The Los Angeles Police Department is taking the temperatures of its officers as they arrive for their shifts to try to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus inside the department, which has seen 26 employees test positive.
Anyone with a temperature...
Two more Los Angeles Police Department employees tested positive for the Coronavirus, authorities said Saturday.
That brings the total to 24, according to Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center spokeswoman Jessica Kellogg.
In addition, six Los...
An additional six employees of the Los Angeles Police Department have tested positive for the novel coronavirus this week, bringing the number of cases within the agency up to 15 as of Thursday, March 26.
Two of the latest cases of COVID-19 among LAPD...
Nine Los Angeles Police Department employees have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday, the department reported this afternoon.
According to a department statement, 8 are sworn officers and one is a civilian. "All of these individuals are now...
The Los Angeles Police Department is expected to switch to 12-hour shifts for its officers in the coming weeks and cancel all vacations as a way to staff up in response to the coronavirus outbreak, a law enforcement source told the L.A. Times.
The...
The Los Angeles Police Department announced Monday that it would be putting half of its detectives on street patrol and closing down its front desk operations in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Effective immediately, LAPD said it was deploying 50%...
The Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday confirmed its first coronavirus case.
The supervisor in the Pacific Division felt ill and went home Monday, officials said.
“The supervisor’s condition is already improving and he is expected to make a...
One of the biggest concerns as coronavirus spreads is the impact it could have on first responders, potentially reducing the number of officials able to handle emergency service.
The Los Angeles Police Department, along with other law enforcement...
VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was involved in a crash Wednesday morning on a surface street in Van Nuys.
The collision happened before 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of Saticoy Street and Van Nuys...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Street Division went beyond the call of duty to spread Christmas cheer Monday morning.
"Every time we go to someone's house it's usually not for the good. In this case it's for...
A judge has tentatively ruled that the Los Angeles...
The LAPD plans to ask for hundreds of thousands of dollars in new funding to pay for equipment, building upgrades, and landscaping -- all aimed at reducing the spread of communicable diseases among officers who often work in filthy conditions.
The...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two Los Angeles police officers were hurt when their patrol vehicle was hit by an alleged DUI driver in North Hollywood early Monday morning, police said.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Magnolia Boulevard...
A Los Angeles police officer was injured Monday after a man carjacked a driver at a Hollywood fast-food restaurant, crashed the car and then charged at officers with a machete, authorities said.
The Los Angeles Fire Department received a call about an...
A Los Angeles police station was vandalized sometime overnight Friday after police say dozens of people gathered to mourn the death of a suspect killed in an officer-involved shooting earlier this week.
Police tell CBSLA as many as 40 people showed up at...
Part Three: The police
LAPD Det. Shannon Geaney reports daily to what looks like anarchy, bedlam, madness.
She works Hollywood, and her beat is homelessness.
On a recent morning, her first call of the day sent her to a small park...
An LAPD officer was injured in a crash on the northbound 170 Freeway near Magnolia Boulevard Thursday evening.
The northbound side of the freeway is completely shut down. Traffic is at a standstill. Drivers are advised to used alternate routes.
It...
Four Los Angeles police officers were injured early Monday when the pursuit of carjacking suspects ended in a violent crash on a freeway onramp in Pacoima, authorities said.
Officers were patrolling the Tujunga area about 4:20 a.m. when they saw a white...
LOS ANGELES — An alleged drunk driver plowed into the back of a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car stopped at a Sherman Oaks intersection Sunday, injuring two officers.
The male driver, who was not identified by police, was arrested at the scene at...
A gunman who exchanged gunfire with Los Angeles Police Department officers in Boyle Heights was at large Wednesday morning following a more than six-hour search.
Around 10 p.m. Tuesday, officers with Hollenbeck Division attempted to stop a pedestrian in...
A Los Angeles gang member received a prison sentence of more than five-and-a-half centuries Thursday for shooting a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officer, who was saved by his helmet, and wounding a police K-9 during a series of shootouts in 2017,...
With Santa Ana winds bringing red-flag fire danger to Southern California, the Los Angeles Police Department plans to remove some homeless people from camps in high-risk areas.
LAPD spokesman Josh Rubenstein said the removals will take place Wednesday...
A homeless woman, who serenaded the public at a Metro stop, recently got her wish to meet the LAPD officer who shot the viral video.
Emily Zamourka, 52, sang Puccini, which was posted on the LAPD Twitter account recently.
Zamourka told the...
DNA sampling and testing has led to breakthroughs in cases resulting in solved crimes, but it’s a time consuming process. “Rapid DNA” speeds the process up. According...
The Los Angeles Police Department is going back to 1869 to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
On Wednesday, Police Chief Michel Moore unveiled a commemorative badge that several thousand officers will wear during the final three months of the year. The...
Two Los Angeles police officers were injured Monday night when their cruiser struck a fire hydrant and flipped over in South Los Angeles.
The crash occurred just before 8 p.m. in the 6000 block of South Vermont Avenue, near the intersection with 61st...
Officers negotiated with a suspect who was barricaded inside of a Mid City home Wednesday evening, eventually taking him into custody.
The barricade began around 5:15 p.m. in the 2100 block of Orange Drive after Los Angeles police officers attempted to...
The Board of Supervisors has decided to throw its political weight behind an effort to overturn a court decision that has allowed homeless people to bed down overnight on sidewalks across California and the West.
On Tuesday, the supervisors voted to...
The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a murder victim whose body was charred and the person suspected of the homicide.
Police said detectives with its Robbery-Homicide Division were told about a fire-related...
Two Los Angeles police officers and a supervisor were hospitalized after they were exposed to fentanyl while making an arrest in North Hollywood, authorities said Friday.
The officers were responding to a call about a person brandishing a weapon near the...
