An early morning assault by federal and local personnel yields 78 arrests and a sense of cautious optimism that the Avenues' hold on Northeast L.A. may be weakening.
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The Los Angeles Police Department may be forced to operate without a chief for about two weeks in November, according to the head of the Police Commission.
Chief William Bratton's resignation takes effect on Oct. 31, but Police Commission President John...
Accompanied by a Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle escort, a memorial wall for fallen officers was delivered Tuesday to the department's new downtown headquarters.
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The Los Angeles City Council this morning unanimously approved the appointment of former U.S. Atty. Debra Wong Yang to the city...
With Wednesday's midnight deadline to apply for Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton's job now passed, the city Personnel Department is poised to begin the next phase of its search today.
Bratton announced he is leaving on Oct. 31 to head a private...
The names, ranks and dates each LAPD officer who gave his or her life in the line of duty - so far there are 201 - were cut into brass...
LOS ANGELES - California's unemployment rate in August hit its highest point in nearly 70 years, starkly underscoring how the nation's incipient economic recovery continues to elude millions of Americans looking for work. Skip to next paragraph
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Ending days of tense negotiations and veto threats, Los Angeles' elected officials struck a deal with key labor leaders Friday, gaining enough financial concessions to erase nearly a third of this year's $405-million budget gap.
The City Council voted...
The Station Fire has caused the need to once again re-evaluate the need for a communications system. Radio communications for the most part must be reevaluated so that all public safety participates can communicate freely with one another during any major...
From Sacramento
Guns don't kill people, it's true. Bullets do.
"Without ammo, a handgun is only good for pistol-whipping someone," notes Assemblyman Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles). "Ammo is the lifeblood of a handgun."
On Sept. 11, the last...
WASHINGTON -- The deadly Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest is renewing a push from California lawmakers for a national registry of convicted arsonists. Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein filed legislation Thursday that would establish...
Reporting from Sacramento - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday evening gave federal judges a road map to reducing state prison overcrowding. But the proposal would take more than twice as long as the judges ordered to make the improvements they demanded and...
Reporting from San Diego - Even by the confessional standards of the "Dr. Phil" television show, it was a whopper of an admission.
The nicely dressed couple said they had roamed several states as shoplifters, stealing mostly toys, selling them on the...
A Los Angeles Police Department dive team was searching Saturday for a handgun that was likely tossed into the ocean just off Point Fermin Park in San Pedro by a robbery suspect who tumbled down a cliff with a police dog during a chase, authorities said.
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A Los Angeles city panel split Monday over whether to recommend going ahead with plans to hire a new class of police recruits as the city grapples with a $405 million shortfall and tough union talks.
The Budget and Finance Committee voted 2-2 on whether...
In response to a Los Angeles Times Editorial on September 15, 2009 regarding the furlough of police officers (read below), LAPPL President Paul M. Weber has submitted the following response to the LA Times:
September 15, 2009
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The Los Angeles City Council moved forward Wednesday with a plan for layoffs and furloughs but declined to end discussion over a proposal to give employees...
September 17, 2009
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Los Angeles police are investigating an incident in South Los Angeles in which two fleeing suspects fired at officers, officials said. The officers were not injured and two men were arrested...
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The LAPD's Community Academy holds educational courses for citizens, demonstrating what an average day is like for the men and women behind the badges.
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Photo: LAPD Officer Clinton Popham holds the...
By CHRISTINA VILLACORTE
City News Service
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Still unable to reach a deal with employee unions,the City Council voted unanimously today to move ahead with a plan to reducethe city's $405 million deficit by eliminating 926...
The city's administrative officer and chief legislative analyst say the proposal would be devastating to the city unless labor unions offer more concessions. They suggest more layoffs and furloughs.
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Daily News
The Los Angeles Police Protective League, seeking to avoid the problems plaguing firefighter union talks, turned to the full City Council on Friday with a private appeal to get involved with contract negotiations....
Some city leaders say Los Angeles cannot afford to allow 2,400 employees to retire up to five years early with full benefits with the city facing a $400-million shortfall. A final vote is scheduled Tuesday.
Three months into its...
Reporting from Washington - Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell is in Texas now. Army Chaplain Henry A. Haynes is in South Carolina. Eight years...
Since embarking on his new career path in March, Curt Logan has been called "the old man" or even "grandpa."
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As the city considers hiring a successor to departing Police Chief William Bratton, the consensus at a public meeting Thursday night was the ideal candidate would follow Bratton's examples and would come from within the department.
The comments by San...
A dozen firefighters descended on City Hall Thursday to deliver about 5,000 mailer responses from the public, asking the mayor and City Council to rescind a cost-cutting measure which takes 15 fire trucks and nine ambulances out of service every day.Pat McOsker...
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