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Proposition 34: Campaign to Repeal the Death Penalty is Gaining Traction According to Poll

Good news today for supporters of Proposition 34, the initiative that would end executions in California and see the sentences of the state's 725 death row inmates automatically commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. According to a Field Poll released this morning, for first ... More >>

Fox News Suicide Video Nothing New; Shootings on Live TV Not Uncommon in L.A.

Fox News broadcast a suspect's suicide live today, setting of a firestorm of criticism, as well as viral views of the video (warning: the disturbing, graphic clip is posted after the jump). The motorist was being chased by police in the Phoenix area when he got out of a vehicle, ran away, stopped, ... More >>

LAPD's Relaxed Unlicensed Driver Policy Challenged by D.C. Group

An anti-illegal-immigrant group is suing the LAPD over its relaxed impound policy for unlicensed drivers. Washington, D.C.-based Judicial Watch, which unsuccessfully sued the department over its policy prohibiting officers from investigating a person's immigration status, joins the L.A. police unio ... More >>

LAPD Union Sues City Over New, Lax Tow Policy Aimed at Letting Undocumented Keep Their Cars

The LAPD recently changed its ways, saying that unlicensed drivers can generally have their cars back after one day if they're stopped by cops. State law says such impounds should last 30 days. But immigrants' rights activists have argued that illegals, who can't get licenses in California, have bee ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants Can Now Drive in L.A. Without Fear of Having Cars Taken by Police

In a contentious debate that seemed to pit older, white Los Angeles against the more liberal, browner shade of town and the leaders it elected to City Hall, the L.A. police commission today said illegal immigrants could essentially keep their cars when they're caught driving without a license. The ... More >>

LAPD Chief Wants to Give Special Driver's Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

Getty ImagesChief Beck, mayor's pet.​Get mad, Arizona nation: LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, known to side loyally with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on all politics Latino, says he has a pretty great solution to the illegal-immigrant impound debate. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, t ... More >>

L.A. Police Union Wants Cops to Be Able to Track Your Every Move via Covert GPS Devices

Be very alarmed: The union that represents Los Angeles police wants to be able to track you. Whenever. Wherever. For whatever reason. Fortunately for you, the U.S. Surpreme Court this week said cops can't attach GPS tracking devices to your car without a judge's okay. (Whew). That hasn't stopped t ... More >>

Assaults on L.A. Cops up Nearly 27 Percent in 2011, Even as Crime Went Down

​Strange days in the world of policing, especially in L.A. While violent crime continued its downward slide in 2011, with the FBI's latest stats indicating a 6.4 percent decline nationwide, attacks on cops in the City of Angels were up. Way up. Last week LAPD Chief Charlie Beck reported that ... More >>

Joe Buscaino vs. Warren Furutani for L.A. City Council: Police Union's New 'Public Safety First' Yard Signs Could Sway Election

lapd.comNow on 6,500 lawns across L.A.​Like in national elections, it takes a democracy-numbing amount of time and money to win a political post in Los Angeles. Just ask Ron Kaye, LA Daily News editor turned City Hall watchdog. (If you ever feel like witnessing a city official burned at the ... More >>

California Death Penalty Could be Overturned With Your Vote: L.A. Police Union Says No to Statewide Ballot Measure

Richard Ramirez is still alive.​To kill or not to kill, that is the question that could be coming to a voting booth near you. Will you pull the trigger? The state Assembly's Public Safety Committee approved Berkeley state Senator Loni Hancock's SB 490 last week, setting off a firestorm of cri ... More >>

LAPD Could Disband SWAT, Narcotics, Gang Teams if Deal With Police Union isn't Reached, Chief Charlie Beck Says

UCLALAPD SWAT team members.​Updated at the bottom with the police union's unhappy response. The LAPD SWAT team, gang cops and narcotics teams could be disbanded as a result of money problems in the city of L.A. unless the police union makes concessions, department Chief Charlie Beck announced ... More >>

California Prison Release no Good For L.A. County, Which Could See 11,000 Convicts, Argues LAPD Union

​The L.A. police union isn't happy with the state's handling of a U.S. Supreme Court order to reduce the prison population by about 33,000. Already reports indicate that California could miss a court deadline for kicking off the reductions unless the state legislature comes up with cash so th ... More >>

Release of 33,000 California Prisoners Will Create 'Wave of Crime' For L.A. if City Doesn't Act, Says LAPD Union

Alex ThompsonThe police union wants the city to reconsider cutting LAPD funding.​The union representing Los Angeles police is predicting certain mayhem for the city if a U.S. Supreme Court-ordered release of about 33,000 California prisoners goes through and, at the same time, funding and staf ... More >>

Los Angeles Should Brace For Thousands of Released Prisoners Following Supreme Court Ruling

DaR​The U.S. Supreme Court today ordered California to open the floodgates at its state prisons and unleash 37,000 of its 140,000 or so inmates. You can bet that a good portion of those 37,000 would end up right back here in L.A. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has said that, if it happens, the relea ... More >>

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's 2011 Budget: Nobody Fired, But 1000s of City Workers, Mainly LAPD, Must Choose Between Furloughs or Blows to Benefits

LAPD-City Hall relations are about to get a lot hairier​The city budget is here! The city budget is here! (Much like the Royal Wedding. Almost.) It's not the finalized budget for 2011-2012 -- many grueling meetings separate us from that glorious summer day -- but we have before us the mayor' ... More >>

LAPD Union Files Grievance Against Department Over Its Curtailment of Unlicensed-Driver Vehicle Impounds

Robert S. Donovan​That decision by the LAPD last month to cut some drivers a break if they're snagged in a DUI/drivers license checkpoint and happen to be without a license was met with a "class action grievance" by the police union. The Los Angeles Police Protective League ain't happy with t ... More >>

Manuel Jamines: Protest Near MacArthur Park Tonight After L.A. Police Commission, D.A. Say Cop Was Right to Shoot Immigrant

Ted SoquiPolice last summer in Westlake.​Update: The mayor's statement, after the jump. Following conclusions today that last summer's shooting of a Guatemalan day laborer in the Westlake district was within policy and not a crime, immigrants rights activists planned a 5 p.m. protest near Mac ... More >>

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L.A. Critical Mass Rider Sues City For LAPD 'Beating' Caught On Cell-Phone Video

YouTubeKicking the Critics into line​As we learned from unjustly imprisoned L.A. high-schooler Jeremy Marks in December, a cell phone can be our most effective weapon against out-of-line law enforcement. Like Marks, an L.A. cyclist named Manuel Gallegos was carrying his cell phone during a Cr ... More >>

LAPD Gang Cops Leaving Posts Rather Than Disclosing Personal Finances Under New Department Rule

Steve LyonCops are going "code 3" to exit gang units.​Potholes are devouring tires, the city budget is once again a mess, and now there's more bad news this week for the concerned citizens of L.A: Experienced gang cops are abandoning ship. (See the L.A. police union's response, after the jump) ... More >>

LAPD Union Warns Cops That Bad Guys Watch What They Post On Facebook

Don't be an online cowboy: Think before you post.​We know you think of cops as robots behind mirrored aviators but if you've ever read Joseph Wambaugh you know they're real people with all the needs, emotions and, yes, urges the rest of us have. (Although LAPD Chief Charlie Beck really is a ro ... More >>

Los Angeles Police Union Says Less People Want To Join LAPD Because Of 20 Percent Salary Cuts

​After we echoed La Opinion's report about how the LAPD is seeing 30 percent fewer applications despite the area's high unemployment, the Los Angeles police union weighed in with some of the reasons why, in its opinion. One of the more interesting points made by the Los Angeles Police Protect ... More >>

LAPD Officers Take Automatic Weapon Fire Near Downtown, Kill A Suspect

​Updated after the jump with alleged shooter's ID, fact that he was a parolee-at-large, and response from the police union. First posted at 6:37 p.m. Tuesday. A person was fatally shot by cops when the suspect in a reportedly stolen car opened fire on police with an AK-47-type rifle, accordin ... More >>

Los Angeles Times Prints Names Of Witnesses In Case Against Gangster And Associates Who Allegedly Murdered Sheriff's Deputy Juan Abel Escalante: Police Union Says The Paper Is Putting Wits In Danger

​Bad week for the Los Angeles Times. First a well-liked educator appears to have committed suicide after the paper published its controversial public-school teacher ratings database that gave the man, Rigoberto Ruelas, a lackluster review. Now the Los Angeles police union is taking the Times ... More >>

Demonstration Against Officer Who Shot Manuel Jamines Planned Saturday; LAPD Union Not Happy

Southern California Immigration Coalition​An organization that wants to legalize undocumented workers in the United States is staging a rally Saturday to call for the prosecution of the Los Angeles police officer who fatally shot day laborer Manuel Jamines in a controversial confrontation earl ... More >>

Chere Osmanhodzic Murder Case Inspires LAPD Union To Say We Told You So: Suspect Saw An Early Release Despite Record

Loera.​The union that represents Los Angeles police is fuming over the case of 34-year-old Omar Armando Loera, the man recently named as a suspect in what authorities described as a brutal murder of a bride-to-be in Valley Village. The union is mad because, it states, Loera has a long criminal ... More >>

LAPD Union Not Happy With Chief Beck For Releasing Names Of Officers Involved In Deadly Westlake Confrontation

Ted SoquiPolice in Westlake.​While praising him for defending a controversial officer-involved shooting, the union that represents Los Angeles police over the weekend criticized Chief Charlie Beck for releasing the names of officers involved in the early September clash that set off three nigh ... More >>

L.A. Police Union Blames Agitators, Leftists For Anti-LAPD Protest In Westlake Following Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting There

LAJourno via TwitpicProtesters in Westlake Monday.​The union that represents Los Angeles police on Tuesday blamed extreme agitators and even communists for the unrest that plagued the Westlake neighborhood following an officer's shooting of a man with a knife over the Labor Day weekend. Protes ... More >>

LAPD Union Backs Initiative That Would Suspend State's Anti-Global Warming Effort

Paul Weber.​The union representing Los Angeles police stepped into the contentious fight over the state's anti-global warming efforts by backing a proposition that would put the brakes on a law that sought to reduce California's green-house gas output by about 15 percent. That effort under AB ... More >>

Team Owner Frank McCourt Gives More Than $1 Million Worth Of Dodgers Tickets To LAPD Officers

​Dodgers owner Frank McCourt might be fighting over every penny in his divorce from wife Jamie, but that doesn't mean the guy can't be a city patron on a grand scale. LA Observed reports that McCourt, who recently accepted an award from the Los Angeles police union's charitable Eagle & Badge F ... More >>

LAPD Officers In Arizona This Week Despite Los Angeles City Boycott Over Immigration Law

​Despite the Los Angeles City Council's economic and travel boycott of Arizona over its controversial illegal immigration law (SB1070), four Los Angeles police air-unit officers went to Tucson anyway for law enforcement training. Though funding for the conference was denied by city leaders, th ... More >>

Ticketgate: L.A. Police Union Says Mayor Villaraigosa Should Be Able To Attend Major Events As City's Leader

​The union representing Los Angeles police on Friday stated that the mayor of L.A. should be able to go to high-priced events as part of his role as the leader of a major metropolis. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been in hot water for his acceptance of thousands of dollars worth of tickets to ... More >>

LAPD Officers In Hot Water Over Bike Ride Incident Caught On Tape

YouTubeAn officer throws a regulation kick.​The Los Angeles Police Department launched an investigation over the weekend after an officer was spotted apparently throwing a kick toward a bicyclist involved in a demonstration against British Petroleum Friday night in Hollywood. At least 400 bi ... More >>

Homicides In L.A. Continue To Outpace 2009 Rate

​Homicides in Los Angeles continued to outpace the numbers for the same time in 2009, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's latest CompStat figures. The spread between '09 and today, however, narrowed to a small, 1.8 percent increase. Through May 22, 115 homicides were reported in ... More >>

LAPD Union Expresses Some Support For Arizona Immigration Law

​While avoiding a political endorsement, the union representing Los Angeles police on Friday argued that Arizona's controversial immigration law does not impose draconian measures outside the bounds of normal law enforcement. Police, the union says, should be trusted not to abuse the additiona ... More >>

Ice Cube To Play Bad Cop In LAPD 'Rampart Scandal' Movie

​Rapper-turned-film-star Ice Cube is reported to have taken a starring role -- ostensibly as a bad cop -- in the upcoming film about the Los Angeles Police Department's "Rampart Scandal" that rocked the city in the late 1990s with allegations that gang officers shot and beat suspects, planted ... More >>

L.A. Cops Doing Civilian Work As Budget Cuts Shrink Force

​More and more L.A. cops are being shifted to desk jobs as budget cuts have slashed Los Angeles Police Department's civilian ranks by nearly 1,000, according to the union representing Los Angeles police. It will be a long, hot summer for crime fighting in L.A. as a result of the shuffling and ... More >>

L.A. Police Union Ties Cutbacks In Cops To Rash Of Murders

​The union representing Los Angeles police on Tuesday tied the budget-induced decreases in the number of cops on the city's streets to a rash of homicides in March and early April. The Los Angeles Police Protective League linked the cutbacks to killings that have brought the city's murder rate ... More >>

Sheriff Will Monitor Parolees That State Won't

​The union representing Los Angeles Police Department officers made a rare move this week in praising the Sheriff's Department for stating it would essentially do the job of the state and monitor those convicts set free under state parole reform. " ... We thank Sheriff Lee Baca," reads a stat ... More >>

Fox 11 Duped By Fabricated Video That Attempted To Show Cops Lied

Fox 11 NewsSuspect Abdallah and his attorney.​It appears that Fox 11 News was duped by a suspect who admitted to fabricating video that the station used to show that cops had allegedly lied when they stated that the man was pulled over because his car lacked license plates. The suspect, somet ... More >>

L.A. Police Union Wants Cops To Be Notified When Expected Wave Of Prisoners Comes To Town

​The union representing Los Angeles police officers on Thursday asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ensure that local departments are notified when prisoners from the massive release planned for Monday come their way. "We are very concerned that the released prison inmates will be completely ... More >>

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects California's Appeal Of Prisoner Release Mandate

​The administration of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lost its appeal (PDF) to have the U.S. Supreme Court to stop a federal order that would force California to release more than 40,000 prisoners to reduce overcrowding. The release, which we told you previously was planned for Jan. 25, must go ... More >>

Release Of Thousands Of California Prisoners Set For This Month

​Batten down the hatches. The state is scheduled to release thousands of prisoners, with at least 5,000 coming to California, starting Jan. 25, according to a statement from the union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles police officers. "The county of Los Angeles will be dramatically impac ... More >>

L.A. City Council Jumps On The Body-Armor Band Wagon

​Following last month's state appeals court ruling overturning California's ban on body armor for ex-felons convicted of violent crimes, the Los Angeles City Council is poised to consider a similar law that would apply locally. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing ... More >>

L.A. Police Union Assails U.S. Appeals Court

​The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department officers, is on a tear against the U.S. 9th Circuit court of appeals, which this week overturned one state's ban on voting rights for felons. The 2-1 decision Tuesday was made in the ... More >>

LAPD, Sheriff's Unions, Longtime Foes, Join Forces On State Politics

​The unions representing Los Angeles Police Department cops and Sheriff's deputies have been foes since 1923, but they're now joining forces to weigh in on the state governor's race. Rick Orlov reports in the Los Angeles Daily News that the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the Associa ... More >>

LAPD Police Union Blasts Rule Limiting Cops' Use Of Tasers

​The union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department cops on Wednesday decried a U.S. district court ruling that severely limits officers' use of Tasers to subdue suspects. The decision, states the Los Angeles Police Protective League, "has us scratching our heads in disbelief. ... More >>

Police Union Urges LAPD To Rescind Policy Requiring Certain Officers To Disclose Finances

​Following reports that the Los Angeles Police Department's gang units are losing officers as a result of financial-disclosure rules, the union representing rank-and-file cops is urging the department to rescind the requirements. The rules were put into place June 15 after a long battle with ... More >>

After Washington Ambush, L.A. Police Union Says Attacks On Cops Are Up

Ted SoquiA vigil for Lily Burk, who was allegedly killed by a parolee.​Crime is down, particularly in Los Angeles, but if you wore a badge, you wouldn't be breathing easy right now. In a strange paradox, attacks on officers are up across the nation. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, th ... More >>