east of Placerville. They were walking with their two small children in a stroller and had their two small dogs with them. They were being followed by an adult mountain lion for about 10 minutes.
January 14, 2021
A team of officers and detectives were in the area with a warrant to arrest a man police identified as a suspect in the killing of a person in San Bernardino earlier this year, Chief Eric McBride said.
December 30, 2020
A complaint filed this week with the Citizen Police Complaint Coalition centers on a large gathering of police officers Nov. 5 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
December 18, 2020
The report includes video that shows Ventura County Sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus returning fire against the active shooter even after being shot in the heart.
December 18, 2020
The billboards would include crime statistics reflecting a steep rise in shootings and shooting victims this year. Last month, homicides in L.A. rose past 300 for the first time since 2009.
December 17, 2020
The prosecution’s assessment of the police shooting of Melyda Corado, however, is dated Nov. 30, about a week prior to new District Attorney George Gascon being sworn into office. It was not immediately clear if Gascon — who has vowed to take a harder stance on law enforcement shootings — plans to review the case.
December 16, 2020
The driver fled with the officer still partially inside the vehicle, the officer was struck by another vehicle that was traveling in the roadway.
December 15, 2020
Officer Datil pulled over a driver for a traffic violation, only to discover that the man had an outstanding warrant. The officer also learned that the man was working and on his way to deliver a pizza to a nearby home.
December 14, 2020
The officer's vehicle is believed to have been struck by a vehicle that then took off from the scene just after 8 a.m.
December 14, 2020
DA Chesa Boudin has not disclosed the specific charges that Officer Christopher Flores will face, citing secrecy laws around grand jury proceedings. He is being asked to voluntarily surrender into custody on an arrest warrant.
December 9, 2020
According to the CHP, the four-month-old child was being carried by her mother as the two walked into oncoming lanes of traffic along northbound Highway 101 in Marin.
December 8, 2020
Councilman Paul Krekorian called for his colleagues to scale back that list by nearly two-thirds, and seek to find savings elsewhere — possibly from other city agencies.
December 8, 2020