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Apr 2017

LAPD could begin using the world's first 'pursuit-rated' hybrid patrol ca

Screenshot from LA Times video.

Ford Motor Co. has unveiled the world’s first “pursuit-rated” hybrid police car and the Los Angeles Police Department may be among the first agencies to have one. Click here to view the LA Times video The company introduced the vehicle at...

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Mar 2017

LAPD says gang-related crime in west San Fernando Valley has spiked since 2014

Violent gang-related crimes in the west San Fernando Valley increased 63 percent from 2014 to 2015 but held steady last year, according to a new analysis by the Los Angeles Police Department. Gang-related homicides in the West Valley,...

13

Mar 2017

Fallen Whittier Officer Keith Boyer Honored at Funeral Service, Procession

(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Family, friends and law enforcement officials gathered Friday to honor a fallen Whittier police officer described as the "best of the best," who was killed in the line of duty last month. Whittier Officer Keith Wayne Boyer, 53, joined the...

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Mar 2017

Twenty-Seven-Year LAPD Veteran Named Bell Police Chief

A 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department has been named the new police chief of Bell, city officials announced Tuesday. Carlos Islas had been serving as acting police chief in Bell since October, and will assume his duties...