The state Senate on Monday approved a measure requested by the Los Angeles Police Department to require BB guns to be made in bright colors so that police officers do not mistake them for real firearms.
The legislation was opposed by Republican senators...
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Los Angeles law enforcement authorities were focusing extra patrols Monday on local airports, mosques and synagogues as a precaution after Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces Sunday.
Law enforcement sources said those locations were considered the...
Local authorities are increasing patrols at religious institutions and other potential terrorist targets in the wake of the death of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
LAPD Deputy Chief Mike Downing, commanding officer of the Counter-Terrorism and Special...
SEATTLE -- Police commanders from Lakewood, Wash.; Oakland, Calif.; and Seattle attending a national conference in Seattle on Thursday described the huge emotional toll on their departments after officers were slain in the line of duty.
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Los Angeles police said Wednesday that they had stepped up patrols in the Venice Beach area after a series of attacks including a shooting during a "flash mob" gathering and a stabbing on the beach this past weekend of a man in a drum circle.
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The California state Senate has approved a bill that would increase fines for texting or using a handheld cell phone while driving.
The base fine would increase from $20 to $50 per violation. With various fees, a first offense would cost $328, up from...
The Los Angeles Police Department's Bicycle Coordination Unit has said that initial testing and evaluation of IZIP...
The head of the Los Angeles police union said Monday that a dogfighting game application for cellphones should be yanked from the market because it glorifies illegal activity and promotes "cruel and immoral" behavior.
Paul M. Weber, president of the Los...
An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was thrown out of his pickup truck in an early-morning crash on the Ventura (101) Freeway on Saturday and died two hours later at a Westwood hospital.
Jose Diance-Cruz, 23, of Sylmar died at Ronald Reagan UCLA...
Sephora is offering a reward for the arrest and conviction of whoever stole about $2 million worth of the company's products, which were taken from a cargo container in Utah and turned up at various cosmetics stores in the Los Angeles area.
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Los Angeles police Monday were seeking potential victims of a man charged with...
On April 4, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 109, which would shift thousands of state prison inmates to the custody of local law enforcement. At a time of budget shortfalls, swollen local jail populations and when two-thirds of California counties are...
