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Joe Wambaugh: The Writer Who Redefined LAPD (NPR)
Long-time police officer Joe Wambaugh wrote the best-selling book The Onion Field in three months during a leave of absence from. Here he visits his old stomping grounds, the Hollywood police department.
LAPD's rank and file thank the community for it's support (Veronique de Turenne)
The billboard pretty much says it all, a blend of photos of slain SWAT Officer Randal Simmons backed by scenes from his funeral and topped with a thank you note from the LAPD. Simmons was 51 when a gunman shot him to death, and his funeral became one of the largest and most elaborate in LAPD history.
Attorney Alan Skobin Gets New Term on Police Commission
The Los Angeles City Council yesterday confirmed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s nomination of attorney Alan Skobin to a second five-year term on the city’s civilian Police Commission.
Federal appeals court upholds $15-million civil award for Rampart police officers
The panel supports a jury's verdict that the LAPD and city violated the rights of the three men by arresting and charging them without adequate evidence during their division's corruption scandal.
Reward Offered (CNS)
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A $25,000 reward was offered today for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the fatal shooting of two men in the Van Nuys area.
Gang-prevention parcel tax on its way to ballot
With a leading critic absent, the Los Angeles City Council pushed through a measure for the Nov. 4 ballot asking property owners to pay $36 a year to fund citywide gang-prevention and -intervention programs
LAPPL Encouraged by Judge's Questions
Los Angeles, July 11, 2008 –Judge Gary Feess of the United States District Court considered the briefing and oral arguments presented regarding the LAPPL's motion for a preliminary injunction regarding financial disclosures in which the League believes it had raised substantial questions on the merits of its claim that the Proposed Special Order violates its members privacy rights.
No run for governor by Villaraigosa -- yet (Los Angeles Times)
A day after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that he is exploring a run for governor, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa deflected questions about whether he will join what is expected to be a packed field of Democrats.
L.A. city layoffs down to just four (Kerry Cavanaugh )
Despite dire warnings that Los Angeles city workers would face layoffs to balance a severe budget deficit, just four workers could potentially lose their jobs.
Villaraigosa's fundraising calendar (LA Times)
Here is a list of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's fundraisers in the past two weeks. The invitations were filed with the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission.
Bratton, Villaraigosa cheer a 7.2% dip in violent crime in Los Angeles -- not counting homicide (Los Angeles Times Staff Writer)
More police, youth programs and a gang crackdown are credited with a year-to-date decline compared to the same time last year. As for homicides, they're up so far but trending down now, Bratton says.
LAPD Releases Results of DNA Study (LAPD)
Los Angeles: A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) study found that DNA technology increased the likelihood of solving property crimes.
How the LAPPL Helped Defeat SB 1019
Fearmongering worked to kill police accountability (LAPPL)
The Los Angeles Police Protective League's mission is, ostensibly, to serve the desires of its members - the officers of the LAPD. So if the PPL's latest actions are any guide, accountability and credibility are apparently not among the rank and file's desires.
Assembly panel rejects bill to allow public access again (U-T SACRAMENTO BUREAU )
SACRAMENTO – A bill to restore public access to police misconduct cases, limited by a state Supreme Court decision in a San Diego County case two years ago, was rejected by an Assembly committee yesterday.
Assembly panel kills bill to disclose LAPD disciplinary records (Los Angeles Times Staff Writer)
Despite lobbying efforts by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, an Assembly committee Tuesday killed a bill that would have cleared the way for the Los Angeles Police Department to make officers' disciplinary hearings and records open to the public.
In face of weekend killing spree, L.A. crime down (By Aron Miller, Staff Writer)
Union responds (LA Times Op-Ed)
There is an element of "people in glass houses throwing stones" in your editorial coverage of SB 1019.
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