Probation officials shifted caseloads on Thursday while the sheriff's department finalized security plans as Los Angeles County braced for this weekend's overhaul of California's correctional system.
The so-called "prison realignment" beginning Saturday...
Gov. Jerry Brown met privately Monday with Los Angeles County supervisors in an effort to ease their concerns about the thousands of state prisoners and parolees poised to flood local jails beginning Saturday.
Under Brown's so-called realignment program...
The joint FBI-LAPD operation that is trying to cut the backlog of unsolved gang-related killings in South Los Angeles totals 43 homicide arrests in nearly three months, with 11 of those cases closed in the last day, officials said Thursday.
Officials...
Gov. Jerry Brown said this morning he will put on the November 2012 ballot a constitutional guarantee of funding for law enforcement realignment, the shift of certain offenders from state prisons to local control.
"I'm not leaving Sacramento until we get...
At a recent Long Beach City Council meeting numerous speakers argued in support of restoring public safety funds cut by the city. One theme persisted: We need more police officers, not fewer, to prepare for the release of thousands of felons by the state.
...Eighty-two officers were honored Thursday at an inaugural Purple Heart ceremony held to recognize officers for acts of bravery resulting in injury or death in the past 90 years.
Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was among those on hand for the...
L.A.'s red light cameras were shuttered for good on Tuesday, as the City Council rejected a proposal to bring them back at four intersections for monitoring new safety measures.
"Enough is enough," said Councilman Bill Rosendahl. "We have debated this...
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers suffered smoke inhalation Wednesday when they rescued a woman from a...
WEST COVINA - Friends and family members on Tuesday remembered Jesus "Jesse" Ravega...
California's crime rate dropped across the board in every major measured category, with violent crimes - including murders and rapes - at their lowest comparable levels in more than 40 years, the state Justice Department says.
The department's report, "...
Even a decade later, when she hears of a shooting rampage or a building being bombed, Jane El Farra holds her breath.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, El Farra cannot help but wonder: Were Muslims involved?
"I was devastated," said El Farra, who is Muslim...
Responding to news late today of a credible terrorist threat on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Police Chief Charlie Beck said the threat does not include Los Angeles as a target.
"I have been briefed on information, and all of that...
Los Angeles police today were mourning the loss of an off-duty detective from Foothill Division who died in a motorcycle wreck near the Four-Level Interchange in downtown Los Angeles.
Jesus Ravega, 48, of West Covina, went down on the northbound...
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The newest member of the Board of Police Commissioners was elected today as its president.
Attorney Richard Drooyan was unanimously approved to serve a two-year term as head of the five-member Police Commission. Drooyan was appointed by Mayor Antonio...