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Special Units

Video: L.A. Gunman Surrenders After SWAT Standoff, High-Speed Pursuit

A man armed with what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle surrendered after an hours-long standoff in North Hollywood that followed a high-speed pursuit on Southern California freeways.

June 9, 2014

Special Units

L.A. Gunman Surrenders After SWAT Standoff, High-Speed Pursuit

A man directed his rifle at officers during a high-speed pursuit, pulled over, ran through a neighborhood, and climbed onto the roof of a house. He barricaded himself inside the house until surrendering to LAPD SWAT hours later. Read Story Here.

June 9, 2014

Patrol

Most LAPD Officers Don't Live in Los Angeles

Only 21% of LAPD employees live in Los Angeles, and 16% of Fire Department workers call the city home, according to the analysis of city data showing where workers receive their paychecks.

June 8, 2014

Patrol

Duty Dangers

If you really want to gain some insight into all the hazards you face on the job—both the felonious and the non-felonious variety—then all you have to do is read the newsletters that we send via e-mail to you several times per week.

May 29, 2014

Training

Rihanna Cracks iPhone, LAPD Cadet Program Benefits

Pop star Rihanna donated $25,000 to the L.A. Police Foundation after she dropped and broke the iPhone of L.A. Police Commission President Steve Soberoff while attempting to snap a selfie with him. But the LAPD Cadet Program received even more money.

May 15, 2014

Special Units

Video: SLA Shootout with LAPD on May 17, 1974

On May 17, 1974, three months after the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, a bunch of gun-wielding members of a group called the "Symbionese Liberation Army" barricaded themselves inside a house in Los Angeles, Calif., and began firing hundreds of rounds of ammunition at the police.

May 15, 2014

Special Units

Video: SLA Shootout with LAPD on May 17, 1974

On May 17, 1974, three months after the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, armed members of the "Symbionese Liberation Army" barricaded themselves in a house in Los Angeles, Calif., and began firing at the police, reports The Daily News. Read Story Here.

May 15, 2014

Patrol

LAPD Shaken by 5 Officer Deaths

It's hard not to notice the LAPD in mourning. Blue ribbons are tied to trees outside police stations and onto antennas on black-and-white patrol cars.

May 14, 2014

Patrol

LAPD: Hit and Run that Killed Officer was Intentional

At one point, the Camaro made a sharp U-turn. The police cruiser did the same. And that's when it was broadsided by a Chevy Tahoe that had been following the police car.

May 8, 2014

Patrol

Los Angeles to Install Street Signs Honoring Fallen Officers

Since the department's inception, 207 officers have made the "ultimate sacrifice," Mayor Eric Garcetti said at an event marking Police Memorial Week.

May 8, 2014

Patrol

Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Killing LAPD Officer in Hit-And-Run

The 20-year-old man charged with murder in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a Los Angeles police officer and injured another pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance Wednesday.

May 7, 2014

Special Units

Report Says Dorner Manhunt Plagued by Communications Problems

“This incident represents a sentinel event in American policing – one that serves as a warning of needed changes in the public safety system,” said Police Foundation President Jim Bueermann, who put the Foundation's review team together. “A trained former police officer was hunting police officers and their families, exploiting geo-political, jurisdictional and technological boundaries and using legally-acquired, sophisticated, high-powered weaponry.”

May 5, 2014