California
In 2013, something changed on the streets of Los Angeles.
April 1, 2017
More than five years after settling a federal lawsuit by agreeing to hire more minority members and women, the Los Angeles Police Department remains beset by de facto segregation and racial tension, as well as resentment of female officers, The Times has found.
Sept. 28, 1986
Before Rodney G. King, there was Eulia Love.
May 26, 1992
It is a curious and tortured tale, dating back more than 100 years--a tale with a cast of characters as diverse as the city itself has become: James Cagney.
May 24, 1992
The independent police force at Los Angeles International Airport had been troubled for a long time, and something had to be done.
May 4, 1986
The watchdog group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition has created what it calls a “first-of-its-kind” website with the names and photos of every LAPD police officer.
March 21, 2023
Whenever Samuel Benitez, who now lives in Portland, Ore., even thinks about his old job as a Los Angeles policeman, he says he starts coughing.
Feb. 3, 1985
Despite the recruitment of unprecedented numbers of female, black and Latino officers over the last decade, members of the Los Angeles Police Department still think and act with remarkable uniformity, according to a study by the Claremont Graduate School.
Sept. 2, 1990
Megan’s Law: Access to names, locations is part of state effort. But problems of accuracy, implementation persist.
June 27, 1997
He came to power after the latest in a seemingly unending series of police scandals--high-ranking LAPD officers had been indicted for providing protection for a notorious local madam with Mafia connections--and he came with an unprecedented mandate.
May 25, 1992