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National Police Week—May 13-19, 2012
National Police Week, which occurs each year during the week in which May 15 falls, recognizes the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement.
Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.
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Even as violent crime falls, killing of officers rises
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Even as violent crime falls, killing of officers rises
As violent crime has decreased across the country, a disturbing trend has emerged: rising numbers of police officers are being killed.
According to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 72 officers were killed by perpetrators in 2011, a 25 percent increase from the previous year and a 75 percent increase from 2008.
The 2011 deaths were the first time that more officers were killed by suspects than car accidents, according to data compiled by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The number was the highest in nearly two decades, excluding those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 and the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.
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AB 109 delivers an insult to justice
AB 109, the state’s new prison realignment law, will go down as one of the worst pieces of legislation ever enacted in California. As the list of its failures continues to grow, the only possible explanation is that either the bill’s supporters actually believe serious crimes should go unpunished, or that they are seriously incapable of crafting laws that protect the public.
The headlines behind this misguided “reform” of the criminal justice system trumpeted its dual aims of reducing the prison population and helping save the state millions of dollars.
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The LAPD today
The 20th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles riots has been welcomed by countless news stories and retrospectives on this important event in our city’s history. But many of these retrospectives have included analyses that overstate the riots’ role in the evolution of the Department.
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L.A. Police Union Files Suit Against New Vehicle-Impound Policy for Unlicensed Drivers
The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) today announced its Board of Directors’ decision to file a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the City of Los Angeles and its police department, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief related to the Chief of Police’s new unlicensed-driver vehicle impound policy.
The suit was prompted by the concerns of LAPPL directors and members that the new policy, recently approved by the Police Commission, conflicts with state law and thus necessitates judicial clarification for officers concerned about complying with state law while still fulfilling their duties as law enforcement officers for the City of Los Angeles.
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Police union blasts LAPD for illegally releasing personnel information
Condemning the leak of confidential information to the news media as unlawful and indecent, the Los Angeles Police Protective League today demanded an immediate investigation to determine who divulged the name of a Los Angeles police officer accused of racial profiling.
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Chief Beck's car-impound changes backed by L.A. police commission
The Los Angeles Police Commission on Tuesday voted to support Police Chief Charlie Beck's controversial plan to ease the rules governing the impounding of automobiles belonging to never-licensed drivers, including illegal immigrants.
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Office of Legislative Counsel says LAPD is wrong on impounds
The California Office of Legislative Counsel today issued a legal opinion that a vehicle driven by a person who has never been issued a driver's license should be impounded for 30 days and not one day, as proposed by the LAPD.
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From tragedy to activism
On November 16, 2010, Don Rosenberg’s life was turned upside down.
On that day, an unlicensed driver and suspected illegal immigrant collided with the eldest of his three children, 25-year-old Drew, when he was traveling on a motorcycle and crossing an intersection in the city of San Francisco.
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An enduring tribute for Officer No. 37029
It hides on a busy boulevard in plain sight.
It occupies a few feet of cyclone fence, a stitch of weary sidewalk, and part of a beam supporting a bridge that stretches across the freeway near Griffith Park.
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