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Police Car Replica Stolen In Norwalk Weeks After L.A. Gang Reportedly Wanted One

This is kind of scary. The L.A. Sheriff's Department this week says a car set up to look just like an official police cruiser was stolen from a cop equipment store in Norwalk. This following a report in winter that a gang allegedly planned to steal cop cars and build a replica:

License Plate Recognition Logs Our Lives Long Before We Sin

Video: Nude O.C. Thief Jumps From Smoking Hummer Limo, Fends Off German Shepherd

Worth it? (Doubtful.)​Tustin resident Ahmad Mabrok, 29, may have just set a new standard for worst Saturday night ever. Or best, we suppose -- if you're into jumping from fiery stolen vehicles and getting your junk licked by ferocious police dogs. (And, uh, spending the rest of your life tryi ... More >>

California Prison Parolees in L.A. Might End up Under Sheriff's Supervision Because County Probation Department is so Troubled

Sheriff Lee Baca, left, with county Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.​How bad is the L.A. County Probation Department? So bad that the county's leaders are actually looking at giving state parolee supervision duties, which would normally be taken over by local probation officials, to the departm ... More >>

Jeremy Marks "Attempted Lynching" Case

Black teen who filmed an LAUSD campus cop hitting a student faces bizarre charges and years in prison

(Audio) Associate Of Jerry Brown Calls Meg Whitman A 'Whore' On Los Angeles Police Union Voicemail

​Updated after the jump with responses from both camps. Originally posted at 7:09 a.m. Only a week after Meg Whitman's own kind of Nannygate hit the California governor's race, her Democratic opponent faced his own crisis as an associate of Jerry Brown was caught on audio tape calling Whitman ... More >>

Los Angeles 911 Operators Stage Sickout

​More than 80 Los Angeles city 911 operators staged a sickout Friday to protest furloughs and budget cuts that took effect Thursday as part of the city's new fiscal-year budget, a representative of the Los Angeles police union confirmed to LA Weekly. Tweets went out to the police union's lead ... More >>

LAPD Chief Beck Victorious After Lakers Unrest Quashed

​So more than 40 people were arrested following the Lakers championship victory over the Boston Celtics Thursday. A taxi was set ablaze. A Lamborghini was violated. A few people got beat up. A bicyclist was hit by a police cruiser. A few law enforcement officers were hurt by debris thrown at t ... More >>

LAPD Chief Beck Addresses Drinking Problems In The Department

​Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck took the unusual step of addressing "employee wellness" and drinking and DUI problems within the Los Angeles Police Department in a statement posted at the LAPD's blog this week. In it he cited recent statistics that show about 21 LAPD employees a year ge ... More >>

LAPD Plans To Give Higher Priority To Car-Versus-Bicycle Collisions

​The Los Angeles Police Department will soon give higher priority to collision investigations involving vehicles versus bicycles, particularly hit-and-runs, a department official tells the Weekly. A special order taking away such investigations from beat cops and giving them to one of the depa ... More >>

LAPD And Boston Police Leaders Bet On Lakers-Celtics Game

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.​The top cops of the Los Angeles and Boston police departments are betting their pride against the best-of-seven NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Charlie Beck and Boston Police Commissi ... More >>

Four LAPD Evidence Rooms Closing Down; Number Of Officers On The Streets Reduced

Police union president Paul M. Weber.​The union representing Los Angeles police announced that four department property rooms would begin shutting down Friday as a cost-cutting measure. The news comes as the Los Angeles Police Protective League states that cuts in civilian staffing at the depa ... More >>

Missing Ex-UCLA Student Left Under Pressure, Made Up Story Of Abduction, Police Say

Glendale Police Department​A onetime UCLA student who went missing Wednesday apparently fled because of pressure she felt: She was expected by family to graduate this spring but declined to tell her kin she dropped out of school in 2008, police said. Nancy Salas, 22, took a bus to Merced, whe ... 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 >>

UCLA Student Missing After Heading Into Glendale Hills For A Jog

Glendale Police Department​Authorities were searching for a third-year UCLA student who was reported missing Wednesday morning after she failed to return home after her morning jog. Nancy Salas, 22, headed out from her home at 2202 Eleanore Drive in Glendale at 6:30 a.m., according to Glendal ... 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 >>

LAPD Front Desks Could Abandoned At Night To Save Money

​It's a dark and breezy night. A stranger follows you, echoes of his footsteps mingling with far off traffic. A driver passes but doesn't stop to help. At last, an oasis: You duck into a brightly lit Los Angeles Police Department station for safety. Alas, there's no one there. The front desk i ... More >>

Charges Come For Graffiti Artist Arrested At Own Exhibit

revok1.comJason "Revok" Williams.​The graffiti artist known as Revok was charged today after he was arrested last month at a show of his work in Mid-City. The 32-year-old whose real name is Jason Williams was charged with one misdemeanor count of possessing graffiti tolls and and three misdem ... More >>

Today In WTF: Limo Drags Body For A Mile, Passes Police Station

KTLA News​A woman was struck and killed by a limousine that then dragged her body through the streets of Skid Row for a mile, at one point passing the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division station, alerting officers to the crime. The alleged homicide happened about 1 a.m. at East E ... More >>

City Legal Payouts Enough To Hire 1,200-Plus Cops

Here's a doozy: The city of Los Angeles paid out as much money in legal fees and lawsuit settlements as it would have spent to hire of 1,271 much-needed Los Angeles police officers.​The calculation comes from the nonprofit group California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, which states that Los Ange ... More >>

Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 262, Police Pursuit Ends Bloody

A man was shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers in an exchange of gunfire after a short pursuit earlier this week. Julian Nolasco, 25, died the following day on November 4 in a nearby hospital. View Larger Map According to police reports, Nolasco, who was carrying a handgun, was wounded a ... More >>

Grim Sleeper Task Force Discusses Serial Case with FBI Profilers

Grim Sleeper Task Force members met with Federal Bureau of Investigation profilers recently to discuss the decades-long case and see if the federal agency had any suggestions about how to catch the elusive killer who has evaded the Los Angeles Police Department since 1985. "They research serial ki ... More >>

Bill Bratton's Endorsements Spectacle

The LAPD chief's politicking has critics fearing a slide to the bad old days

Avenues Gangster on Trial for Assault with a Firearm

The trial of an alleged Avenues gangster is currently underway in a Los Angeles criminal courtroom. Nicolas Real is accused of pulling a gun on a family who accidentally drove their car through gang territory in Glassell Park. Real, 26, is charged with two counts of assault with a firearm and othe ... More >>

LAPD Chief Bratton Wants 4 Officers 86'ed for May Day Screw Up

More than a year later, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton has offered his suggestions for disciplining 15 officers who were involved in the May Day fiasco in 2007, which saw groups of police officers swinging at, and connecting with, a mostly peaceful crowd at a demonstration in MacAr ... More >>

Unarmed Man Killed by Deputies in Lennox

A deputy shot and killed a 35-year-old Lennox man on Wednesday night. Deputies patrolling the area believed he was a drug dealer who was reaching for a gun, according to police reports. Christian Portillo, 35, was shot twice in the chest and died at the scene. With the fatal shooting of Portillo ... More >>

Federal Indictment Targets Drew Street Crime Family

A multi-agency task force of 500 law enforcement officers swooped down on members of the Avenues gang on Drew Street early Wednesday morning. The crackdown netted 32 members or associates of the “Drew Street” clique of the Avenues. The operation, which began at 4 a.m., stemmed from a massive 15 ... More >>

San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

Mass Murder in Winnetka takes life of popular SWAT officer, a former Villaraigosa bodyguard An LAPD SWAT officer was shot to death and another was wounded last night in a horrific 11-hour standoff gone bad involving a 20-year-old unemployed furniture mover with a history of mental issues and suspec ... More >>

The Real Thing

Earl Paysinger

Rampart Forgiven

Steve Cooley fails to get to the bottom of things � again

Move, Quit or Die

Pomona cops looking for a little payback after killing of CHP officer

Second and Long

Retrial in Inglewood�s videotaped beating case is a test for Steve Cooley

Marking the Chief

William Bratton�s report card shows talent and huge challenges

The Kalish Factor

What will come of the LAPD�s gay initiatives?

View From Parker Center

A one-on-one with Police Chief Bill Bratton

The Otani Affair

Two top picks for Bernie Parks� replacement book the wrong place to stay

The Rainbow Badge

LAPD's gay side

Black and Blue

The Oscar Joel Bryant Foundation fights for the LAPD's soul -- and its own

What Cooley Learned From Rampart

Not enough, say critics of the district attorney

Beyond Bernie

The future nears for the LAPD

Discovering Rampart

Judge orders books opened on LAPD corruption

To Protect and Serve

Hahn spent his career making the city safe for cops

Rampart 2

The cowboy culture inside the LAPD�s 77th Street Division

Righting the Ship

What it will take to fix the LAPD

Mood Indigo

The LAPD�s big test

Philadelphia Story

Like L.A., the City of Brotherly Love had to confront cowboy cops

God, the Mayor and Bernard Parks

So just who is responsible for our chief of police?

Cops vs. Cops

Agencies ask Culver City to back off

Parks Jumps In

The chief�s firm stand on the limits of reform

Gunplay

Chief Cooke proves a soft touch