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LAPD using intel networks in fight against terror

Officer.com

Police are using a combination of aggressive spy operations and community outreach to counter what Deputy Police Chief Michael P. Downing called the growing threat of Mumbai-style terrorist attacks - car bombings and small-arms-equipped suicide teams.

Dodgers end half-price beer promotion amid fan beating investigation

Associated Press

Half-price beer will no longer be sold during baseball games at Dodgers Stadium as officials consider a variety of ways to improve safety, the team announced Wednesday.

LAPD recognizes dispatchers, holds open house at West Hills dispatch center

LA Daily News

As part of National Dispatchers Week the LAPD opened the doors to the public at its Valley Communications Dispatch Center in West Hills on Tuesday.

Los Angeles City Council delays vote on police, fire health care plans

KPCC

Labor union leaders representing Los Angeles city firefighters and police officers Tuesday beat back an attempt to cut back their health care benefits.

Gangland Violence Comes to Dodger Stadium

Pajamas Media

In a big city, most crime victims suffer in obscurity.

Police Protective League rejects new impound policy

SCPR

In a policy reversal, the LAPD has decided to no longer immediately seize vehicles of unlicensed drivers, including undocumented immigrants, when they are stopped at sobriety checkpoints, but the Police Protective League is not on board.

Why are more police officers getting killed?

CBS News

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The police killings began Jan. 1 with the fatal shooting of a deputy in Ohio. And the violence has continued, reports CBS News justice correspondent Bob Orr.

LA motorcycle cop struck in NoHo hit-and-run

ABC-7

The search is on for the driver who hit a Los Angeles police officer and took off Sunday night.

SWAT officers search for gunman in North Hollywood shooting

LA Times blog

Police were looking Monday for a gunman suspected of shooting another man at a North Hollywood apartment, where SWAT teams gathered in response to the incident.

Sacramento police, firefighters to be asked to chip in on pensions

Sacramento Bee

For decades, police officers and firefighters in the city of Sacramento have paid nothing out of pocket toward their retirement accounts. Instead, City Hall has picked up the bill.

L.A. thugs at Dodger Stadium have their role models

LA Daily News Op-Ed

We've seen it before: after the Rodney King beating, after Lakers championships turn into festivals of looting, and now after thugs nearly murdered a father of two because he was fond of the wrong team.

LAPD bringing anti-gang skills to Dodger Stadium

LA Times

Police will use crime-mapping technology and aggressive enforcement after last week's beating, which left a Giants fan hospitalized. Limits on alcohol sales at the ballpark are also being studied.

After Dodger Stadium attack, Los Angeles police to increase presence at games

LA Times

The number of officers will at least double in the wake of an attack that left a Giants fan with brain damage, Chief Charlie Beck says.

Local police pressured to adopt body armor policies

USA Today

The Justice Department is threatening to withhold millions of dollars in federal aid to local police departments unless they adopt policies that require uniformed officers to wear body armor.

Dodgers hire former LAPD chief to assess security

USA Today

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who came under fire for their terse reaction to the near-fatal beating of a fan in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after their season opener, announced Wednesday they have hired a former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department to assess security policies and procedures.

Fan beaten at Dodger game may have brain damage

Associated Press

A San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten at Dodger Stadium after last week's opening game shows signs of brain damage and remains in critical condition, a doctor said Tuesday.

Red-light traffic camera program extension approved

LA Daily News

An extension of up to three months for an expiring contract for the city's controversial red-light camera program was approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles Police Commission as it continues to sift through conflicting reports on the system's impact on public safety.

LAPD's massive 'BatCat' used to protect officers in Sylmar standoff

LA Times blog

Investigators on Tuesday were sifting through the scene of a nearly 24-hour standoff in Sylmar between police and a gunman who shot an officer in the face.

Wounded LAPD officer's condition upgraded

LA Daily News

A Los Angeles police officer who was shot in the face during a standoff in Sylmar was upgraded to serious condition today, while donors lined up to give blood at a collection drive in the officer's name.

Grim Sleeper case: Eight more women could be victims of serial killer, LAPD says

LA Times

Los Angeles police detectives are investigating the possibility that eight additional women were victims of the man accused of being the Grim Sleeper serial killer.

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