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Jan 2018

LAPD officer, driver injured in Koreatown crash

A Los Angeles Police Department officer and another driver were in the hospital following a crash near Koreatown Friday night. The crash occurred around midnight near Western Avenue and Olympic Boulevard, according to LAPD Olympic Division...

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Dec 2017

Police Officers Help Deliver Gifts to Hit-and-Run Victim's Family

A 6-year-old girl is dealing with her first Christmas after her mother was killed in a hit-and-run, and in the spirit of the holiday season, some police officers tried to lessen the family's pain. Los Angeles Police Department officers...

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Nov 2017

LAPD reduces front-desk hours at Valley, South LA stations, shifts officers to streets

LAPD officers on patrol in the San Fernando Valley. (File photo by John McCoy, Los Angeles Daily News-SCNG)

The Los Angeles Police Department is doing away with around-the-clock front-desk hours, aiming to put more officers into the field to respond to calls. Starting Friday, Dec. 1, a pair of stations in the San Fernando Valley — Devonshire and...

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Nov 2017

Valley LAPD captain says department under-reported violent crime stats despite her sounding alarm

Los Angeles Police Van Nuys Area Commanding Officer Capt. Lillian L. Carranza. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

A San Fernando Valley Los Angeles police captain Monday publicly detailed what she alleges is the department’s systematic pattern of under-reporting certain crime statistics. Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Lillian Carranza, assigned...