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Investigation underway after video shows LAPD officer punch handcuffed man
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Investigation underway after video shows LAPD officer punch handcuffed man

LA Times  

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department is seen punching a man in handcuffs in Watts. Los Angeles police officials are investigating an LAPD officer who was seen punching a handcuffed man in a now-viral video, an incident that has sparked calls for the officer to be criminally charged. A bystander video posted online showed two officers struggling with …

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Ballot measure to rework LAPD officer discipline system clears City Council
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Ballot measure to rework LAPD officer discipline system clears City Council

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that would give the police chief the authority to fire officers outright for certain serious misconduct, but stops short of the broader overhaul of the LAPD’s discipline system that some were pushing for. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents rank-and-file officers, said the ballot language “strikes the …

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L.A. will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over undercover police officer photos
6 months, 1 week ago

L.A. will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over undercover police officer photos

LA Times  

The city of Los Angeles has agreed to pay the legal bills for a local journalist and a group of activists whom it took to court last year for publishing photographs of LAPD officers, part of a tentative settlement that will end a lawsuit some saw as an assault on media freedom. Stop LAPD Spying Coalition organizer Hamid Khan said …

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LAPD officer from scandal-plagued gang unit is charged with thefts of brass knuckles, knives
8 months ago

LAPD officer from scandal-plagued gang unit is charged with thefts of brass knuckles, knives

LA Times  

A Los Angeles police officer was charged Thursday with stealing brass knuckles and other weapons and tampering with evidence during enforcement stops carried out by a scandal-plagued gang unit, prosecutors said. Carrillo is the first of several Mission gang unit members expected to be charged in connection with the still-unfolding investigation, according to a source who requested anonymity to discuss …

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Officer claims LAPD failed to protect her after alleged AirTag monitoring by assistant chief
1 year ago

Officer claims LAPD failed to protect her after alleged AirTag monitoring by assistant chief

LA Times  

Former LAPD assistant chief Al Labrada, right, held a news conference in October with his lawyer Jeremy Tissot regarding allegations of him tracking a lower-ranking officer he was romantically involved with. A female LAPD officer who accused former assistant chief Alfred “Al” Labrada of unlawfully tracking her has filed a legal claim alleging department leadership failed to shield her from …

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LAPD officer who alleged harassment by Garcetti advisor gets $1.8 million
1 year, 1 month ago

LAPD officer who alleged harassment by Garcetti advisor gets $1.8 million

LA Times  

LAPD Officer Matthew Garza alleged harassment by Rick Jacobs, above, a onetime advisor to former Mayor Eric Garcetti. The council voted 13-0 to settle the 2020 lawsuit brought by LAPD Officer Matthew Garza, who served on Garcetti’s security detail and alleged that Rick Jacobs inappropriately hugged and touched him and made crude sexual comments over a period of several years. …

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LAPD seeks to fire 2 officers in gang unit suspected of turning off body cameras
1 year, 3 months ago

LAPD seeks to fire 2 officers in gang unit suspected of turning off body cameras

LA Times  

Members of the Los Angeles Police Department make their way into police headquarters on 1st Street in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking to fire two officers for misconduct that officials said was uncovered during an internal investigation of a San Fernando Valley gang unit, whose members are accused of routinely turning off their body cameras …

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After decades in prison, man is convicted in retrial for 1983 killing of LAPD officer
1 year, 3 months ago

After decades in prison, man is convicted in retrial for 1983 killing of LAPD officer

LA Times  

Kenneth Gay, left, and attorney Kenneth Lezin in 2000 after he was sentenced to death in the killing of LAPD Officer Paul Verna. California 2 Convicted of Killing Officer, Could Get the Death Penalty Two juries returned first-degree murder verdicts Friday against Raynard Cummings and Kenneth Gay for the shooting death of a Los Angeles policeman who had stopped them …

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LAPD officer’s alleged killer stands trial again after conviction in 1983 case was tossed
1 year, 6 months ago

LAPD officer’s alleged killer stands trial again after conviction in 1983 case was tossed

LA Times  

Kenneth Gay, left, and attorney Kenneth Lezin in 2000 after he was sentenced to death in the killing of LAPD Officer Paul Verna. Defense attorney Monnica Thelen argued that two tragedies occurred the day of Verna’s murder: the officer’s killing and the first step toward the conviction of “a truly innocent man.” Thelen argued that Cummings was the sole gunman …

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LAPD officer found liable for protester’s injury in $375,000 verdict
1 year, 9 months ago

LAPD officer found liable for protester’s injury in $375,000 verdict

LA Times  

Deon Jones was shot in the face and injured by an LAPD projectile round during protests in 2020. Jones’ attorney, Orin Snyder, said he hoped the case would deter similar force by LAPD officers in the future. “When things get chaotic on the streets of Los Angeles,” he said, “that’s when we need police to be at their best.” After …

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Keenan Anderson’s family files $50-million legal claim after tasing by LAPD
1 year, 11 months ago

Keenan Anderson’s family files $50-million legal claim after tasing by LAPD

LA Times  

Attorneys Benjamin Crump, left, and Carl Douglas, right, with Gabrielle Hansell, center, hold a news conference to announce filing a $50-million legal claim against the city of Los Angeles over the death of Keenan Anderson in Los Angeles on Friday. Civil rights lawyers acting on behalf of Keenan Anderson’s young son have filed a $50-million wrongful-death claim against the city …

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BLM co-founder shares outrage at cousin’s death after being tasered by LAPD officer as he pleaded for help
1 year, 11 months ago

BLM co-founder shares outrage at cousin’s death after being tasered by LAPD officer as he pleaded for help

The Independent  

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Los Angeles chief ‘deeply concerned’ by 2 police shootings
1 year, 11 months ago

Los Angeles chief ‘deeply concerned’ by 2 police shootings

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles police chief said Wednesday he is concerned about two recent fatal police shootings, including one in which officers failed to call for a specially trained mental health team during an interaction with a man in crisis. Chief Michel Moore said Wednesday that he is “deeply concerned” by the deaths of those men, as well …

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LAPD officer killed during training ‘accident’ was investigating officers who took part in gang rape
2 years, 2 months ago

LAPD officer killed during training ‘accident’ was investigating officers who took part in gang rape

The Independent  

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Suspect in Burlington attack in which LAPD killed young bystander was on meth, autopsy shows
2 years, 6 months ago

Suspect in Burlington attack in which LAPD killed young bystander was on meth, autopsy shows

LA Times  

The LAPD released video of the fatal police shooting inside a Burlington clothing store last week that left a suspect and a 14-year-old girl dead. The 24-year-old suspect whose attack on shoppers in a North Hollywood department store prompted a Los Angeles police shooting that killed him and a 14-year-old bystander was on methamphetamine at the time, according to an …

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LAPD SWAT officer caught saying ‘happy hunting’ on body-cam before fatal police shooting
2 years, 7 months ago

LAPD SWAT officer caught saying ‘happy hunting’ on body-cam before fatal police shooting

LA Times  

As members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s SWAT team prepared to confront an armed suspect who had holed up in a downtown apartment building earlier this month, one of the highly trained officers offered a comment to the others. “Gallows humor or otherwise, it doesn’t have a place.” The officer made the remark on the morning of May 3, …

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A report cleared Garcetti and advisor. Attorney for LAPD officer denounces the findings
2 years, 9 months ago

A report cleared Garcetti and advisor. Attorney for LAPD officer denounces the findings

LA Times  

A city-commissioned report found former deputy chief of staff Rick Jacobs, shown in 2016, didn’t inappropriately touch or make lewd comments to a LAPD officer suing the city. In her 310-page report, investigator Leslie Ellis concluded that LAPD Officer Matthew Garza wasn’t subjected to inappropriate behavior by Garcetti advisor Rick Jacobs in Los Angeles or during out-of-state trips. Garza had …

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Hundreds gather to honor LAPD officer fatally shot in South L.A.
2 years, 10 months ago

Hundreds gather to honor LAPD officer fatally shot in South L.A.

LA Times  

Funeral services for LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos were held at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills on Wednesday. As a song requested by Arroyos’ family played — Gabby Barrett’s “The Good Ones” — the officer’s mother took off her glasses and covered her face as she wept, her chest heaving with labored sobs. Send me!’” “Officer Arroyos could have been so many other …

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Photos: Hundreds gather to honor LAPD officer fatally shot in South L.A.
2 years, 10 months ago

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor LAPD officer fatally shot in South L.A.

LA Times  

Hundreds of officers, family and friends gathered Wednesday morning to honor Fernando Arroyos, a Los Angeles police officer fatally shot during an armed robbery attempt last month when he was off-duty. LAPD Chief Michel Moore, right, presents a flag to Angela Mendoza, girlfriend of fallen LAPD Officer Fernando Arroyos, on Wednesday. Lt. Rex Ingram, watch commander of the LAPD Olympic …

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4 more officers suspected of adding false gang information to LAPD files
3 years, 3 months ago

4 more officers suspected of adding false gang information to LAPD files

LA Times  

At least four more Los Angeles police officers are suspected by prosecutors of putting false gang information on field interview cards, according to an internal record from the L.A. County district attorney’s office. In the district attorney’s document, prosecutors allege she entered false gang information on four different field interview cards. Prosecutors alleged the officers had written on field interview …

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‘He doesn’t have the knife!’: Body-worn video puts LAPD shooting in new context
3 years, 3 months ago

‘He doesn’t have the knife!’: Body-worn video puts LAPD shooting in new context

LA Times  

Samuel Soto, 53, who had previously dropped a knife, holds a cellphone in his hand just before he is shot by LAPD officers in Pico-Union. Body-worn camera video from the July 26 incident, released Wednesday, shows that 53-year-old Samuel Soto was armed with a knife when he was shot by the first two officers who arrived on scene. The day …

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Mayor’s crisis response director says COVID-19 vaccination ‘literally saved my life’
3 years, 4 months ago

Mayor’s crisis response director says COVID-19 vaccination ‘literally saved my life’

LA Times  

Joe Avalos, a reserve LAPD officer and director of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Crisis Response Team, credits the Pfizer vaccination with saving his life. The reserve Los Angeles Police Department officer and director of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Crisis Response Team did not think it was COVID-19, he said. What saved him, his doctors said, was the fact that he was vaccinated …

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LAPD officer wounded during attack inside Harbor Division station in San Pedro, police say
4 years, 2 months ago

LAPD officer wounded during attack inside Harbor Division station in San Pedro, police say

LA Times  

An LAPD officer was wounded by an assailant at a police station in San Pedro on Saturday night, authorities said. A Los Angeles police officer suffered a head injury when he was attacked by an assailant Saturday night inside the Harbor Division police station in San Pedro, authorities said. “Some individual came into the Harbor station, and when an officer …

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LAPD Chief Michel Moore wants more power to fire officers
4 years, 5 months ago

LAPD Chief Michel Moore wants more power to fire officers

LA Times  

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore wants to concentrate the power to fire officers in his own hands, saying the board that reviews his disciplinary decisions is overly lenient. At a meeting Thursday with The Times editorial board that focused on police reforms in the wake of the George Floyd killing, Moore said the current system “always seems to default …

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