Law Enforcement

Charlie Beck 'needs to be a chief for his time' amid volatile issue of police shootings
In many ways, the six-year tenure of Charlie Beck as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department has been a triumph. In October, Beck went to the White House with 130 other law enforcement leaders to meet with President Obama. The topic was the future of criminal justice, and it was Beck who was chosen to speak with the president on the group's behalf. Today, under the leadership of Beck and his mentor and predecessor, William J. Bratton, the LAPD has gone from appallingly bad to a national model of progressive police reform.
Los Angeles Times

1 Dead, 3 Injured in Shooting Outside Standard Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles
Detective were searching for a gunman after one person was killed and three others injured -- one person paralyzed -- in a shooting outside the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning, officials said. The shooting was reported just before 2:30 a.m. in the 500 block of South Flower Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. LAPD officers arrived to find three victims, in front of the hotel, suffering from gunshot wounds, officials said. Minutes later, officers received a radio-call for an additional shooting victim located blocks away near Olympic Boulevard and Hill Street.
NBC Los Angeles

3 Shot After Fight Breaks Out At Party In Venice
Three people were shot at a party in Venice early Sunday morning. The shooting occurred near Sixth Street and San Juan Avenue at around 1:30 a.m — less than two blocks from a popular shoppingand dining area on Abbot Kinney Blvd. Police said the shooting took place amid a party with a DJ that was going on at a property rented through AirBnB.
CBS Los Angeles

LAPD Takes Driver, Passenger Into Custody After Stolen Vehicle Pursuit in San Pedro Area
A brief pursuit ended in San Pedro as male and female suspects jumped from the truck and tried to enter a resident's garage before LAPD took them into custody. Police were pursuing a stolen truck in the San Pedro area Sunday around 3:50 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
NBC Los Angeles

Possible PCP lab explosion burns 3 in South LA
Three men suffering from severe second and third degree burns they apparently suffered in a possible arson fire or PCP lab explosion in South Los Angeles remain hospitalized in critical condition today, as police began their criminal investigation, authorities said. An explosion and fire in a garage at 846 E. 76th Place was reported at 2:31 a.m. Friday, said fire department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. “Our (LAPD) HazMat team was finishing up their investigation at the structure fire site on Friday,” Los Angeles police Lt. Gordon Olson, watch commander at 77th Division, said early Saturday morning. “It looks like it was a PCP lab that exploded.”
Los Angeles Daily News

Sheriff: Video, photos appear to show man was armed before shooting by deputies in Lynwood
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials on Sunday displayed photos and a video appearing to show a man holding a gun just before he was fatally shot Saturday by deputies in an incident that has generated debate about police use of force. Sheriff's officials said at a news conference that the man, Nicholas Robertson, 28, fired six to seven shots into the air on a residential street in Lynwood before walking into a bustling shopping district on Long Beach Boulevard around 11 a.m.
Los Angeles Times

City Government

Garcetti: Paris Climate Agreement meaningful but means work for LA
Mayor Eric Garcetti, who travelled to France to campaign for the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, said Saturday's agreement is meaningful but means work ahead for Los Angeles. Speaking with 34 other members of the ad hoc “Mayors National Climate Action Agenda,” Garcetti hailed the Paris accord as success “in the difficult task of creating and adopting a deal that represents historic and meaningful progress to combat climate change.”
mynewsLA.com