Libor Jany covers the Los Angeles Police Department. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2022, he covered public safety for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. A St. Paul, Minn., native, Jany studied communications at Mississippi State University.
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A Los Angeles police officer is under investigation for allegedly recording the questions to a promotional exam on a pair of camera-equipped smart glasses.
Sept. 18, 2024
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she intends to pick the city’s next police chief by the end of the month. She has refused to name the finalists, but two candidates were seen visiting her residence this week and a third is also said to be in the running.
Sept. 19, 2024
Jamie McBride, director of the union for most rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department officers, faces multiple internal investigations related to his company, Watermark Security.
Sept. 8, 2024
The names of the three finalists were quietly forwarded to Mayor Karen Bass last week. She has declined to say who they are.
Sept. 4, 2024
One of the couple’s neighbors was arrested last week on suspicion of their killings.
Sept. 1, 2024
The body was found Saturday during a welfare check in Palmdale, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
Sept. 1, 2024
San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the city’s Union Square during an attempted robbery. A 17-year-old suspect has been taken into custody.
Sept. 1, 2024
The family of Melyda “Mely” Corado, who was fatally shot by an LAPD officer in 2018 at the Trader Joe’s store where she worked, receives a $9.5-million settlement
Aug. 30, 2024
The announcement about the finalists was made at the end of a special Wednesday session of the Police Commission.
Aug. 26, 2024
A year after several anti-gang officers were accused of illegally searching vehicles and stealing from people they pulled over, three of their supervisors now face discipline.
Aug. 19, 2024