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Mar 7, 2011

LAPD helicopter makes unexpected landing

ABC7

An LAPD helicopter made an unexpected landing on Monday at the Chatsworth reservoir.

Mar 7, 2011

After firefighters agree to slash pay and benefits, other San Jose unions seem more willing to talk cuts

San Jose Mercury News

San Jose's pending deal with the firefighters union to slash pay and benefits to help close a huge budget gap marks the most dramatic thaw in labor relations since Mayor Chuck Reed took office in 2007 railing about runaway employee costs.

Mar 6, 2011

Why employee pensions aren't bankrupting states

Sacramento Bee

From state legislatures to Congress to tea party rallies, a vocal backlash is rising against what are perceived as too-generous retirement benefits for state and local government workers. However, that widespread perception doesn't match reality.

Mar 5, 2011

Top 10 Reasons Organized Labor Hates Bernard Parks

LA Weekly

More than 2000 people rallied outside L.A. City Hall last weekend to support public employees who are under fire in Wisconsin. Afterward, L.A. Councilman Bernard Parks issued a statement of support, in which he tried to dispel "the common misperception out there that I am anti-union."

Mar 4, 2011

Quit Googling yourself and drive: About 20% of drivers using Web behind the wheel, study says

LA Times blog

Forget texting and driving or talking on the phone and driving: Those extremely dangerous habits are old hat. The new worry, says a survey released by State Farm this week, is what the insurance company cleverly calls "webbing while driving."

Mar 3, 2011

LAPD seeks felony charges against school police officer who faked shooting

LA Times blog

Los Angeles Police Department detectives have submitted to prosecutors their investigation into a school police officer whose shooting hoax set off a massive manhunt, Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday.

Mar 3, 2011

LAPD database will soon put all of L.A.'s tags in one place

LAist

Taggers who leave their marks on public property will soon find their handiwork showing up in a new kind of gallery.

Mar 3, 2011

Video shows thieves making off with $3 million in jewels from downtown L.A. store

LA Times blog

The Los Angeles Police Department released images of two masked thieves who bored a tunnel into a downtown Los Angeles jewelry store and made off with an estimated $3 million in jewelry.

Mar 3, 2011

LA police chief says King beating won't repeat

Associated Press

Twenty years after the videotaped Rodney King beating exposed racial wounds and ignited passions that eventually sparked a devastating riot, Police Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday he's confident a similar police beating couldn't happen again.

Mar 3, 2011

Twenty years after the beating of Rodney King, the LAPD is a changed operation

LA Times

In the wake of the videotaped police attack on motorist Rodney King, the department has learned to embrace video scrutiny.

Mar 2, 2011

LA police chief supports ban on big ammo magazines

Associated Press

The city's police chief on Wednesday endorsed a proposed ban on the sale of the types of high-capacity ammunition magazines that have been repeatedly used in mass shootings.

Mar 2, 2011

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for rollback in pension benefits and increase in retirement age for civilian workers

LA Times blog

Looking to shave retirement costs in the middle of a budget crisis, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called Wednesday for a rollback in pension benefits and an increase in the retirement age for civilian city workers.

Mar 2, 2011

Crime alerts for Del Rey, El Sereno and one other Los Angeles neighborhood

LA Times blog

Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in three Los Angeles neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.

Mar 1, 2011

Tempe police arrest L.A. homicide suspect

Arizona Republic

Tempe police arrested a 27-year-old man wanted by Los Angeles police in connection with a home invasion robbery and homicide, police said.

Mar 1, 2011

LAPD officer finds passion in working with Southeast L.A. students

Intersections South L.A. Report

When he was younger, Derek Kosloski wanted to be a special agent in the FBI. Now a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, he imparts his love of law enforcement on students in Southeast Los Angeles.

Mar 1, 2011

Playing with fire

LA Times Op-Ed

Budget-cutting at the L.A. Fire Department is no way to protect core services or the heroes who provide them.

Feb 28, 2011

Majority in poll back employees in public sector unions

New York Times

As labor battles erupt in state capitals around the nation, a majority of Americans say they oppose efforts to weaken the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions and are also against cutting the pay or benefits of public workers to reduce state budget deficits, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Feb 28, 2011

San Jose police ground helicopter in search of savings

San Jose Mercury news

In the face of massive budget cuts and officer layoffs, San Jose police have mothballed the use of a helicopter they have flown for years to find fleeing criminals and missing people.

Feb 28, 2011

LAPD asks for public's help in finding hit-and-run driver

LA Daily News

The LAPD sought the public's help today in identifying the motorist who hit and critically injured a 92-year-old Reseda man crossing a street in a marked crosswalk.

Feb 25, 2011

MADD Supports Law Enforcement Checkpoints

MADD

Responding to news that recently immigrant rights group have interrupted Los Angeles Police Department sobriety checkpoints, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) expressed strong support of sobriety checkpoints and law enforcement's efforts to stop drunk driving and lower the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities and injuries though the use of sobriety checkpoints.

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