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Oct 2013

Former LAPD officer receives Purple Heart

Jan McGaff was 27 when he took a bullet in the chest while on a call for the Los Angeles Police Department in 1972. The wound ended his law enforcement career. He was recently awarded the Purple Heart for law enforcement for his service...

08

Oct 2013

LAPD presses ahead with dash cams

The Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday approved a nearly $8 million contract to place 381 dashboard cameras in police cruisers in LAPD's Operations-Central Bureau, which would more than double the number of cars currently outfitted with...

04

Oct 2013

Vintage police cars go on parade in Hollywood today

The annual 10-4 Day Parade, a salute to public safety officers featuring vintage police cars, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Hollywood. The parade will begin at the Los Angeles Fire Department Museum at 1327 N. Cahuenga Blvd. and arrive...

01

Oct 2013

LAPD will no longer let many unlicensed drivers leave traffic stop in their cars

Los Angeles Police Department officers will no longer be letting many unlicensed drivers leave a traffic stop with their cars now that Chief Charlie Beck has rescinded a controversial impound policy known as Special Order 7 - for the time...