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Oakland PD was an early advocate of Vievu body camera technology and has been using the company's products since 2010. The department currently has 775 cameras; most of them the Vievu LE3 model. Now the department is moving to upgrade all of its officers' cameras to the latest Vievu model, the LE5.
Read More →For the first time, the Los Angeles Fire Department used drones Thursday to help coordinate its battle against a pair of wildfires threatening homes in the city.
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Officers of the Los Angeles Police Department have been responding to the area's rash of wildfires this week, serving a wide variety of missions. One of their missions has been to help animals trapped in the fire zones. Officers from the LAPD's equestrian unit helped rescue horses trapped in the massive Creek Fire in Sylmar. The Creek Fire started Tuesday morning and has destroyed at least 30 homes and burned nearly 11,500 acres. Within the city limits LAPD officers responded to the Skirbal Fire, which erupted early Wednesday morning next to the 405 freeway near Mulholland Drive. The Skirball fire has burned nearly 500 acres and destroyed four homes in Bel-Air. Neither fire is contained.
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Officers from the LAPD's equestrian unit helped rescue horses trapped in the massive Creek Fire in Sylmar.
Read More →The U.S. Department of Justice hasn’t said why the LAPD didn’t receive any of the $98 million in grants recently awarded to scores of law enforcement agencies across the nation. But some LAPD officials believe it was retaliation.
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As part of "Operation Blue Christmas," an initiative of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, Officer Yesenia Rodriguez and Sgt. Jerretta Sandoz showed up to help a terminally ill mom and her family celebrate the holiday.
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The wife of a Bay Area police officer was injured when a homemade explosive was sent through the United States Postal Service, hand-delivered to their front door, and exploded after the woman opened it.
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Deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at apartment complex just after 10 p.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stated.
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Through the Pledge to Patrol program – also known as the Associate Community Officer Program or A-COP – more than two dozen high school graduates will be working part-time for the Los Angeles Police Department as a way to train the next generation of police officers.
Read More →A man suspected of killing a woman in a Lemoore, CA, domestic violence case died Sunday in a shootout with authorities, but not before a Kings County sheriff's dog was shot.
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