News & Press Releases
Is Mayor Villaraigosa boasting false crime stats?
Walter Moore wrote yesterday that LAPD — and by extension, Mayor Villaraigosa — are understating the city’s crime rate by using an inflated population estimate. When I saw the number — 4,220,260 — it looked suspicious so I decided to do some digging.
L.A. neighborhood councils may see gains
Neighborhood councils got another step closer Tuesday to being able to put specific items like fixing potholes directly on City Council agendas rather than having to convince a council member to put it on for them.
L.A. to seek injunctions on 6 gangs
LOS ANGELES - The City Attorney's Office will ask a judge today to issue an injunction that would prevent members of six South Los Angeles gangs from associating in public or possessing weapons and graffiti tools.
$200,000 reward in theft of Encino couple's artwork
The thief, or thieves, was either very smart or very, very lucky.
The side door of the home in the hills of Encino was unlocked on the Saturday morning in late August. The elderly owners were in a back room, otherwise occupied. The maid had stepped out.
LAPD Stats
The LAPD expects to hire 780 officers by June 30, 2009, which is the end of the fiscal year, said Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell. The department hired 730 officers in fiscal year 2006-07 and 739 in 2007- 08 -- the most since 1995-96, when 965 officers joined the force.
$200,000 reward offered for missing art
A $200,000 reward was on offer today for information leading to the recovery of a multimillion-dollar art collection stolen during a daytime robbery in Encino last month.
Crime Drops In Neighborhoods Around Eight City Parks
Gang-related murders and aggravated assaults decreased between July 4th and Labor Day in the communities surrounding eight parks kept open late and providing youths with sports and arts activities,
Baca blasts budgetless legislators
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca took a break from hounding criminals this morning to take aim at a different group he said needs to get with the program: state legislators.
Man Sentenced to More Than 70 Years for Shooting at Two Police Officers
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An ex-con was sentenced today to about 70 years in prison for opening fire with an AK-47 on two Los Angeles police officers – one of whom was severely wounded -- during an August 2006 traffic stop.
Thin Blue Line Wrapped in Red Tape at LAPD
Police work is often a stressful endeavor, but not for the reasons you might think.
Safest summer in L.A. since 1967 (By Rachel Uranga, Staff Writer)
Homicides over the past three months in Los Angeles have fallen to their lowest levels since the Summer of Love more than 40 years ago despite a struggling economy that historically has meant more crime.
L.A. reports fewest summer homicides since '67 summer of love (Los Angeles Times Staff Writer)
LAPD Chief William J. Bratton says there were 84 slayings in the city from June through August. He adds that all categories of violent and property crimes are down from last year.
Judge substitutes bile for facts about police (Daily News Op-Ed )
LAST week U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess moved to let the Los Angeles Police Department impose financial-disclosure measures for gang and narcotics officers.
LAPD Ride-A-Long (By georgeruiz )
At the invitation of the President of the Los Angeles Police Commission, I went on my second LAPD ride-along last night. This time it was with officers from the Hollywood-Wilton station. I attended roll call and was issued a kevlar vest to wear underneath my shirt and assigned a sergeant to start the evening. Per the Commissioner’s plan, we switched cars throughout the night and accompanied regular street patrols as well as riding with a supervisor from the CREW program.
Mornings with Maggie: LAPD behind him now, golf in La Quinta his next big case (The Desert Sun )
Jim Thornton was just 22 years old when he learned how good it feels to go home alive.
GOP's Poizner has governor's race on his mind (By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer)
The 2010 race for governor is on the mind of California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who is the highest-ranking Republican in the state after the governor.
Right under Antonio's radar, Airport officials are hiring PR firms (By Ron Kaye)
It's hard to believe how this could be happening after all the headlines and trials and mayoral directives but it's true -- the give away of public money to public relations firms for jobs that city workers are paid to do or don't need to be done is still going on.
Hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars sit in inactive L.A. trust funds, audit finds (Los Angeles Times Staff Writer)
Controller Laura Chick also says the city should claim $3.1 million left over from the Griffith Observatory renovation and expansion fund.
LA police effort to keep finances private rejected (The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES—A federal judge has decided not to block a new rule requiring hundreds of narcotics and anti-gang officers in Los Angeles to disclose personal financial information. U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess ruled this week that the city's police officers' union had failed to prove blocking the plan was in the public's interest.
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