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Patrol

Suspect Bites LAPD Officers Multiple Times

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were bitten several times Monday night by a 30-year-old man who had triggered a cash register alarm at an AT&T store.

February 20, 2018

Technology

Chicago Using Los Angeles-Style Predictive Policing Technology to Reduce Murder Rate

The lab’s job: to help build and operate Strategic Decision Support Centers, where officers and civilian analysts monitor gunshot detectors, surveillance cameras and other data to pinpoint where crimes occur and where they might happen next.

February 9, 2018

Patrol

2 Shot at California Middle School, 12-Year-Old Girl in Custody

The Los Angeles Police Department, which also responded to the school and is the lead agency in the investigation, identified the suspect as a 12-year-old girl.

February 1, 2018

Patrol

LAPD Chief to Retire: Get Ready for Backstabbing and Bloodletting

Most qualified? That’s so 20th century. It won’t be a factor in naming the next chief. The eventual selectee will have triumphed through some combination of the right ethnic and gender profile and an ability to survive the knife fight about to begin. What fun it will be to watch.

January 29, 2018

Patrol

Recovering Alcoholic Officers Run the LAPD's Addiction Prevention Unit

Margolis has been on the force for 28 years; he’s got fewer than 3 left, he’ll tell you. He’ll also tell you he’s a recovering alcoholic, sober 16-plus years, and if you do the math you’ll realize he had a serious drinking problem while he was on the job. A tall, intense man, he chooses his words carefully. “You wouldn’t have wanted to go through the door with me during a search warrant, due to my inability to focus,” he says, eyeing the group, “because I was hungover.”

January 19, 2018

Patrol

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Announces Retirement

Beck made the abrupt announcement during a press conference Friday with Mayor Eric Garcetti to discuss the city’s crime trends. His retirement is effective June 27.

January 19, 2018

Vehicle Ops

Luxembourg Police to Use New Tesla Model S Police Cars for Patrol

Tesla's all-electric Model S is becoming increasingly popular with police departments around the world. In addition to the LAPD and Denver PD, the Luxembourg police also announced that they will be using the Tesla Model S and have started fitting them with police equipment.

January 17, 2018

Patrol

NFL Commissioner Gives 4 LAPD Officers Super Bowl Tickets

For their dedication to the community, Officers Goosby, Holliman, Thompson, and Swift will have an opportunity to attend Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis on Feb. 4.

January 8, 2018

Patrol

LAPD Officer Recovering from Ambush Shooting, Suspect Facing Attempted Murder Charge

Alongside her partner, Park had stopped a man on a street in the Westlake District for having an open container, when someone from a distance began shooting at them in an ambush attack. More Here.

January 5, 2018

Patrol

Video: LAPD Officer Recovering from Ambush Shooting, Suspect Facing Attempted Murder Charge

Alongside her partner, Park had stopped a man on a street in the Westlake District for having an open container, when someone from a distance began shooting at them in an ambush attack.

January 5, 2018

Patrol

LAPD Begins to Cope with Legal Marijuana

What isn’t allowed? Driving under the influence of marijuana. Consuming pot in public. Purchasing or consuming recreational cannabis by someone under the age of 21.

January 3, 2018

Patrol

Rookie L.A. Officer Recovering After Ambush Shooting

The Los Angeles Police Department says the officer, a recent graduate of the police academy, was shot while patrolling with her training officer.

January 2, 2018