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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Los Angeles
Police Protective League
the union that represents the
rank and file LAPD officers
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
June 16, 2011 |
Crime alerts for Wilmington, Florence and nine other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 11 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Four neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Wilmington was the most unusual, recording 14 reports compared with a weekly average of 5.4 over the last three months. Florence topped the list of seven neighborhoods with property crime alerts. It recorded 45 property crimes compared with its weekly average of 25.0 over the last three months.
Los Angeles Times |
Police seek suspects in lottery scam
Los Angeles police detectives asked the public's help Tuesday in identifying a man and a woman who are duping unsuspecting Spanish- speaking victims in Harbor City, Wilmington and San Pedro with a claim they have winning California Lottery tickets. Beginning close to the beginning of the year and running through last week, the suspects have been working the scam where they say they have the tickets but because they are in the country illegally, they are afraid to turn them in.
Los Angeles Daily News |
Man slain by gunfire in Westlake
A man was shot and killed Wednesday in the Westlake neighborhood near downtown, Los Angeles police said. Firefighters responded after gunfire broke out in the 400 block of North Coronado Street. They found the victim, who had been struck by multiple rounds, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The victim was described only as a man in his 30s. Detectives had not determined a motive for the slaying, the LAPD said.
Los Angeles Times |
Jay Beeber: Folk hero stops L.A.'s red light cameras
Big Brother may not be watching L.A. drivers anymore. The city Police Commission voted unanimously on June 7 against an LAPD recommendation for a new five-year, $15 million contract to continue operating the widely hated red-light cameras at 32 intersections citywide. San Fernando Valley resident and sometime TV writer and producer Jay Beeber politely pestered the Police Commission and City Council with studies showing that, despite repeated claims by Los Angeles Police Department brass, red-light cameras were not a major factor in improving safety.
LA Weekly |
Two bodies found in possible murder-suicide in Sherman Oaks, LAPD says
Los Angeles police Wednesday night were investigating a possible murder-suicide after finding two bodies at a Sherman Oaks home. The victims were described as a man and woman in their 30s, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Officers discovered the bodies after responding to a call about unknown trouble in the 1500 block of Sherview Drive. No other details were immediately available.
Los Angeles Times |
If you're worried about crime, you're a racist
The Sacramento Bee would have you believe that if you favor taking a hard line on crime, you are no better than the reprobates from America's past who argued for slavery. California's prisons are overcrowded because so many people have chosen to engage in the type of conduct that earns one a bunk bed behind bars. Forty-six thousand of those people may soon be out on the streets and free to resume that type of conduct. Calling attention to this fact is neither racist nor "fearmongering." Maybe there really is something to be afraid of.
Jack Dunphy/Pajamas Media |
Booze cited as main driver of violent crime
In recent months, there has been widespread speculation about the dramatic drop in violent crime over the last 30 years. Among the explanations tossed around are the aging population, abortion, better law enforcement and forensics technology, and 'Three Strikes' and other sentencing laws that have filled the prisons. But Professor Robert Nash Parker has a far simpler explanation: Blame it on the alcohol. "The reason why our crime rate is down over 30 years is that 1982 was the peak of (alcohol) consumption in the U.S. over our recent history," Parker said.
Capitol Weekly |
California struggles to save inmate firefighter program
California officials are struggling to save a program that has 4,300 inmates fighting wildfires each year, the most of any state. They say the program is crucial to fighting massive fires, but it's endangered by Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to shift responsibility for lower-level offenders from state prisons to county jails. The governor proposed the shift to save money and comply with a federal court order to reduce prison crowding.
Associated Press |
First California inmate cleared for medical parole
The first California inmate to get out of prison under a controversial new "medical parole" law will most likely be Craig Lemke, 48, who is serving 68 years for home invasion. The Board of Parole Hearings granted Lemke's request Wednesday morning, but still has 120 days to further review the decision. Lemke is the second inmate to have a medical parole hearing under the law signed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last year.
Los Angeles Times |
Budget plan buys Brown time to woo GOP lawmakers
A newly approved budget proposal has bought state lawmakers more time to achieve the plan they really want - a tall order that falls mainly to Gov. Jerry Brown as he attempts to muster the necessary Republican support. The Legislature on Wednesday passed a Democratic budget for the coming fiscal year that eliminates the state's remaining $9.6 billion deficit, but the plan was widely seen as a placeholder designed to meet a constitutional deadline for sending a balanced budget to the governor.
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