Los Angeles Police Department

Police Take A Stand Against New Policy Said To Favor Undocumented Immigrants

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 04.19.2012

A controversial new Los Angeles Police Department policy that would allow unlicensed drivers to avoid a month-long car impound faces a challenge from ...

Is City Hall Stealing Los Angeles?

Kevin James | Posted 04.09.2012

Kevin James

Together we can lift Los Angeles out of its decade of decline. But to do so, Angelenos must elect new leadership that is untainted by current city government.

Maggie Furlong

'Southland' Scoop: Which Cop Is Not Coming Back?

HuffingtonPost.com | Maggie Furlong | Posted 02.27.2012

For three seasons, "Southland" fans loved watching the partner dynamics with the show's LAPD cops, but the current fourth season (Tuesdays, 10 p.m. ES...

Jordan Zakarin

Woody Harrelson's New Cop Drama Looks To Arrest Social Injustice

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 02.09.2012

Don't let the marquee fool you: while Woody Harrelson is the star of the upcoming cop drama "Rampart," the film is just as much about the troubled soc...

Pinkberry Co-Founder Arrested On Assault Warrant

Posted 01.18.2012

Things have taken a turn for the sour for Young Lee, a co-founder of the Pinkberry frozen yogurt chain famous for its tart frozen treats. Lee was ...

Protester Arrest At Los Angeles Art Walk

Posted 01.16.2012

Los Angeles' bi-weekly art walk recently got a taste of the confrontations between Occupy protesters and the LAPD. The video above begins in the m...

Police Reportedly Went Undercover At Occupy LA Encampment Prior To Raid

AP/The Huffington Post | Associated Press | Posted 12.06.2011

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police used nearly a dozen undercover detectives to infiltrate the Occupy LA encampment before...

Police Searching For Hit-And-Run Culprit

Posted 10.24.2011

Police are searching for the driver responsible for this hit-and-run collision caught on tape, reports KTLA. The incident happened last Sunday morn...

No Charges For 'The Game' After Tweet Prank

AP | Posted 10.18.2011

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it would not seek criminal charges and has closed its investigation into a rapper's tw...

UPDATE: No One Called The Police About Violent Brawl

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 10.17.2011

Story has been updated with information from the Los Angeles Police Department. Video has emerged of a brawl at a Downtown Los Angeles intersectio...

PHOTOS: Jake Gyllenhaal Grabs A Gun To Patrol The Streets Of Los Angeles

Posted 10.03.2011

Jake Gyllenhaal has fought in wars both foreign and ancient on the big screen, and for his next film, he'll be tackling the war at home on the Los Ang...

Exonerated Stadium Attack Suspect Releases First Statement

Posted 09.28.2011

Giovanni Ramirez, who was recently exonerated by the Los Angeles Police Department for the beating of Bryan Stow, has released his first statement sin...

WATCH: LAPD Saves Man From Suicide

Posted 09.28.2011

In this dramatic video, members of the Los Angeles Police Department and a security guard save a man from death by suicide in Downtown Los Angeles. Th...

WATCH: What To Do With Your Red Light Camera Tickets

Posted 09.25.2011

Los Angeles officials announced Monday that motorists can ignore red light camera citations, reports the LA Times. The decision comes from a City ...

WATCH: Police Find Assault Weapons At New Suspects' Homes

AP | By THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 09.25.2011

LOS ANGELES -- Police suspect two men charged with the severe beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium assaulted three other Giants fan...

Dodger Stadium Attack Suspects In Court Today

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 09.24.2011

LOS ANGELES — Two men charged with the severe beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium are suspected of assaulting three other Gi...

LAPD Arrests Two New Suspects In Bryan Stow Beating

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 09.21.2011

LOS ANGELES — Two months to the day after an emotional Police Chief Charlie Beck trumpeted the arrest of a suspect in the savage beating of a Sa...

LAPD Arrests Two Suspects In Dodger Stadium Attack

Posted 09.20.2011

Story has been updated. The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested two suspects in the beating of Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium. The new arrest...

Infant Dies After Accident At Downtown LA Artwalk [UPDATED]

Posted 09.14.2011

UPDATE: The baby boy died early Friday morning from the injuries he suffered from Thursday night's crash. He was identified as Marcello Vasquez of Mon...

Dodger Stadium Attack Suspect's Girlfriend Arrested

Posted 09.13.2011

Updated story. The girlfriend of a man suspected in March's Dodger Stadium attack was arrested in Las Vegas on an unrelated charge, reports the Lo...

Jake Gyllenhaal Witnesses LA Gang Violence While Researching Film Role

AP | Posted 09.13.2011

LOS ANGELES — Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena got a front row seat to Los Angeles gang violence. The actors, who were on riding along with polic...

LAPD Not Liable For Damage, But Fixes Garage Anyway

Toluca Lake, CA Patch | Posted 09.10.2011

Aldo Mayorga woke up on March 21 to find the streets of his neighborhood crowded with emergency vehicles and SWAT officers armed with rifles. ...

WATCH: 'Baby Stroller Bandits' Strike

Posted 08.10.2011

Beware the "baby stroller bandits," a pair of middle-aged women working together to steal wallets from purses on baby strollers. While the two are sus...

Gay Sergeant Awarded $1.1 Million For LAPD Workplace Harassment

AP | Posted 07.20.2011

LOS ANGELES — An openly gay police sergeant who said he was subjected to derogatory remarks by his supervisor was awarded $1.1 million by a jury...

Track Crime In Your Community With New Crimemapping.com

Eagle Rock, CA Patch | 11:02am | Posted 07.16.2011

Eagle Rock residents can get a better visual picture of the crime happening near them through an extensive crime-mapping system, the Los Angeles Count...