A slimmed-down LAPD seems here to stay. What happens to crime with fewer cops?
The department is down hundreds of officers from its 2019 ranks and projects that it will continue to dwindle in fiscal year ...
Daily Bruin4d
Los Angeles cracks down on crime following lenient district attorney policies
Los Angeles residents are calling for a tougher stance on crime after four years of progressive policies. Nathan Hochman and ...
LAist3d
LAPD veteran will lead UCLA safety office
LAPD experience: Prior to this appointment, Lurie worked for the LAPD for 27 years, most recently serving as assistant commanding officer of West Bureau. According to an LAPD review of its own ...
USA Today6d
Rami Malek recalls alleged racial profiling incident: 'I may well be going to jail'
Standing out is nothing new to Rami Malek. But the Oscar-winning actor is alleging his ethnicity once landed him in the crosshairs of Los Angeles police. In an interview with The Guardian ...
CNN5d
As if LA officials don’t have enough on their plates, they have another problem: Arsonists
On the evening of January 14, a woman was arrested after allegedly setting multiple piles of rubbish and trash on fire, Jim McDonnell, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said at a news ...
Los Angeles Times5d
Robbery suspect armed with gun, pool noodle, police say
The suspect in a robbery of a Subway restaurant Monday night in Exposition Park was armed with more than a gun, according to Los Angeles police. He also wielded a green pool noodle. Around 7:30 p ...
ABC News6d
2 people arrested with fire truck while impersonating firefighters at LA wildfires: Police
A Los Angeles Police Department unit was patrolling through the evacuation zones on Saturday, when they discovered a fire truck that "did not appear to be legitimate," according to the sheriff's ...
Los Angeles Daily News3d
Fake firefighters roll up to Palisades evacuation zone in phony fire truck, are arrested, police say
Patrolling officers with the Los Angeles Police Department and fire officials saw a fire truck they thought was illegitimate and reported it to other law enforcement authorities, according to the ...
The Baltimore Sun5d
Fire crews in Southern California quickly extinguish brush fires amid extreme fire weather
A man suspected of starting the fire was taken into custody, said David Cuellar, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. Firefighters also quickly extinguished a brush fire along Interstate 405 ...
Fox News2d
GOP senator revives effort to make assaulting police a deportable offense: 'We must act'
FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican is re-introducing legislation to make assaulting law enforcement a deportable offense for immigrants, amid a fresh immigration push in Congress. Sen. Ted Budd ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier4d
Lawmakers renew push to ban citizen police review boards, change civil service process
DES MOINES — Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers are once again trying to push forward legislation that would disband citizen review boards that provide oversight of local law enforcement like the ...