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LAPD has announced that Officer Christopher Cortijo has died from injuries he sustained on April 5, when he was struck by a suspected DUI driver.
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A Los Angeles motorcycle officer, who was struck this past weekend in Sun Valley by a driver allegedly under the influence of drugs, has died, department officials said Wednesday.
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A Los Angeles police officer was shot and wounded Monday night when a man walked into the front lobby of the LAPD’s West Traffic Division and opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun.
Read More →Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck declared Thursday his interest in serving a second term as the city's top cop, saying he would be "more than proud" to serve should officials make the offer.
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Police Chief Charlie Beck has defended his decision to overrule a disciplinary board’s recommendation to fire a police officer with close family ties to the department, denying favoritism played a role in his determination.
Read More →A man suspected of shooting at two Los Angeles police officers, injuring one, before barricading himself inside a large Hollywood Hills home Monday has died, authorities said.
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One LAPD officer was killed and a female probationary officer was critically injured in a traffic collision in Beverly Hills today while en route to a call.
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At minimum, an LASD reserve officer's service will include logging 20 hours a month regardless of obligations posed by the reserve's regular job and family responsibilities. He may find himself working his own patrol car, standing guard in the cold along a parade route, or handling that "change of shift" report nobody else wanted.
Read More →Police spend months planning with private security, the FBI and various city agencies for scenarios ranging from a terrorist attack to party crashers.
Read More →With its vote, the commission made clear it can find that a shooting or other serious incident violated department policy if the officer's actions beforehand created a situation in which deadly force was necessary. Until now, the commission has generally focused on the narrow question of whether an officer faced a deadly threat at the moment he opened fire.
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