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Jan 11, 2011

LA gang police quit over financial disclosure

KABC7

Dozens of members of the Los Angeles Police Department's anti-gang unit are opting out and are returning to regular patrols over a requirement to reveal personal financial information.

Jan 10, 2011

Villaraigosa says he will lay off more city workers if parking garage deal is abandoned

LA Times blog

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent a letter Monday urging the City Council to move ahead with his plan to get budget revenue by leasing nine parking garages to a private company, saying he will lay off more employees if the deal is abandoned.

Jan 10, 2011

Cops tackle social media at SMILE conference

Police Magazine

It's now become nearly impossible for law enforcement agencies to remain uninvolved in social media. However much you might try to avoid it, it's out there and its use is growing.

Jan 10, 2011

Los Angeles gang police quit over financial rules

The Washington Post

Dozens of anti-gang police officers across the city are quitting their assignments over a requirement to reveal personal financial information under strict anti-corruption rules, The Associated Press has learned.

Jan 9, 2011

Crime alerts for Valley Glen, West Los Angeles and six other L.A. neighborhoods

LA Times blog

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

Jan 9, 2011

Daily News editorial: Public safety funding first

LA Daily News Editorial

Los Angeles is now one of the safest big cities in the nation. Once derided as the nation's capital of gang violence and imagined as a violent metropolis of drive-by shootings and rampant crime, L.A. has managed a dramatic turnaround.

Jan 6, 2011

Cyclists fear new law will mean less punishment for bike thieves

LA Times blog

BICYCLE THIEF: Streetsblog Los Angeles looks at how some of the new year's new laws will affect urban movement. First up: The value threshold for grand theft charges must now be at least $950 (previously $400), meaning that bicycle thieves could face fewer penalties for stealing:

Jan 6, 2011

Villaraigosa cites officer hiring level in crime dip

LA Daily News

COUNCIL: Mayor wants city to continue staffing LAPD and cut budget elsewhere.

Jan 6, 2011

California investigates inmate's Facebook account

Associated Press

California officials are investigating a state prison inmate they suspect used a Facebook account to post messages to his mother and others from behind bars.

Jan 6, 2011

'Grim Sleeper' photos: 4 missing persons cases opened, 53 women identified

LA Times blog

Los Angeles police detectives said Thursday they are investigating at least four missing persons cases as a result of publicizing photos seized from the South Los Angeles property of alleged "Grim Sleeper" serial slaying suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr.

Jan 6, 2011

L.A. budget chief says police hiring at risk without lease of city parking garages

LA Times

The mayor's top financial advisor says even if a deal is reached, L.A. still needs to pursue a 'drastic' round of short-term cuts that would be among the deepest of the city's current financial crisis.

Jan 5, 2011

L.A. budget director paints grim picture of city's finances

Contra Costa Times

The Los Angeles budget director Wednesday painted an even grimmer picture of the city's financial health, saying steeper cuts - including 10 more furlough days and shutting down some departments one day a week - would be needed to balance this year's spending plan.

Jan 5, 2011

Sex offender at large after cutting off monitoring device

LA Daily News

A paroled sex offender from Pacoima cut off his GPS monitoring device and was at large Wednesday, according to officials.

Jan 5, 2011

Mayor Villaraigosa, Chief Beck trumpet drop in crime, seek funding to hire to attrition in next budget

Southern California Public Radio

The City of Los Angeles recorded the lowest number of homicides in more than 40 years - 297 murders occurred last year.

Jan 4, 2011

Massachusetts House leader promises 'thorough review' of GOP plan to ban parole for some violent criminals

The Boston Globe

Outraged House Republicans, criticizing the state Parole Board's decision to free a serial armed robber who shot and killed a Woburn police officer last week, demanded action today on a bill to crack down on repeat violent offenders.

Jan 4, 2011

Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone

MSNBC

The next time you're in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you.

Jan 4, 2011

LAPD Unlikely To Cut Jobs Amid Budget Crisis

CBS Local

Chief, mayor tout 40-year-low murder rate.

Jan 4, 2011

Los Angeles mayor rules out possibility of reducing police force

Xinhuanet

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday he did not favor the idea of reducing the city's police department.

Jan 4, 2011

$50K rewards offered for 3 South LA killings

KABC-7

A recent string of murders in South Los Angeles prompted the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday to unanimously approve three separate $50,000 rewards.

Jan 4, 2011

LAPD arrests man in standoff after woman is slain in Hollywood

LA Times blog

A man was in custody after holding Los Angeles police at bay for several hours Tuesday after a woman was fatally shot in a Hollywood apartment complex

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