A chorus of law enforcement officials from the Bay Area and throughout California made an impassioned call for a recent decision overturning a ban on possession of body armor by violent felons to be reversed.
Lee Guelff, the brother of slain San...
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Based on surveys done after the 1986 amnesty program, it concludes that even during the recession, legalizing undocumented workers would benefit the economy. Not everyone agrees.
Even during the ongoing recession, immigration...
A federal appeals court overturned Washington state's ban on voting by convicted felons Tuesday in a ruling that could extend ballots to prisoners in other states where studies showed racial bias in the criminal justice system.
In a 2-1 decision, the...
Roman Polanski has asked a Los Angeles judge to sentence him in absentia for having sex with a 13-year-old in 1977.
In a notarized letter submitted to a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge at a hearing Wednesday afternoon, the filmmaker wrote, "I...
The murder count shrank 18 percent in Los Angeles and major crime fell 8.6 percent in the city in 2009, continuing trends that city officials said Wednesday are proof of the value of a well-staffed police force and smartly targeted law-enforcement efforts....
Alarmed over the spiraling cost of retirement benefits, Los Angeles' top budget officials have begun laying the groundwork for a June 8 city ballot measure that would dramatically scale back the pension benefits given to newly hired city employees.
The...
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called on the federal government Tuesday to expand the use of a controversial scanning device at LAX and other airports that produces an X-ray-like image of a traveler's body that can reveal objects hidden under clothing...
Federal authorities will conduct a nationwide review of courthouse security after a gunman killed a courthouse officer and wounded a deputy marshal in Las Vegas, a senior official said Wednesday.
Michael Prout, a security official with the U.S. Marshals...
Two more California counties have hooked up to a Homeland Security database that screens the immigration status of arrestees.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties started using the program Tuesday.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger intends to call the Legislature into emergency session to confront a nearly $6.3 billion budget gap in the current fiscal year. The governor is expected to outline his proposed solutions by Friday - when he will unveil his new budget...
As Millard County Sheriff Robert Dekker described the loss of Deputy Josie Fox, the words flowed almost as freely as the tears.
"We lost a real good lady today, and a great cop," he said. "Everybody feels a great sense of loss. We don't just work...
Deputy Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore told La Opinion newspaper that the department is aware of possible collaboration among gangs in Los Angeles. LA Weekly was the first to report a certain quietude and possible business alliances on streets once...
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation today released its proposed revisions to the lethal injection procedures, a first step toward resuming executions in the state after a four-year halt.
The proposals kick off a new 15-day period...
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A few years ago, my wife and I traveled on the Eurostar train from Paris to London. When the train arrived at Waterloo Station (today Eurostar operates from St....
As Californians brace for this year's gubernatorial election, two local law enforcement unions have joined forces to play a larger role in the campaign.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League and the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs have...
During last summer's fiscal crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger borrowed the title of a film classic to describe California's budget, saying it contained "the good, the bad and the ugly."
He was referring to welfare reforms and the streamlining of state...
In the months following the implementation of new travel-document requirements at U.S. land and sea port of entries last June, there was a spike in the number of people arrested along the southern border posing as U.S. citizens, customs officials say.
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Oakland is poised to join San Francisco as one of the first Northern California cities to try to tame street gangs by slapping them with lawsuits.
In coming months, City Attorney John Russo will seek Oakland's first civil gang injunction, his office said...
The LAPD purchased more than 60 new BMWs to add to the motorcycle...
The new year rang in with hundreds of new state laws governing how Californians live and do business.
Starting today, restaurants face strict limits on cooking with artery-clogging trans fats; people wanting plastic surgery in California must get a...
California judge on Thursday ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had abused his discretion in ordering furloughs of state workers, dealing a blow to the administration's efforts to cope with the state's ongoing fiscal crisis.
Alameda County Superior...
The state budget, already tangled in an unprecedented number of court fights, is all but certain to prompt yet a new series of legal challenges as the Schwarzenegger administration seeks to cut social programs, government employees' pay and medical services,...
Reporting from Washington - With the healthcare battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive -- a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system.
Senior White House...
OAKLAND, Tenn. - New, heavier badges used by the Oakland police this year may have saved one officer's life.
Officer Joshua Smith's new badge was hit during gunfire exchange at a traffic stop on Thursday, keeping the bullet from striking his body.
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LOS ANGELES -- After nearly two decades fighting gangs, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Robert Lyons thought he had seen it all. Until he saw members of the Bloods and the Crips -- rival gangs that spent years in brutal conflict -- meeting amiably in a...
New Year's Eve revelers are reminded that firing a gun in celebration is a felony, Los Angeles officials warned Tuesday.
"Let's not place others in harm's way by shooting a firearm in the air," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at a news conference where...
Following reports that the Los Angeles Police Department's gang units are losing officers as a result of financial-disclosure rules, the union representing rank-and-file cops is urging the department to rescind the requirements.
The rules were put into...
State Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown has come out against a recent appellate court judgment overturning a law that bars violent felons from possessing body armor. His office will petition the state Supreme Court next month to review the decision, his office said...
Stun guns like this Taser X26 are supported by law enforcement. (Photo:...
Many rank-and-file cops see the requirement -- a result of the department's consent decree -- as an insult. It could erode the strength of the units.
The LAPD is struggling to fill vacancies in gang units as a financial...
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