Los Angeles police have arrested one suspect and are still searching for others after gunfire struck a police vehicle Thursday night in the North Hills area of the San Fernando Valley.
The incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. in the 8500 block of Cedros...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Gunmen who shot at Los Angeles police in separate incidents were at large today, and the union that represents the officers asked for the public's help in apprehending them.
Suspected burglars opened fire on officers investigating car...
A gunman opened fire today on an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer in South Los Angeles, authorities said.
The undercover Newton Division vice officer was not hurt even thought the assailant fired several shots before fleeing in a green...
The Los Angeles Police Department put out an urgent plea today for the public's help in finding a serial kidnapper believed responsible for abducting and attempting to sexually assault at least four young girls.
The incidents have occurred over the last...
The Los Angeles Police Department has cleared almost two-thirds of its backlog in testing DNA rape kits after coming under pressure from women's rights groups and City Council members to speed the process, officials announced Thursday.
City Controller...
Deputy Chief Charlie Beck was one of the most qualified people vying for the position.
The waiting and speculation are over: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has selected Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to succeed William...
The selection of Deputy Chief Charles L. Beck to lead the Los Angeles Police Department is a positive choice that signals the combination of experience inside the police force with the reforms initiated by his predecessor, William Bratton.
All three...
The LAPD deputy chief picked to run the department says he is rooted in ties to rank-and-file officers rather than to the upper echelon, and plans to make changes from the bottom up.
For a man widely seen as the disciple of just...
The 5% reduction starts Dec. 6 and will be in effect through June 30 for department heads, policy analysts, human resources employees and aides to council members, a memo states.
Facing a $100-million budget...
Beck looked to have the edge from the start. In fact, the opposite was true.
When the Los Angeles Police Commission last week gave Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa the names of the finalists for the LAPD chief's job, it was hardly a...
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's selection of Charlie Beck to be L.A.'s new police chief elevates a 32-year veteran who is steeped in the traditions of the LAPD but has also won praise from civil rights activists for reforming the department and improving the once-...
Never did I think when I joined the LAPD 32 years ago that one day I would be chief.
I am humbled by this honor and grateful to the Mayor for this opportunity.
I am honored to have been selected from such a distinguished and accomplished group of...
CHINO - The bloated state prison system is getting a little leaner.
Corrections officials announced plans this week to ship more inmates out of state.
But the plans might not help the overcrowding at the California Institution for Men, officials...
Though disappointed about not being selected to be the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, neither Deputy Chief Michel Moore nor First Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell said they had any immediate plans to seek jobs elsewhere.
"I'm not posting...
Hours after he was announced as the nominee for the city's next police chief, the campaign to sell Charlie Beck to the public began Tuesday night at a noisy gymnasium in South Los Angeles where he was questioned on his commitment to reform.
"I have...
The 32-year veteran of the department is supported by both the rank-and-file and civil rights advocates and will take command at a time of uncertainty for the department.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has selected Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Charlie Beck, a 32-year LAPD veteran with strong support from rank-and-file officers and civil rights advocates alike, to serve as the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, The...
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will announce his selection of the city's next police chief Tuesday, the mayor's staff said Sunday evening.
After summoning the three finalists for a second round of interviews Sunday, Villaraigosa decided to take...
Crime is down and a degree of trust is taking hold. Many credit Bratton and say they hope the trend continues.
Hilda Samayoa did something a few weeks ago that would have been highly unusual in her South Los Angeles neighborhood...
Some call it California's cash advance.
Effective today, the amount of state income taxes withheld from California workers' paychecks will increase 10 percent.
That might sound like a tax increase, but state officials insist that's not the case....
Superficial similarities conceal differences in their leadership styles.
At first glance, the three finalists to become the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department appear to be cut from the same cloth.
...
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced today it would not file criminal charges against any LAPD officers for their actions during the 2007 May Day melee at MacArthur Park.
Prosecutors said in a statement that after a lengthy review...
Three months after the city's $7 billion budget took effect, the City Council on Friday approved labor deals with three-fourths of its work force that cut Los Angeles' $405 million deficit in half without layoffs or furloughs.
...
Call it the long goodbye.
Police who two months ago began packing up and leaving Parker Center for their shiny new headquarters will need another two years to finish their move.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will select a new police chief at a time when crime is declining and the city is enjoying a prolonged respite from racial strife, sparing him from the political perils that bloodied the three previous mayors facing similar...
Looking to slash payroll costs in a disastrous budget year, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council have thrown their support behind a new union contract that is designed to cut police overtime costs by 83%.
The city's elected...
A new law in California attempts to crack down on paparazzi whose aggressive tactics might endanger their subjects, stoking a debate over whether individual privacy should take precedence over freedom of the press.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,...
Two worshipers at a North Hollywood synagogue were shot this this morning in an attack LAPD detectives are investigating as a hate crime.
After months of speculation about whom President Obama will appoint as the new U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, there is growing consensus as to the most likely nominee: Andre Birotte Jr., the Los Angeles Police Department's inspector general.
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Outgoing Police Chief William Bratton said on Wednesday that any one of the three finalists being considered as his replacement would be a great leader for the Los Angeles Police Department.
"I'm very pleased with the three finalists," Bratton said at...
