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LAPD officers under investigation for alleged racist, derogatory comments on audio recording, chief says
The involved officers have been “assigned to home” without police powers, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said during a Tuesday Board of Police Commissioners meeting.
LAPD expediting investigation into racist remarks, Chief McDonnell says
In light of a whistleblower’s complaint that alleged racism and discrimination by officers within the Los Angeles Police Department, an expedited investigation is now underway into the department’s recruitment and employment division, Chief Jim McDonnell said Tuesday.
Investigation into racist remarks by officers to be expedited: LAPD Chief
Chief Jim McDonnell on Tuesday called details of a whistleblower’s complaint alleging racism and discrimination by officers in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Recruitment and Employment Division a “major setback.
LAPD investigation into racist, sexist, homophobic comments
According to new reporting by the LATimes, an LAPD officer assigned to recruitment has been secretly recording other officers’ wildly offensive conversations in which they make racist, homophobic, and misogynistic comments about other officers,
LAPD Officers Caught On Audio Spewing Racist Remarks, Complaint Says
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department have been accused of making racist and derogatory remarks on secretly recorded audio.
Former interim LAPD Chief Martin Pomeroy dies
He spent 32 years rising up the ranks to deputy chief and came out of retirement in 2002 to serve as interim police chief.
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Armed With Just a Badge, Los Angeles’ First Policewoman Protected the City’s Most Vulnerable in the Early 20th Century
Alice Stebbins Wells patrolled dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and movie theaters, keeping these public spaces free ...
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Will an LA program that diverts mental health calls to clinicians instead of police continue?
In one year, the program has responded to more than 6,000 calls, 96% of which didn't require armed police support. But will ...
Detectives seek additional victims of downtown Los Angeles serial robbery suspect
Investigators say they believe the 20-year-old "targeted elderly individuals who were working by themselves in retail ...
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Family of transgender woman who was shot, killed by LAPD files lawsuit against city of Los Angeles
The family of a transgender woman who was shot and killed by the LAPD is filing a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, saying video taken at the scene proves the shooting was unlawful and ...
Los Angeles police chief takes over in a period of uncertainty and mixed signals
Jim McDonnell is a cop.  That’s hardly a surprise. He is, after all, the newest chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, one of the nation’s most storied, emulated and criticized law enforcement ...
Glendale police arrest three in connection with retail theft operation
Police say that the three suspects are believed to have stolen from at least 10 different locations in Los Angeles County ...
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Austin Butler’s Home in Los Angeles is Burglarized: Report
Austin Butler’s home in Los Angeles has been reportedly burglarized, with multiple items appearing to have been stolen.
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Police investigating officer-involved shooting in South LA
Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Friday night in the South Los Angeles area.
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Grammy Award-winning rapper Jay Rock arrested in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Rapper Jay Rock was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday evening, according to jail records. The rapper, whose ...