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Jun 2016

LAPD Officers Surprise Fallen Partner's Youngest Daughter At High School Graduation

Sierra Cuesta doesn't remember her dad. But a group of officers do. "We lost a brother out there and it hurts," said LAPD Sgt. Don Poirier. "Every day I look back and wish that something like this would have never happened." Officer Fil...

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Jun 2016

Orlando massacre: What motivated a killer

Friends and family react after a list of hospitalized victims is released June 12 outside a hotel near the Orlando Regional Medical Center.

While the bodies of Omar Mateen's victims were removed from Pulse nightclub overnight, investigators worked Monday to determine what motivated the Florida killer responsible for the worst mass shooting in U.S. history -- a man the FBI knew...

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Jun 2016

Dump truck driver accused in crash that killed LAPD officer in court

This April 28, 2015 staff file photo shows Roberto Maldonado in court in San Fernando. (Photo by David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News/File)

The driver of a dump truck that collided with an LAPD cruiser in Beverly Hills, killing a veteran training officer, waived his right Wednesday to a hearing to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to proceed to trial on a felony...

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May 2016

LAPD union sues Chief Charlie Beck over 'corrupting influence' in discipline process

Craig Lally, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, called for the department's disciplinary board to be composed entirely of civilians. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Tensions between Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and the union representing LAPD officers boiled over into a federal lawsuit Thursday, with the Los Angeles Police Protective League claiming the chief has a "corrupting influence" on...