In a big city already short on cops on the street, sworn officers are stuck doing paperwork, answering phones and handling other administrative duties that could be done more cheaply by civilian workers.
"We do not need hundreds of police officers, at a...
Capt. Steve Zipperman will spend his final shift with the Los Angeles Police Department on patrol with his son in the San Fernando Valley today before becoming chief of the Los Angeles School Police Department.
The elder Zipperman is the commanding...
Call it the case of the disappearing police officers. While the number of Los Angeles Police Department officers has grown over these past few years, the city's residents are today seeing fewer of them on the streets. And in the new year they'll see even...
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot dead by suspected smugglers in a gun battle close to the Mexico border in southern Arizona and four suspects have been arrested, authorities said on Wednesday.
Agent Brian A. Terry, 40, was shot dead after he...
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In a time of government and corporate downsizing, many are looking to local organizations to bolster community spirit and alleviate problems in society. One group that has been uniquely active in this regard is the LAPD West Valley Division's Jeopardy Program,...
When a crime is committed at a business, video surveillance systems on the premises can provide detectives with vital clues and quickly lead to an arrest. But too often the resulting images are of low quality and therefore of limited use to investigators.
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Although he received positive reviews for his first year as Los Angeles police chief, Charlie Beck will not get a raise because of the city's budget crisis, the Police Commission decided Tuesday.
Commission President John Mack said the five-member...
The Los Angeles Police Commission voiced support Tuesday for the city's red-light camera system, despite learning that there is little consequence for violators who ignore the citations.
In a briefing to the civilian panel that oversees the police...
A 60-year-old off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer and a second motorcyclist were both killed in a collision in Orange County, authorities said Monday night.
Emergency Operation Divisions Officer Kent Carter was riding his personal 2007 Suzuki...
A City Council panel on Monday recommended a plan to save $87 million - mostly through cuts to fire and police service - to begin chipping away at Los Angeles' $300 million-plus budget deficit.
On Wednesday, the full City Council is expected to consider...
The nation's largest school police force is set to have a new chief beginning next year: Steven K. Zipperman, a 31-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines announced Zipperman's...
Hoping to get the new Metropolitan Detention Center up and running by the end of January, a city panel signed off Monday on a plan to reassign 83 LAPD officers to work as jailers.
While LAPD brass and city officials oppose the idea of pulling officers...
State officials recently unveiled a dramatically redesigned California driver's license, with hidden photos and raised lettering, aimed at foiling counterfeiters.
But the new design, it turns out, is just tripping up the DMV and its customers at the...
With thousands of cell phones and smart phones getting into the hands of the state's prison inmates, officials are busy finding ways to deal with a growing problem.
As of last week, the state had confiscated 9,648 cell phones in the past year. Officials...
At the time, it made perfect sense.
In 1978, it was easy for anyone to use California Department of Motor Vehicles records to link a license plate number to the plate-holder's name and address. Police officers, judges and others who dealt with some of...
A decades-old backlog of more than 7,000 untested rape kits has been nearly cleared by the LAPD, but 1,000 more DNA samples collected since 2008 have piled up and will take until July to analyze, officials said Friday.
Just 35 rape kits from the original...
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck launched the annual LAPD Angels Community book and toy drive Thursday.
As part of the kickoff, students at the 10th Street Elementary School received a toy from members of the LAPD.
If you want to take part in...
The Police Department wants to continue its red-light camera enforcement program despite costing the city $2.5 million in the last two years due to a high number of uncollected tickets.
In a report released Thursday, Police Chief Charlie Beck recommended...
The Orange County Sheriff's Office identified a deputy shot and killed during a traffic stop on Wednesday night.
At a news conference on Thursday, Sheriff Jerry Demings said his force is mourning the loss of Deputy Brandon Coates.
Demings said...
It's a seemingly routine police action. It's also one of the most dangerous duties law-enforcement officers face: pulling over motorists. And Wednesday night, it ended in the shooting death of an Orange County deputy.
"Traffic stops and domestic violence...
It's a situation that many Angelenos have faced: You're trying to park. It's...
A parolee at large led police on an approximately 50-minute chase through the San Fernando Valley today, occasionally driving on the wrong side of the street, before surrendering.
The chase started about 4:10 p.m. near Victory Boulevard and the Hollywood...
The watchdog for the Los Angeles Police Commission, as well as LAPD officials, this week largely defended the handling of racial profiling investigations, in response to criticism from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Nicole Bershon, the Police Commission...
To cut the number of thefts in downtown Los Angeles this holiday season, the LAPD is enlisting waiters and waitresses in scores of restaurants to ensure that patrons do not leave their cellphones, iPads and cameras unattended and easy pickings for light-handed...
Police need the public's help catching a masked gunman who attacked a woman in her own home in Westchester on Monday night.
Authorities said the woman had baked cookies for a neighbor in the 8100 block of Westlawn Avenue, and she left her door unlocked...
Authorities are turning to the public to help nab a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that happened last week in the Rampart area. The LAPD are looking for the driver of a red Honda Civic or Prelude that struck a man who was walking southbound in the east...
