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Police Protective League
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the union that represents the
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
September 25, 2017 |
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Law Enforcement News
Suspect Sought In Shooting Of Illinois Deputy
The father of a man wanted in connection with Saturday's shooting of a Winnebago County Sheriff's deputy wants his son to give himself up to authorities. Jordan D. Spates, 27, of Rockford is wanted for aggravated battery to a police officer with a firearm, a Class X felony punishable by six to 30 years in prison.
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Body Camera Captures Officer's Rescue Of Suicidal Man Dangling From Window
Body camera captured the harrowing moment an officer rescued a man dangling from a highrise window. Police were called to investigate a woman's death earlier this week, ABC 6 reported. Investigators said the woman died of natural causes. Officer Freddy Jimenez heard her husband distraught, talking to himself in the next room. When he entered the room, he found the man dangling from the eighth floor window.
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2 Men Shot, 1 Fatally, In Glassell Park
Police say two men were shot, one fatally, in the Glassell Park neighborhood of northeast Los Angeles. Officer Norma Eisenman says both victims were rushed to a hospital, where one died and the other was listed in critical condition. The shooting occurred early Sunday. Investigators have not released suspect information. Eisenman says officials don't believe the shooting was gang-related.
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Bloody Machete Attack Mystery: Two Slashed Victims Critical
Two men were critically wounded in a machete attack in the Westlake area near downtown Los Angeles, authorities said Monday. Few details were yet available as police tried to find witnesses to help solve the mysterious crime. The stabbings were reported at 11:20 p.m. Sunday around Third Street and Burlington Avenue, said Sgt. B. Riederich of the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Station.
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Gang Member Arrested In Fatal Beating Of 27-Year-Old Man In Koreatown, LAPD Says
A gang member has been arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a 27-year-old father that occurred Aug. 30 in Koreatown, police announced Friday. Jairo Mendoza, 20, was arrested Wednesday evening by gang officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Olympic Division, the agency said. He was being held in lieu of $2.12-million bail. According to the LAPD, Mendoza is suspected of being one of several gang members who attacked 27-year-old Bryan Hernandez in the area of 8th Street and Normandie Avenue.
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Local Rapper Arrested After Pursuit for Alleged Armed Robbery
A local rapper was arrested for an alleged armed robbery after he led police on a brief pursuit on Thursday in the Marina del Rey area before exiting his vehicle and running into an apartment building after a nearly six-hour standoff. The chase began about 1:25 p.m. when an air unit spotted the suspect's SUV in the area of Mindanao Way and Lincoln Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Possible Stolen Vehicle Suspect Tackled, Arrested After High-Speed Chase In South LA
Authorities chased a possible stolen vehicle suspect through surface streets in South Los Angeles Friday evening. The suspect traveled at high speeds through residential areas, at one point heading southbound on Normandie Avenue through Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. At one point, a passenger fled from the gray Nissan sedan and quickly surrendered to authorities. As the suspect rounded the corner of Gorman Avenue, he fled from the still-moving sedan and ran through a residential area.
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Homeless Killer Sentenced For Butcher Knife Apartment Murder
A 31-year-old man convicted of killing a South Los Angeles woman who had allowed him to stay at her apartment was sentenced Friday to 26 years to life in state prison. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Henry Hall imposed the term on Laevin Meikel Weatherspoon, convicted Aug. 31 of first-degree murder for stabbing Wanda Threadgill in December 2013.
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Bell Gardens Man Convicted In Fatal Shooting Of 2 Brothers In East Los Angeles Park
A Bell Gardens man convicted of killing two brothers in a East Los Angeles Park in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Friday. A jury found Pedro Vasquez, 24, guilty of two counts of second-degree murder. Vasquez approached Antonio Aguilar, 33, and Juan Aguilar, at Ruben Salazar Park on Nov. 22, 2015 and shot both men multiple times. Both men were parents with children under the age of 5.
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More Than Three Dozen Arrested In Alleged Sex-Trafficking Ring In Compton
A prostitution ring shut down in Compton included several child and adult victims of human trafficking, authorities said. A raid by law enforcement officers on Wednesday resulted in 36 arrests, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Three children were released to the care of the Department of Children and Family Services, officials said. Investigators also identified five women as victims of human trafficking; these individuals accepted what authorities described as “ongoing services.”
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Efforts To Keep Police Guns Out Of Dangerous Hands Fail With SF Killing
The killing of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in July 2015 shook the law enforcement community when investigators traced the pistol that took her life to a federal ranger. Four days earlier, he had returned to his parked car in the city's downtown to find a window smashed and the weapon gone. Over the next seven months, at least seven other guns were snatched from law enforcement officers' vehicles in the Bay Area, and the rash prompted some chiefs and sheriffs to tighten policies on how officers secure guns, whether off-duty or on.
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Lawmakers Pushing Bail Reform Want More Info On Bail Bond Insurers
The two Democratic lawmakers who have been pushing for reforms to California's bail system are now looking for a peek behind the curtain at how the bail industry operates. Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles) believe bail punishes people for being poor, and they want to fundamentally change how California decides whether to let people accused of crimes out of jail before their trial.
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California Lawmakers Look To Free Older And Younger Inmates
To ease overcrowding in state prisons, California lawmakers want to release more of the state's older prisoners and more of the inmates who were young when they committed their crimes. The two bills sent to Gov. Jerry Brown in the waning days of the legislative session are the latest attempt to keep the prison population below the cap set by federal judges, with the goal of eventually ending federal oversight.
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Police: Gunman Kills 1, Injures 7 At Tennessee Church
A masked gunman invaded a Nashville church Sunday and opened fire, walking silently down the aisle as he shot unsuspecting congregants. At least one person was killed and seven others wounded, authorities said. An usher confronted the shooter, who apparently shot himself in the struggle before he was arrested, police said. No motive was immediately determined.
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Public Safety News
LA County Search-And-Rescue Dogs Heading To Puerto Rico
A Los Angeles County Search and Rescue unit has been activated and will be sent to Puerto Rico, to help victims of Hurricane Maria. The 27-member team will take a military plane to the U.S. territory and is waiting for details on when their plane will take off. "It's like a football player finally making it to the Super Bowl.
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Local Government News
L.A. Promises To Have A Vibrant Marijuana Economy, But There Might Not Be Many Public Places To Smoke It
Los Angeles lawmakers are laying the groundwork for what is widely expected to be one of the hottest markets for marijuana in the country, one that could bring more than $50 million in taxes to city coffers next year. The city is drafting rules to allow greenhouses that grow cannabis, industrial facilities that process it, and new shops that sell it for recreational use, not just medical need.The Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs argued that permitting marijuana to be consumed at businesses would ramp up the risk of intoxicated driving. Los Angeles Police Protective League President Craig Lally agreed, saying it is difficult for police or users themselves to know if someone is too high to drive.
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About the LAPPL Formed in 1923, the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) represents the more than 9,900 dedicated and professional sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPPL serves to advance the interests of LAPD officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. The LAPPL can be found on the Web at:
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