NewsWatch
09
Sep 2008
By ALICE WALTON, City News Service
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Gang-related murders and aggravated assaults decreased between July 4th and Labor Day in the communities surrounding eight parks kept open late and providing youths with sports and...
05
Sep 2008
By Michael Rothfeld
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca took a break from hounding criminals this morning to take aim at a different group he said needs to get with the program: state legislators.
Baca reserved double-barreled criticism...
05
Sep 2008
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An ex-con was sentenced today to about 70 years in prison for opening fire with an AK-47 on two Los Angeles police officers - one of whom was severely wounded -- during an August 2006 traffic stop.
Jose Mercado Perez Jr...
05
Sep 2008
Bureaucracy and politics come between the Los Angeles police and their work.
By Jack Dunphy
Police work is often a stressful endeavor, but not for the reasons you might think. Yes, there is the risk of being shot, stabbed, or clubbed in...