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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
February 16, 2016 |
Chief Beck Squashes Dissent
There has been much speculation about the recent NBC4 Investigative story about the Metro Unit that aired this past Friday evening. The speculation has swirled around whether the officers depicted in the story should have gone public with their concerns over a lack of training and equipment for the mission they have been assigned and over the identity of the officers. Let us state for the record, we don't care who the officers are. What we care about is what they said. What we care about is the culture created in our department that would compel any officer to go public with these serious concerns for fear that their concerns would fall on deaf ears or fear retaliation for expressing their concerns.
Los Angeles Police Protective League
LAPD Insiders Say Terror Preparedness is 'Smoke and Mirrors'
The city of Los Angeles is not ready for a terrorist attack due to a lack of training, equipment and confidence, several Los Angeles Police Department insiders told the NBC4 I-Team. Some members of the LAPD's Metro Division, tasked with everything from crime suppression to counterterrorism, told the I-Team they are frustrated by what they called the appearance of readiness. Their identities were concealed because they said they fear retaliation. "It's frustrating we are telling the public we are ready for a terrorist-style attack when we haven't even finished training to how to walk through a door," a source within the division said.
NBC 4
Sex Slaves In SoCal: LAPD Shifts Approach To Help Human Trafficking Victims
"They could be your daughter and you may not even know it," Dr. Stephany Powell stated as she described victims of human trafficking. Powell first got to know victims while working for the Los Angeles Police Department's VICE squad. Currently, she runs a non-profit called Journey Out that helps sex trafficking victims recover. Powell said if someone engaged in prostitution is being "pimped," that person is considered a victim of human trafficking.
ABC 7
Deadly Stabbing Investigation Underway In North Hollywood
Police Monday sought the public's help to locate those responsible for the stabbing death of a 50-year-old man in North Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers were sent just before noon on Saturday to the 5700 block of Fair Avenue for report of an assault with a deadly weapon. Upon their arrival, authorities located an adult man unconscious, suffering from several stab wounds inside the apartment. Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.
CBS 2
Victim Dragged 100 Feet, Body Left Outside Bar in Fatal Boyle Heights Hit-And-Run Crash
A 24-year-old man, about to turn 25 next month, was killed in a Boyle Heights hit-and-run crash Monday morning after being dragged more than 100 feet, investigators said. The driver stopped behind a bar after the crash, then fled, investigators said. A witness who did not wish to be identified said she saw the man after the crash. She said his whole body looked "broken," and his back was "twisted like a mop." The crash happened at Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and Soto Street just after midnight. Investigators were working to determine the make of the vehicle and other details.
NBC 4
Grim Sleeper serial killer trial to begin, years after slayings terrorized South L.A.
Debra, a waitress, was discovered shot in the chest three decades ago in an alley. The body of 25-year-old Janecia was found in a dumpster in 2007. There were at least eight other women. And one who got away. They were young and black and leading troubled lives, some working as prostitutes. Most were killed along a corridor in the Manchester Square neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Police kept the cases quiet — a decision that later led to outrage over what seemed an apparent disregard for the victims as well as the community's safety.
Los Angeles Times
Police Shoot, Kill Burglar And Stabbing Suspect In Van Nuys
A suspect involved in a burglary and stabbing died after being shot by police in Van Nuys Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers responded to a reported burglary at an apartment in the 6900 block of Kester Avenue at about 1 p.m. Police said the suspect stabbed a 50-year-old man several times, bit two people and attacked another person with an unknown object described by witnesses as a propane tank.
ABC 7
Woman Wanted in Connection with Stabbing Death of Elderly Man
A woman in her late 20s or early 30s was being sought today in connection with the stabbing death of a 74-year-old man in his North Hollywood home. Officers went to the 4900 block of Vineland Avenue about 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, in response to a call of a possible suicide and instead found the victim, Robert Caldwell, who had been stabbed “multiple times,” according to the LAPD. Investigators believe the woman was an acquaintance of the man, and are looking into the nature of their relationship and if it involved some sort of quid pro quo.
Hollywood Patch
FBI, LAPD Investigating Hollywood Hospital Cyber Attack
The Los Angeles Police Department and FBI have launched an investigation Friday on the cyber attack that shut down the computer system of a Hollywood hospital for the past week, officials said. Staff at the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center noticed "significant IT issues and declared an internal emergency" Feb. 5, said hospital president and CEO Allen Stefanek. Stefanek said the shutdown has not affected patient care, but Jackie Mendez and her 87-year-old ailing mother are seeing the impact of the cyber attack. Mendez said she and her mother had to drive more than an hour to Palmdale to pick up medical tests in person.
NBC 4
Rising Crime Connection: Chief Beck Disbands LAPD's Parole Compliance Units
Thanks to AB 109 and Prop. 47, tens of thousands of criminals are back on the streets. Thanks to those measures many are now on probation, at a cost to the county and local governments. The City of Los Angeles, which had a 20% increase in crime last year has decided to give up the fight and let the criminals run and own the streets. “On January 28, 2016, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Charlie Beck unilaterally disbanded the Parole Compliance Units (PCU) within all divisions of the LAPD and ordered that those officers assigned to the PCU be redeployed to patrol assignments.
California Political Review
Prosecutors challenge Gov. Brown's proposed California sentencing changes
California prosecutors are challenging Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed ballot initiative to reduce the state's prison population. The California District Attorneys Association said in a lawsuit that the initiative Brown announced last month was improperly amended onto an existing ballot measure.The lawsuit against Attorney General Kamala Harris and others was made public Friday. In his initiative, the Democratic governor added provisions to increase sentencing credits for adult inmates who complete rehabilitation programs. It would also allow non-violent felons to seek parole after they have completed their base sentences. The district attorneys association opposes the proposal.
Associated Press
Sheriff: Legal pot might be decreasing Ore. applicant pool
Jackson County Sheriff Corey Falls said employment applications have dropped in his department since recreational marijuana was legalized in Oregon last year. "It's dropped since July 1," Falls said, adding that Jackson County's human resources manager has reached out to other employers that require pre-employment drug testing in Washington and Colorado to see whether they've had similar applicant drops because of legalization. Falls and Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel spoke Thursday afternoon at a League of Women Voters forum in Talent, and marijuana was one of the topics that kept coming up.
Police One
A grand vision to revive Crenshaw Boulevard
Perched high atop a parade float on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Yvonne Ellett surveyed Crenshaw Boulevard, the once-vibrant retail spine of South Los Angeles. She was disappointed by what she saw: tattoo parlors, marijuana dispensaries and boarded-up businesses. "Our retail corridors make us look like we are poverty-stricken," said Ellett, co-chairwoman of the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council. "That's not necessarily the case. These are solid middle-class neighborhoods."
Los Angeles Times
Hollywood Hills couple suing City Hall focused on documents destroyed by LaBonge
A Hollywood Hills couple suing Los Angeles City Hall wants to know what documents were destroyed by former Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge. Los Angeles attorney John Bowman, who represents Kenneth and Annette York, said he sent a letter earlier this month to City Attorney Mike Feuer's office after reading news reports about the missing files. The Yorks sued the city last year, alleging LaBonge helped thwart their plans to build a 8,000-square-foot home in the Hollywood Hills.
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San Diego pension-to-401(k) reform goes to court
A San Diego pension reform approved by voters nearly four years ago, regarded as a model by some, is headed for a court test — but not because all new hires, except police, receive a private sector-style 401(k) retirement plan rather than a public pension. A powerful state labor board ordered San Diego to restore pensions after finding that state labor law was violated when former Mayor Jerry Sanders, one of the leaders of the reform drive, failed to bargain the proposed initiative with public employee unions.
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