Law Enforcement

LAPD Sergeant Saved Man's Life After Freeway Crash
A Los Angeles police officer and three unidentified people were credited Friday with rescuing a man from a car that crashed on the 110 Freeway near Harbor Gateway and saving his life with CPR. Sgt. Robin Petillo of the department's Southeast Division encountered a five-car crash Monday while driving south approaching the 405 Freeway. When she stopped to help, she saw a man unconscious in his car. Three people helped her pry open the mangled door, but she found he was not breathing and was without a heartbeat.
Policemag.com

LAPD cops at Mission Station get first of 860 body cameras
Starting Monday, body cameras will be handed out to Los Angeles Police officers at the Mission Station — the first of 860 cameras that will be distributed to officers in three divisions. Officers at the Mission Division will be the first to get training on the cameras, followed by officers at the Newton Division on Sept. 15 and the Central traffic and specialized divisions on Sept. 28, LAPD Chief Information Officer Maggie Goodrich told the Police Commission.
mynewsLA.com, ABC 7

Daniele Watts ordered to give better apology to LAPD officer
Remember Daniele Watts, the actress who was observed being sexually intimate with her boyfriend in a parked car near the CBS Radford lot in Studio City last September, and who got racial with the LAPD officer who responded to the call? Watts and her boyfriend, chef Brian James Lucas, accepted a plea deal to resolve a charge of lewd conduct by doing 40 hours of community service and writing a letter of apology to the LAPD officer she accused of racial bias in a Facebook post and video.
LAObserved

Man, 20, Dies Following Attack At Hollywood Nightclub
A 20-year-old man who was critically injured in an attack this weekend at a Hollywood nightclub has died, according to police. The victim, whom authorities have not yet identified, was injured in a fight at 12:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1700 block of North McCadden Place, LAPD Lt. Michael Ling reports.
CBS Los Angeles

Police Warn Residents Of Increase In Bicycle Thefts After Several Are Taken From Playa Del Rey
Police have issued a warning amid a spike in bicycle thefts and released security footage of three people suspected in some of the thefts. “We have a few groups that I think are working the area and we have a lot more people that are using the smaller bike cables that aren't appropriate,” said Detective Robyn Salazar of the LAPD.
CBS Los Angeles

Burglary suspect prompts Westchester search near LAX
Officers from Los Angeles Airport Police and the Los Angeles Police Department searched for but could not find a burglary suspect who they believed had barricaded himself inside a vacant home in Westchester on Tuesday. “We entered the home but did not find anyone inside,'' said Los Angeles Airport Police Officer Alicia Hernandez. “So no one was arrested at the house, and all officers cleared the scene about 5:40 p.m.'' The incident began about 2:40 p.m. when Airport Police received a call about three suspicious men going inside a vacant home near Stanmoor Drive and 91st Street, next to Los Angeles International Airport, Hernandez said.
Daily Breeze

Customs seizes $8 million worth of cocaine at ports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to contraband enforcement at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach seized 424 pounds of cocaine that had been stashed inside a shipment of tires, the agency reported. The cocaine, which had an estimated street value in excess of $8 million, was discovered Saturday at the Port of Long Beach when officers using scanning technology saw what the agency called an anomaly within a container carrying tires. Upon inspecting the containers, Customs officers found three large bundles that contained 170 brick-sized packages of cocaine.
Los Angeles Daily News

City Government

Garcetti Signs Vision Zero Directive to End L.A. Traffic Deaths by 2025
The Los Angeles City Council has given final approval to allow ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to pick up passengers directly from Los Angeles International Airport. The council voted 9-6 to affirm the Airport Commission's July 16 decision, and pickups could begin in a matter of weeks. "I think this is a win for neighbors around the airport who get inundated by these vehicles. This is also a win for passengers of the airport who like to have more choices and deserve them," said L.A. City Councilman Mike Bonin.
ABC 7

Pensions

San Jose's Long and Winding Road to Pension Reform Takes Another Turn
Pension reform's sometimes tortuous grip on San Jose loosened Tuesday when the City Council passed a new agreement with police and firefighter unions on retirement benefits and wages. The agreement is a watered-down version of Measure B , the pension reform ballot measure that San Jose voters overwhelmingly passed in 2012. It gave less generous retirement benefits to new employees and forced existing workers to either reduce benefits or pay more to keep them.
KQED News, San Jose Mercury News