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An LAPD officer is doing better a day after he was injured during a confrontation with a man who shot at him inside the San Pedro Police Station.

An on-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer was injured during a confrontation with a man at the department’s Harbor Station late Saturday that ended with a short car chase before the man was arrested.

The attack happened just before 10 p.m. in the...

Two L.A. County Sheriff's Department deputies who were shot in an ambush in Compton are now in stable condition, the agency said.

Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies were shot at a Metro station in Compton Saturday evening, officials say.

The two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies who were shot in the head in an ambush in Compton...

A Los Angeles police officer was injured in a laser attack. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020.

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...

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.

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, "...

One man was killed, and another one was wounded late Thursday, June 18, 2020, in a shooting that occurred in the parking lot between Vons and CVS near the corner of Laurel Canyon and Ventura boulevards in Studio City. (Photo by Rick McClure/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)

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, died July 3, 2020, due to complications related to COVID-19. (Courtesy LAPD Custody Services Division)

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...

LAPD officers in riot gear and face masks stand in front of police headquarters to keep Black Lives Matter protesters from advancing. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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...

Los Angeles police officers patrol Venice Beach on March 28. The largest police unions in California unveiled plans Sunday for a reform agenda. It involves police in L.A., San Francisco and San Jose. Mark J. Terrill (AP)

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...

A Los Angeles police cruiser sits in Hollywood.(Al Seib / 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...

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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 officers, were taken to hospitals Wednesday night after a collision in South L.A. (OnScene.TV)

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 graze wound to her leg Sunday afternoon in Venice. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

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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Officers Nick Ferara and Dan Brown distribute items to residents in San Pedro.(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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 struck in the head with a rock while jogging Tuesday morning, a department spokesman said. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

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...

A program created by Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky will create a statewide network of free living accommodations for frontline responders at public and private hospitals throughout California. Locally, that will include Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance. (File photo by Robert Casillas/Daily Breeze)

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...

The Biltmore in downtown L.A. will serve as quarantine quarters for LAPD officers.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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...

These members of the LAPD are volunteering their time to do things like deliver groceries, walk pets and pick up medicine. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 11, 2020.

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...

Los Angeles police officers wear masks while responding to a call in Crenshaw on Sunday.(Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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...

Emergency responders are among the essential workers being hardest hit by coronavirus in the Los Angeles area.

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...

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