A 17-year-old boy fell off one of the 6th Street Bridge’s arches and died May 20 while attempting to film a social media stunt, authorities said Tuesday. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) responded to the fall around 2 a.m. Saturday, Officer Melissa Podany told The Epoch Times. Paramedics transported the boy to…

LOS ANGELES—A former Los Angeles Police Department officer who was charged with committing lewd acts on four young boys at his Covina-area home has died while in custody, officials said Monday. Sheriff’s department officials said only that Paul Razo, 46, died of medical complications, but no further information was released. Razo was arrested May 10,…

LOS ANGELES—On a unanimous vote, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michel Moore was appointed Jan. 31 to a second five-year term by the Board of Police Commissioners, but he is not expected to serve the full term. Moore, a 40-year veteran of the department, has served as chief since 2018 when he was appointed…

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore is taking some flak for his decision to ban officers and other personnel at the Los Angeles Police Department from publicly displaying the thin blue line flag. The policy requires the flag and its replicas in patch and sticker form to be removed from all police station lobbies, as…

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michel Moore requested reappointment for a second term, writing in a letter to the Board of Police Commissioners that there remains “more work to be done” and he has a “strong desire” to continue to lead the department. Moore, a 40-year veteran of the department, has served as…

The Los Angeles Police Commission approved Nov. 22 a $119 million budget increase for the 2023–2024 fiscal year, adding to its current $3.15 billion budget. The budget will be sent to the mayor and city council for approval. If passed, the start of the fiscal year begins July 1. “We believe that establishing this goal,…

Los Angeles saw an 85 percent increase since 2019 in the number of what are known as ghost guns—non-serialized privately manufactured handguns and rifles—that have been recovered, according to Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Michel Moore. The LAPD recovered more than 1500 ghost guns to date, Moore told the police commission Nov. 1. Additionally,…

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)’s Major Crimes Division has opened an investigation into the leaked conversation that led to the City Hall racism scandal to determine if the conversation was recorded illegally, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said Oct. 25. “The department has initiated a criminal investigation into an allegation of eavesdropping relative to…

The death of the Los Angeles police officer after a training incident earlier this year has been determined as accidental and caused by a cervical spinal cord injury, according to an autopsy report provided by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office to The Epoch Times on Monday. Houston Ryan Tipping, 32, was injured May 26…

LOS ANGELES—An alley next to the site of where the late rapper Nipsey Hussle was murdered in South Los Angeles will be closed temporarily to mitigate what the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) described as continuous and violent crime in the area. The city council voted July 29 to shut down the alley near the…