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The Los Angeles Police Department saw a 25% reduction in officer-involved shootings last year, compared to the previous year, according to a report presented to the Board of Police Commissioners Tuesday.
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A Los Angeles police officer convicted of assault for kicking and punching a man during a South Los Angeles arrest caught on video was spared jail time at his sentencing on Tuesday after fulfilling his end of an agreement made with prosecutors.
Read More →These are legitimate concerns, especially from an officer safety angle. After all, take-over robbery suspects have been known to don raid jackets or flash badges as a means of gaining entry into victims' houses.
Read More →The Los Angeles Police Department has been denied nearly $500,000 in federal funds it would have received to help clear its backlog of unexamined DNA samples from crime scenes because of a bureaucratic mistake that LAPD brass blamed on a low-level administrator.
Read More →Preliminary reports from the scene were that two off-duty officers were driving in the area and stopped to confront a man outside an apartment building. At some point, the man hit one of the officers in the head with what was initially reported as a bat, prompting both officers to open fire, hitting the man in the stomach. More Here.
Read More →A Los Angeles man who spent 19 years in prison for murders he did not commit will be able to sue the LAPD for allegedly coercing his confession, a panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
Read More →The move shows that "we take a stand against gun violence," LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told Southern California Public Radio.
Read More →A Los Angeles police officer was sentenced to 36 months in jail Thursday for assaulting a South L.A. woman in an incident that was caught on video by a police cruiser camera.
Read More →Five Los Angeles police officers were hospilized after breathing in toxic fumes while investigating a drug lab in Van Nuys. The officers are part of the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force. They were treated for inhalation of the fumes and released from the hospital.
Read More →Rana Parker wants to protect and serve the LAPD -- protect them from doughnuts and serve them healthy food.
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