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Apr 26, 2011

Dodgers pick LAPD veteran Rich Wemmer as security chief

LA Times

The hiring must be approved by Major League Baseball. The Dodgers chose Wemmer after being turned down by numerous other former LAPD staffers, according to law enforcement officials.

Apr 26, 2011

Jet fuel poured from bullet hole while LAPD helicopter made emergency landing, authorities say

LA Times

The pilot 'heard a loud thump outside the aircraft and took evasive action,' says the chief pilot for the police Air Support Division. 'He knew the fuel tank had been hit — he could smell the fuel and some of it got on the windshield.'

Apr 25, 2011

LAPD installs 9 surveillance cameras in North Hills

CBS2

The Los Angeles Police Department is unveiling new surveillance cameras in the North Hills area.

Apr 25, 2011

Calif bill bumps fines for drivers' cell phone use

Associated Press

The California state Senate has approved a bill that would increase fines for texting or using a handheld cell phone while driving.

Apr 25, 2011

LAPD to use Currie electric bikes

Bicycle Retailer

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Bicycle Coordination Unit has said that initial testing and evaluation of IZIP Express Police bicycles have been completed with favorable results.

Apr 25, 2011

Dogfighting phone app called 'cruel,' 'sickening' by LAPD union chief

LA Times blog

The head of the Los Angeles police union said Monday that a dogfighting game application for cellphones should be yanked from the market because it glorifies illegal activity and promotes "cruel and immoral" behavior.

Apr 24, 2011

Man booked on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly firing at police helicopter

LA Times

The LAPD copter was fired on after the pilot responded to a report of gunshots in Van Nuys, a detective says. Danny Lopez, 18, is arrested after family members tackle him. A tipster's report of a second gunman sets off a search, but no suspect is found.

Apr 24, 2011

Cop shot in Sylmar standoff heads home

LA Daliy News

After nearly three weeks in the hospital, an LAPD officer who was shot in the face in Sylmar was released in time to spend Easter at home with his family.

Apr 23, 2011

Sylmar cop killed in solo-crash on 101 Freeway in Sherman Oaks

LA Daily News

An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was thrown out of his pickup truck in an early-morning crash on the Ventura (101) Freeway on Saturday and died two hours later at a Westwood hospital.

Apr 20, 2011

Woman walking on Melrose violently stabbed

ABC7

A woman who was walking home from work on Hollywood's Melrose Avenue was violently stabbed on Tuesday night. Police need the public's help to find the suspect.

Apr 19, 2011

'A senseless tragedy': Chief discusses Kalamazoo officer's shooting death

Kalamazoo Gazette

As he struggled several times to gain his composure Tuesday, Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley spoke the words no police official in this county has had to utter for more than 140 years — one of his officers was killed in the line of duty.

Apr 19, 2011

Future of red-light camera rests with City Council

LA Daily News

The Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday continued to defend its use of the controversial and costly red-light traffic camera program, but with time running out on the contract, the Police Commission punted the issue to the City Council.

Apr 19, 2011

Sephora offering reward leading to arrest in connection with $2M of stolen cosmetics

LA Daily News

Sephora is offering a reward for the arrest and conviction of whoever stole about $2 million worth of the company's products, which were taken from a cargo container in Utah and turned up at various cosmetics stores in the Los Angeles area.

Apr 18, 2011

LAPD seeks information in child molestation case

LA Times blog

Los Angeles police Monday were seeking potential victims of a man charged with molesting a developmentally disabled child.

Apr 16, 2011

Changes in Dodgers' security preceded attack on Giants fan

LA Times

On a Sunday afternoon in 2008, fans packed into Dodger Stadium for the team's last home game of the season.

Apr 16, 2011

Moving prison inmates to jails will create many problems

San Bernardino Sun Op-Ed

On April 4, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 109, which would shift thousands of state prison inmates to the custody of local law enforcement.

Apr 15, 2011

Police make presence felt at Dodger Stadium

LA Times

Security and the mood are heavy at Dodger Stadium as police begin a zero-tolerance policy after an attack on fan.

Apr 14, 2011

San Fernando Valley search for 2 who stole car, fired at cop

ABC7

Police searched the San Fernando Valley on Thursday morning for a man suspected of stealing a car, crashing it and firing shots at an officer while fleeing. A second suspect has been taken into custody.

Apr 14, 2011

Beck releases new description of Dodger Stadium attackers

LA Times blog

As Los Angeles police and the Dodgers ramped up security efforts in the wake of the beating of a Giants fan on opening day, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck provided a fuller description and new police sketches of the two men suspected in the beating.

Apr 14, 2011

Crackdown focuses on speeding on Valley roads

LA Daily News

Police issued 67 speeding tickets Thursday morning as officers used laser radar guns to zero in on lead-footed drivers in Sherman Oaks.

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