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Incoming LAPD chief’s proposed salary cut after rare drama at Police Commission
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Incoming LAPD chief’s proposed salary cut after rare drama at Police Commission

LA Times  

Jim McDonnell is introduced as the new chief of the LAPD during a news conference at City Hall on Oct. 4 in Los Angeles. Negotiations over how much to pay incoming Los Angeles police Chief Jim McDonnell brought a rare moment of drama to the Police Commission on Tuesday, when one member broke ranks from her colleagues by arguing that …

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Police Commission forwards three LAPD chief finalists’ names for mayor’s consideration
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Police Commission forwards three LAPD chief finalists’ names for mayor’s consideration

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Police Commission has forwarded the names of three finalists for LAPD chief to Mayor Karen Bass — but like much else about the search process, the identities of the front-runners have been kept a secret. Among the outside executives who received second interviews, according to sources, were Jim McDonnell, a one-time LAPD assistant chief and former Los …

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‘Never happened before’: Key oversight officials leave as LAPD searches for chief
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Never happened before’: Key oversight officials leave as LAPD searches for chief

LA Times  

Richard Tefank, left, former executive director of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, seated beside then-LAPD Chief William J. Bratton at a commission meeting in 2007. The current inspector general, Mark Smith, was named Monday as an independent monitor to oversee police reforms in Portland, Ore. Another top oversight official, Richard Tefank, who served as executive director for the …

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Police Commission rules LAPD shooting of mentally ill man was not justified
1 year, 1 month ago

Police Commission rules LAPD shooting of mentally ill man was not justified

LA Times  

Alicia Smith, center, mother of Takar Smith, who was fatally shot by LAPD officers, is comforted by 14-year-old granddaughter Rashi Avery-Smith, left, and wife of Takar, Shameka Smith at a press conference held in front of LAPD headquarters. Two Los Angeles police officers violated department rules on lethal force by shooting and killing a schizophrenic man who barricaded himself in …

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Police Reforms: Gauhati High Court Seeks Compliance Reports From Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh Govts On Apex Court's Directions
1 year, 10 months ago

Police Reforms: Gauhati High Court Seeks Compliance Reports From Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland & Arunachal Pradesh Govts On Apex Court's Directions

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The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday directed the state governments of Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to file affidavits regarding compliance of the directions issued by the Supreme Court in Manish Kumar v. Union of India and Others on police reforms. The Court directed the Home Secretaries of the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland to file individual …

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Police commission rules officer broke policy in fatal department store shooting
2 years, 1 month ago

Police commission rules officer broke policy in fatal department store shooting

LA Times  

A woman places flowers on a wreath outside LAPD headquarters in December after the killing of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was shot by a stray bullet fired by an officer at a North Hollywood clothing store. The Los Angeles police officer who inadvertently killed a teenage girl when he shot at an assailant in a North Hollywood department store late last …

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Police Commission backs a 12% increase in LAPD budget for next year
3 years, 1 month ago

Police Commission backs a 12% increase in LAPD budget for next year

LA Times  

Officers walk outside LAPD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday approved a $213-million budget increase for the Police Department next year, a plan that would raise police staffing levels. Craig Lally, president of the union representing police officers, said the commission’s support for more police officers is a “stride in the right direction” amid …

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