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An ordinance that would have restricted the LAPD from using weapons that launch hard foam projectiles and tear gas was defeated 8 to 4, with three councilmembers absent.
Officials in L.A. initially ruled the death of 18-year-old Amelia Salehpour an accidental overdose. But her family has spent a fortune on private investigators who say they turned up evidence of a homicide, creating a divide within local enforcement over how to handle the case.
An LAPD sergeant testified at a recent disciplinary hearing that the department did not begin alerting a state oversight body to domestic abuse allegations against officers until more than a year after it was required by state law.
LAPD is on track to hire as many as 170 officers without funding in the city budget. Councilmember Tim McOsker called the situation ‘everyone’s worst fear about a department running rogue.’
An LAPD after-action report pointed to breakdowns in communications, sloppy record keeping and poor coordination with the city’s fire department, and said lessons from the blaze present a “valuable learning opportunity” with more climate-related disasters likely looming in the future.
A lawsuit filed by an LAPD captain offers a revealing look at the behind-the-scenes coordination — and friction — between police officials and the city attorney’s office.
The city controller’s office has raised questions about the effectiveness of the LAPD’s signature crisis response program, saying clinicians trained in de-escalation are too often forced to defer to armed patrol officers during crucial moments.
Former LAPD officer Clifford Proctor was arrested at LAX last week and faces a felony murder charge in connection with a 2015 killing outside a bar in Venice.
Deep ties between Galpin Motors and the LAPD have led to questions about whether Jeffrey Skobin can be an effective watchdog as a new member of the Board of Police Commissioners.
An initiative by Los Angeles officials to figure out how to test plans to remove police from traffic enforcement is running behind schedule — again.
