Los Angeles Police Department

• LAPD officers fired for hunting Pokémon during robbery denied appeal

  Two LAPD officers ignored calls for backup during a robbery, choosing to catch a Snorlax instead.

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  Jan 11, 2022
  
• L.A. police officer injured after man steals gun, opens fire inside station

  The suspect, who was not wounded, got into a vehicle and drove off, police said. Officers stopped him a short distance away and he was arrested.

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  Sep 27, 2020
  
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• Los Angeles police budget slashed by $150M, answering calls to defund

  About two-thirds of the funding was earmarked for police overtime and will be used to provide services and programs for communities of colour, including a youth summer jobs program.

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  Jul 2, 2020
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• Driver suffers only ‘scrapes and bruises’ in horrifying car-train collision

  The blue BMW was left completely mangled after being plowed by an oncoming train.

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  Mar 5, 2020
• Doorbell camera captures possible kidnapping in Los Angeles

  The woman's desperate pleas for help were caught on video by a Ring doorbell camera.

  World

  Nov 16, 2019
• LAPD headquarters re-opens following probe of suspicious package

  The LAPD confirmed the evacuation at about 8:15 p.m. PT.

  Crime

  Jan 11, 2019
• L.A. chief says police, not gunman, fired fatal shot at Trader Joe’s hostage standoff

  A supermarket worker was killed by a bullet fired by Los Angeles police — not the gunman they were trying to stop — the city's police chief acknowledged Tuesday.

  World

  Jul 24, 2018
• Fireworks, legal and illegal, light up L.A. sky on Fourth of July

  Los Angeles skies were set ablaze with spectacular fireworks on the Fourth of July, but not all of them were legal.

  Crime

  Jul 5, 2018
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• Former Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie under investigation for ‘alleged sexual battery’

  The Los Angeles Police Department confirms there is an "open investigation of an alleged sexual battery" involving former Oiler Mike Comrie.

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  Feb 15, 2017
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• Officers won’t help deport immigrants under Donald Trump: Los Angeles police chief

  Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck says President-elect Donald Trump's vows to deport millions after taking office will not affect his department's longstanding policy of staying out of immigration issues.

  Politics

  Nov 15, 2016