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The Los Angeles Police Commission issued a mixed ruling Tuesday in last year’s killing of a mentally ill black man, finding that one officer was wrong to use deadly force but clearing another in the fatal shooting.
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The first officers who arrived on scene said they saw Velasco throw his mother into traffic in front of moving cars.
Read More →Ford, 25, was shot in South LA during a scuffle with officers, according to the police account. The LAPD said Ford did not comply with a request to stop, made suspicious movements and grabbed for an officer's gun after tackling them, according to the Times, which cited two sources who spoke on condition that they not be identified because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case.
Read More →A 24-year veteran sheriff’s deputy at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility who thought he was facing death because he couldn’t find a donated liver will get one today -- from a fellow deputy.
Read More →By July, the number of sworn employees needed to fill the gap will be about 1,300, according to sheriff's officials, including hundreds of deputies to make the county jails safer in response to an inmate abuse scandal and a rash of jail suicides.
Read More →A man and woman were arrested Sunday night in San Jose, Calif., after they reportedly tried to run over a gang-suppression unit officer and rammed a police car before ditching their vehicle.
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The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has announced the selection of Officer James Cunningham of the San Francisco (Calif.) Police Department-Airport Bureau, as the recipient of its Officer of the Month Award for May 2015.
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The incident started as a high-speed pursuit, when a grey late model Jeep heading southbound on State Route 163 did not yield to lights and sirens while driving approximately 90 miles per hour.
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Former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka and a second high-ranking officer in the Sheriff's Department orchestrated a plot to obstruct a federal investigation into excessive force and corruption in the county’s jails, according to a federal grand jury indictment.
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The result of the Destination Zero Project culminated with presentation of the inaugural National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund’s annual Chairman’s Dinner on Tuesday.
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