An LAPD officer was partially blinded after someone deliberately pointed a green laser at him in downtown Los Angeles.
"I consider myself a pretty strong person, but these migraines have been bringing me to tears," Officer Kyle Rice told the NBC4 I-Team...
The Los Angeles Police Protective League and three other law enforcement organizations have launched a website to advocate for investing in better policing rather than defunding departments, they announced today.
The website...
The Los Angeles Police Department reported Thursday an additional employee has tested positive for COVID-19.
To date, 500 employees have tested positive, according to Jessica Kellogg of the Emergency Operations Center.
Of those, 137 employees are...
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning for the veteran LAPD officer who passed away last month due to complications from COVID-19.
The funeral for 45-year-old Valentin Martinez will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial park in the Hollywood Hills,...
The Los Angeles Police Department is stepping up efforts to educate people about the importance of wearing a face covering.
Officers handed out masks in Hollywood on Sunday.
Residents, tourists, and even people driving along Hollywood Boulevard...
Thirteen additional Los Angeles Police Department employees have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday.
The announcement comes after the death of two LAPD employees from coronavirus complications.
39-year-old non-sworn...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A sworn police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has passed away from complications due to COVID-19, marking the agency's second coronavirus-related death, officials confirmed Friday.
Officer Valentin Martinez, 45, "...
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday that he is alarmed at a significant jump in homicides this year even as other crimes in the city have plummeted.
With a recent spike in killings, the rate so far this year has eclipsed the rate during...
The Los Angeles Police Department reported Tuesday an additional 16 employees have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the department’s total to 386.
Of the employees, 233 are at home recovering or self-isolating due to possible exposure, and 207...
Erica McAdoo, a senior detention officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, has died from complications related to the coronavirus, the department said Saturday.
McAdoo died Friday, the department announced “with extreme sadness.”
She is...
Coronavirus infections among Los Angeles police officers spiked in recent weeks, reflecting a broader increase in cases regionally and raising fresh questions about the role of protests in the spread.
Police officials have said that officers were exposed...
The largest police unions in California unveiled plans early Sunday morning for a reform agenda to find racist police officers and “root those individuals out of the law enforcement profession.”
In full-page ads in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times...
An LAPD officer was injured Sunday night after being struck by an arrow fired from a crossbow during a standoff with a man in North Hollywood, authorities said.
Officers were initially called to a residence on Bakman Avenue near Ostego Street around 6:45...
The Los Angeles Police Department Command Officers Association emphatically condemns actions taken by members of the Minneapolis Police Department that tragically took the...
Four people, including two Los Angeles police officers, were hospitalized following a multi-vehicle crash in South Los Angeles on Wednesday night, police said.
Two officers were heading in a marked SUV to assist on a call when a tow truck ran a red light...
At least six officers were hurt and 533 protesters were taken into custody in Los Angeles as demonstrations protesting the killing of George Floyd turned violent.
The protests Friday night led officers to declare an unlawful assembly and worked to have...
An LAPD officer suffered a non life-threatening gunshot wound Sunday near the Venice Santa Monica border, an official said.
The incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. in the area of the Whole Foods parking lot near Lincoln Boulevard and Rose Avenue.
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The police officers chased the suspected thief on foot, losing sight of him and spotting him again on the west side of Los Angeles.
They caught up and slapped handcuffs around his wrists. Then, the adrenaline gave way to concern.
“I had to put...
A Los Angeles Police Department employee was attacked while jogging Tuesday morning and struck in the head with a rock, a department spokesman said.
The employee was running near the LAPD Academy in Elysian Park about 9:30 a.m. when an assailant —...
Some things in Los Angeles might be getting back to normal, even as most residents are staying put amid the city and state’s stay-at-home orders:
The Los Angeles Police Department is now getting more calls for service, after a lull attributed to people...
Airbnb has partnered with Los Angeles County leaders and statewide union representatives to create a network of free accommodations for frontline responders and others working in private and public California hospitals amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airbnb...
A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was hospitalized in extremely critical condition with the novel coronavirus was discharged Friday and greeted by loud cheers from hospital staff.
Detective Michael Chang left Providence Saint John’s Health...
Scores of Los Angeles police officers who have symptoms related to the coronavirus or who must quarantine because of possible exposure have the choice of self-isolating at home or moving into the Biltmore Hotel in downtown L.A., according to two law enforcement...
As the stay at home order has been extended, people who are most at risk of contracting coronavirus are running low on options when it comes to running essential errands. Members of the LAPD are volunteering their time to help these people in need under...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — An officer was hit in the neck with an unknown object, possibly a pellet gun, prompting a standoff in South LA early Thursday.
The officer was patrolling the area of 69th and Denker Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. when he was struck in...
The number of Los Angeles Police Department officers and civilian employees infected by the coronavirus continues to increase, with nearly four dozen testing positive, Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday.
Thirty-six officers and 11 civilians have contracted...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Emergency responders are among the essential workers being hardest hit by coronavirus in the Los Angeles area.
As of Friday, at least 45 Los Angeles Police Department employees had tested positive for COVID-19, and 13 members of the...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Both the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department Wednesday reported one more case of the novel coronavirus.
The news comes just one day after five other LAPD employees and one LAFD employee tested positive...
The Los Angeles Police Department is taking the temperatures of its officers as they arrive for their shifts to try to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus inside the department, which has seen 26 employees test positive.
Anyone with a temperature...
Two more Los Angeles Police Department employees tested positive for the Coronavirus, authorities said Saturday.
That brings the total to 24, according to Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center spokeswoman Jessica Kellogg.
In addition, six Los...
