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Amid rising tensions, Los Angeles Police Department will release the autopsy results of Ezell Ford, an unarmed man shot and killed by police last summer. Courtesy photo

The City Council approved a $1.5 million payment Wednesday to settle a lawsuit filed by the parents of Ezell Ford over his fatal shooting by police in South Los Angeles.

The settlement came just weeks after the District Attorney's Office declined to...

The Eagle & Badge Foundation's End of Watch Memorial Wall & Trailer will be on site at the Run to Remember 2017 on Sunday, February 12th at The Grove -- the Marathon begins at 7am. We are honored to participate in this special event, recognizing those...

Both motions introduced by City Council President Herb Wesson regarding the LAPD's disciplinary system passed Tuesday. One created a ballot measure that, if approved by voters, could add more civilians to disciplinary boards. The second launched a deeper look at the process. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles City Council took the final step Tuesday toward putting what has become an increasingly controversial measure on the May ballot that, if passed by voters, could give civilians a greater role in disciplining the city's police officers.

The...

L.A. Councilman Mike Bonin stands next to a poster that illustrates his 10-point plan at a news conference outside the LAPD Ahmanson Recruit Training Center in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

The complaints that Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin fields from his constituents often revolve around one of three topics: traffic, homelessness or the need for more police officers.

On Thursday, Bonin...

Photos depicting black mold on heating and air-conditioning vents are on display by the Los Angeles Police Protective League, which is demanding the city immediately eradicate unsanitary conditions in and around the Southeast Community Police Station. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Soon after Donna Wheeler became a detective at the Southeast Community Police Station, which serves Watts and surrounding areas, she started having trouble breathing.

Her respiratory problems were worse at the end of a workday, she said. When she was on...

Officers and others placed flowers on the casket at the grave side service for LAPD Officer Heather Monroe at Forest Lawn's Hall. Monroe, 30, died in a car wreck while off duty on New Year's Day in Simi Valley. Hollywood Hills, CA 1/12/2017. Photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News (SCNG)

Mourners gathered Thursday amid gray, weeping skies to pay last respects and celebrate the life of Los Angeles police Officer Heather Monroe, who was...

An online fundraising effort was started Wednesday for a motorcycle officer who was critically injured in a crash while responding to a hit-and-run collision that left a pedestrian dead in Pomona.

Officer Trevor Stevenson, a nine-year veteran of the...

An off-duty LAPD officer was killed in a car crash in Simi Valley on Sunday. (KTLA)

An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was killed overnight when two cars, including one being used as an Uber, crashed in Simi Valley, authorities said.

Officer Heather Monroe was a passenger in the car that collided with the Uber at the intersection of...

In this July 25, 2016 file photo, the funeral procession for slain Baton Rouge police Corporal Montrell Jackson leaves the Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and other shootings around the country led to a sharp increase in the number of police killed in the line of duty this year.

From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, 135 officers lost their lives. Some died in traffic...

LAPD Deputy Chief William Scott, 52, is set to be named the police chief of San Francisco.

The news that Deputy Chief William Scott, a 27-year veteran of the police force, was chosen as the San Francisco police chief was viewed Tuesday as a loss for Los Angeles by his admirers, who include colleagues and even a critic of the department.

Valley...

Deputy Chief William Scott (Photo: LAPD)

Mayor Ed Lee plans to announce Tuesday that he is hiring a veteran Los Angeles deputy police chief to lead the San Francisco force as it implements broad changes in the wake of several shootings of African Americans and Latinos, according to City Hall sources...

An officer salutes during San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi's funeral service on Monday, November 28. Marconi was shot to death while sitting in his patrol car. [Photo: (Bob Owen/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, Pool)]

Police officers across the country say they are taking new precautions in response to a spike in what they call "ambush-style" attacks against them. Cops are teaming up to respond to emergency calls, suiting up more often in ballistic vests and helmets, even...

A total of 60 law enforcement officers have died in firearms-related incidents in 2016, marking a 67 percent increase since 2015, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund ...

A woman leaves flowers at a make-shift memorial for slain San Antonio police officer Benjamin Marconi, 50, a 20-year veteran of the force, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The shootings of police officers in Texas and Missouri on Sunday were the latest in what law enforcement officials say is an alarming spike in ambush-style attacks.

One-third of police officers shot to death on the job this year were purposely targeted...

Los Angeles Police Department officers watch on as protesters march through downtown during a Anti-Donald Trump protest on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 in Los Angeles. Donald Trump has been elected as the next president of the United States. (Photo Correspondent Michael Ares)

The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing LAPD officers, says insufficient police staffing levels during last week's protests of President-elect Donald Trump endangered officers and the public.

Robert Harris, director of the LAPPL...

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Riverside County Dist. Atty. Mike Hestrin, at podium, at a press conference Oct. 12 announcing he was charging John Felix with killing two Palm Springs police officers. (Richard Lui / The Desert Sun via AP)

The man accused of killing two Palm Springs police officers during an ambush-style attack will face the death penalty, Riverside County Dist. Atty. Mike Hestrin announced Wednesday.

John Felix, 26, faces two counts of murder with the special...

A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant died after an apparent medical emergency in Compton Monday morning.

Around 5:30 a.m.,...

Modoc County sheriff's Deputy Jack Hopkins, 31, was shot to death Wednesday while responding to a disturbance call. (Modoc County Sheriff's Office)

A 31-year-old sheriff's deputy in Northern California was fatally shot Wednesday while responding to a disturbance call, and the suspected gunman was taken into custody, authorities said.

Modoc County Sheriff's Deputy Jack Hopkins responded to a reported...

A packed memorial service for two Palm Springs police officers fatally shot while responding to a disturbance call earlier this month took place Tuesday at the city's convention center.

The service for officers Lesley Zerebny and Jose "Gil" Vega began...

It's gonna hurt. But it will go for a cause that benefits devastated law enforcement agencies and families like in the cases of a Los Angeles Sheriff's department sergeant and two Palm Springs police officers this month.

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Officer Jose "Gil" Vega, 63, and Officer Lesley Zerebny, 27, were shot and killed Saturday in Palm Springs. (Palm Springs Police Department)

The man accused of killing two Palm Springs police officers in a planned attack last week pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon after his attorney asked for a psychological evaluation to determine his mental competence.

John Hernandez Felix was shackled...

They arrived in shades of blue, green, tan - with proud shoulders and weary faces. Many knew well the man whose body lay in the black hearse escorted into a Lancaster church parking lot.

Many did not.

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Sheriff's vehicles line the street outside the coroner's office as they await the hearse taking Sgt. Steve Owen's body to Lancaster on Oct. 6, 2016. (Credit: KTLA)

Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said he met Thursday with the family of slain Lancaster Station Sgt. Steve Owen, whom he called a role model and a hero.

Owen, 53, was shot in the 3200 block of West Avenue J-7 after responding to a residential...

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Steve Owen was a 29 year veteran of the department. (Los Angeles County Sheriff)

A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant was shot and killed in Lancaster on Wednesday while responding to a residential burglary call, setting off a manhunt for a gunman who tried to flee in the slain lawman's cruiser and held two teenagers hostage before he...

LAPD officers stand in line outside the estate of former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan, who died at the age of 94, in the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California March 6, 2016. (REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn)

The Los Angeles Police Commission wants LAPD police officers to run away when a suspect confronts them with a weapon, warns the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the labor union of the city's police officers.

The organization posted a blog post...

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The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to reimburse the full cost of city services incurred during home games at the Coliseum, including for police, fire and street services, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday.

"Stan Kroenke and the Rams organization made...

Police staffing for the Coliseum's busiest fall football season in two decades is putting additional strain on LAPD resources, according to department officials.

For each Los Angeles Rams and USC Trojans game, the Los Angeles Police Department commits...

(Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

A taxpayer lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the city of Los Angeles alleging an unlawful "gift of public funds" to the Los Angeles Rams in the form of...

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