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08
Aug 2016
Demonstrators rally in Hollywood on Saturday to pay tribute to law enforcement officers. (Anh Do / Los Angeles Times)
Rosa Padilla is the mother of a narcotics officer and mother-in-law to a son entering the police academy.
So she spent her Saturday morning on a passionate cause: honoring the men and women in uniform whom she calls "our blessings, who...
29
Jul 2016
Dozens of officers came in and out of Scripps Mercy Hospital overnight, where one of the wounded officers underwent surgery. That officer is expected to survive, SDPD Chief Shelley Zimmerman said. (NBC 7 San Diego)
A San Diego Police Department officer has died and another officer remains hospitalized after a late-night shooting during a traffic stop just south of downtown San Diego. Both officers are part of the force's Elite Gang Unit.
The SDPD...
26
Jul 2016
A Los Angeles police officer was shot and wounded in a gunfight between a suspect in Watts late Monday night.
A call came in around 11 p.m. near 111th and Antwerp streets. Authorities said officers were doing extra patrol around the...
22
Jul 2016
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck leaves at the end of a news conference held Friday to discuss crime in L.A. through the first half of 2016. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
The Los Angeles Police Department's decision to flood the city's deadliest neighborhoods with more officers has managed to slow the pace of killings and shootings in recent months.
But the department still faces a continuing rise in...