LAPD - Page 6

On Tuesday, Black Lives Matter activist Greg Akili filed a $4 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the City of Los Angeles, claiming he was wrongfully arrested during a police commission meeting in February 2016.

The LAPD has officially launched a “Knock, Knock” Burglary Task Force in an effort to stop gang-based, targeted burglaries of celebrity homes.

On March 9, a slow-speed chase that went from Hollywood to the west San Fernando Valley then back to Hollywood ended with the suspect stopping his car by the Walk of Fame and smoking a cigarette.

According to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Los Angeles Police Department cannot properly solve crimes if they are busy enforcing immigration. “I couldn’t have my officers solving robberies, homicides, rapes, burglaries if they suddenly become deputized,” Garcetti said Saturday on

The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) blasted department command staff Monday for the meager police response to Trump protesters.

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The New Orleans Police Department will continue “sanctuary city” policies that protect illegal immigrants from deportation despite stricter immigration policies at the forefront of President-Elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday that the LAPD will not change its stance on deporting illegal immigrants, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s position on the matter.

On Tuesday the Los Angeles Police Commission passed a proposal to give LAPD officers more training before deploying lethal force.

Over 100 Black Lives Matter protesters accused the Los Angeles Police Department of “genocide” during a race and policing symposium at UC Irvine on Friday, at which Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck spoke.

A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer shot and killed a passenger who bailed from a car that was suspected of being stolen, and “ran into the back of a home near 107th St. and Western Ave.,” according to Southern California Public Radio.

Former LAPD Sgt. Jim Parker appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Monday to battle a $10,000 fine imposed by the Los Angeles Ethics Commission stemming from a 2014 incident in which he was falsely accused of racism by actress Daniele Watts.

Brad Pitt is reportedly under investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services over an incident last week in which he was allegedly verbally and physically abusive toward his children, according to a report.

The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the home of Chris Brown early Tuesday morning after a woman claimed the singer pointed a gun at her and threatened her in a violent rage.

The Black Lives Matter movement has a new victim: 14-year-old Jesse Romero, who was shot and killed by police Tuesday evening after being caught writing graffiti in Los Angeles. The only problem: Romero also allegedly fired a revolver at police.

One of two women who was arrested for going topless at a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles in March has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department for $3 million for using excessive force.

Last weekend, the Chabad of Pacific Palisades honored local police and firefighters with a community barbecue that drew guests from well beyond the Jewish community itself.

LAPD Officers Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas are suing the city of Los Angeles, contending they have faced “racial discrimination” in the aftermath of the August 11, 2014, shooting that took the life of Ezell Ford.

The year 2015 was marked by a statewide pursuit of more gun control in California, while cities like Los Angeles played their part by enacting local controls, such as a ban on the possession of “high capacity” magazines.

California rapper The Game continued his “mission” to “spread positivity” by recording a short video with LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck pleading for an end to all shootings in Los Angeles.

Playboy’s 2015 “Playmate of the Year,” Dani Mathers, 29, is under criminal investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) after she publicly shamed an unidentified woman at an LA Fitness gym by secretly snapping and posting a naked picture of her changing in a private locker room onto social media.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) deliberately allowed a Black Lives Matter protest to stage an illegal protest on Sunday night, disrupting traffic on the Interstate 405 and taking over intersections in the predominantly black neighborhood of Inglewood.

A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department police report taken from a 2003 search at Michael Jackson’s infamous Neverland Ranch turned up a cache of photos of naked men and women, animal sex videos and child pornography, all allegedly used to seduce young boys.

On Thursday, several Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers celebrated the graduation of a young woman who was just a newborn when her father was killed in the line of duty by a gang member eighteen years ago.

Police arriving at Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s apartment Saturday night found no evidence of injuries consistent with the domestic violence the actress has accused her husband of, according to a report.

A California man has been arrested and charged with leaving his infant girl alone in a car in the parking lot of a local strip club while he enjoyed lap dances inside.

The Los Angeles Police Department launched a felony investigation into Charlie Sheen Tuesday after the actor allegedly made death threats against his former fiancée, porn star Brett Rossi, according to numerous reports.

On Tuesday, the LAPD acknowledged that murders in the city have soared 27.5% compared to the same period in 2016.

Twenty-two years after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman precipitated the most famous trial of the century, the LAPD is testing a knife that was found years ago but was kept by an LAPD cop in his home until this January.

On Thursday, an LAPD detective was arrested for intimidating a witness and for false imprisonment after she claimed he had sexually assaulted her.

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Charlie Beck has suffered a backlash from the Los Angeles police union by recommending charges against and officer in the May 5, 2015, shooting of an unarmed man in Venice. The officer, Clifford Proctor, fatally shot

A teenage skateboarder and YouTube star, who goes by the screen name “Baby Scumbag” has been arrested on charges he used his social media fame to sexually exploit a 12-year-old girl.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is defending Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Ramon Cortines’s decision to close the district’s schools on Tuesday because of an emailed threat.

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced Tuesday morning that all of its schools will be closed for the day due to a terror threat. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that a bomb threat was called in to a school board member, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Wednesday afternoon took a terrifying turn for one Russian tourist and his family when he was stabbed multiple times in the neck and face at the Hollywood and Highland center.

On Friday, the Los Angeles Ethics Commission announced that it has formally charged retired LAPD Sergeant Jim Parker, who detained Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts and her boyfriend for lewd behavior last year.

Embattled director Quentin Tarantino called the Los Angeles Police Department for assistance two weeks before marching in an anti-police rally in New York City, according to a new report.