Law Enforcement

LAPD Monitoring ‘Critical Sites' For Paris- Style Attacks
On November 13 the Los Angeles Times reported that Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is monitoring “critical sites” around the city in order to stave off possible Paris-style attacks. According to the LA Times, LAPD spokesman Drake Madison said they have no indicators of any attacks planned “in Los Angeles at this time,” but the police are trying to get out in front of it and keep such plans from being carried out if they quickly develop. This tactic includes “deploying extra patrols near the critical sites within their boundaries, such as power grids and other infrastructure, the Hollywood sign, other tourist locations or Los Angeles International Airport.”
Breitbart

Man Hospitalized in Grave Condition After Being Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver in Sun Valley Area
A man was in grave condition Sunday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Sun Valley area, according to police. The vehicle struck the man, who was believed to be in his 50s, in a parking lot at 9255 Glenoaks Blvd., which borders Sun Valley and Shadow Hills, around 10:45 p.m. Saturday, said Los Angeles Police Department Detective Bustos.
KTLA 5

LAPD officer: If we only police homelessness, we miss the root problems
Officer Deon Joseph of the LAPD has worked the city's notorious Skid Row neighborhood for 17 years, where the concentration of homeless persons is one of the highest in the country. He has a short message from his work in law enforcement there. “It's wrong for us to be the solution,” he told an audience at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. at a Nov. 12 panel on homelessness.
Catholic News Agency

LAPD Pursues Stolen Car Suspect On 101 Freeway
Police chased a stolen car suspect in Los Angeles on the 101 Freeway Sunday evening. The brief chase started as a failure to yield around 8 p.m., police said. The chase ended after about 20 minutes on the 101 Freeway near Cahuenga. Gordon Spencer, reporting in Sky9, said traffic was backed up for miles on the northbound side and was “going to be a nightmare for some time.”
CBS Los Angeles

Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Vehicle in Westside Hit-and-Run; Driver Sought
A male pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in a hit-and-run collision Sunday evening in the Westside neighborhood of Palms, authorities said. The unidentified victim was crossing northbound on Venice Boulevard, at Hughes Avenue, at 8:43 p.m. when he was hit by car traveling westbound on Venice, said Lt. Allen Schubert of the Los Angeles Police Department. The driver did not stop after the crash.
KTLA 5

Pasadena Police Recommend Extension of Traffic Control Contract
The Pasadena Police Department is recommending the extension of the city's services contract with Apex Security Group to continue to provide traffic control services in support of the Department during special events in Pasadena. Apex, a subsidiary of Contemporary Services Corporation based in Northridge, has a current contract that ends on December 31, 2015, a day before one of the city's biggest event – the Tournament of Roses 2016.
Pasadena News Now

Police Body Cameras Do Not Guarantee Accountability
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Upturn recently released a body camera scorecard, which grades body camera policies in 25 cities, including the 15 largest departments that currently or will soon outfit officers with body cameras. Each department was judged on a range of issues including public access to body camera policies, restrictions on biometric technology, allowing officer to view body camera footage before making statement and officer discretion.
Newsweek