Category: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)

LAPD Arrests 18 Suspects in Organized Retail Thefts

December 4, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Police arrested 18 suspects in connection with four organized retail clothing thefts valued at about $23,000, authorities said Dec. 3. The suspects, between the ages of 15 and 20, faced charges of organized retail theft and grand theft, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The suspects live throughout the city and county…

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LAPD’s New Policy Reduces Traffic Stops, but Crime Is on the Rise

November 30, 2022
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After the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Los Angeles Police Commission updated a policy earlier this year to restrict officers’ ability to make traffic stops, critics say doing so has led to an uptick in crime. At issue is what’s known as pretextual stop, or a traffic stop conducted by a police officer…

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Los Angeles Police Commission Increases Budget by $119 Million

November 24, 2022
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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,…

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Hollywood Hills Home Invasion Nets About $1 Million in Valuables

November 23, 2022
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HOLLYWOOD HILLS, Calif.—An armed home-invasion robbery in the Hollywood Hills Nov. 23 netted an estimated $1 million in property, authorities said. The crime was reported at about 3:30 a.m. in the 3500 block of Multiview Drive, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). A man and a woman were in the home at the…

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Married Couple Beat Up at Dodger Stadium After Elton John Concert, Suspect Arrested

November 20, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—An arrest has been made in the beating of a married couple in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after an Elton John concert, authorities said Sunday. Police were releasing no other information surrounding the arrest, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Media Relations Section. The attack, caught on…

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Married Couple Beaten Up at Dodger Stadium After Elton John Concert, Suspect Arrested

November 20, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—An arrest has been made in the beating of a married couple in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after an Elton John concert, authorities said Sunday. Police were releasing no other information surrounding the arrest, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Media Relations Section. The attack, caught on…

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Man Shot, Robbed in Koreatown Likely Crown Prince of Korea

November 19, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A man was hospitalized in critical condition Nov. 19 after he was wounded by two armed suspects who snatched three gold chains and a Rolex watch from him outside an apartment complex a few blocks west of MacArthur Park. Officers sent to a robbery call in the 2800 block of Sunset Place—near Wilshire Boulevard…

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Los Angeles Sees 85 Percent Increase in Recovered ‘Ghost Guns’: Police

November 3, 2022
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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,…

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Los Angeles Police Department Honors Officers for Bravery and Heroism

October 28, 2022
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Showcasing raw body-cam footage of its officers successfully saving the lives of numerous victims—including the narrow save by police of a crashed pilot seconds before an oncoming train destroyed the ruins of his plane—the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) honored officers at its annual “Above and Beyond Awards” ceremony Oct. 20. “There’s no harder job…

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LA Councilman Paul Koretz Transfers $250,000 to LAPD for Overtime Funding

October 27, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—City Councilman Paul Koretz announced Oct. 27 that he was providing $250,000 in overtime funding for the Los Angeles Police Department. The funds will come from Koretz’s office, which said the councilman has provided $750,000 in the police department’s overtime funding to date. Koretz said the funds will help lower crime rates. Los Angeles…

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