The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 officers and 3,036 civilian staff, it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department. The department operates in an area of 498 square miles (1,290 km2) and a population of 4,030,904 people.
Edie Falco, who stars as a complicated LAPD chief in CBS drama 'Tommy,' explains what's different about the show, why she can't watch 'The Sopranos.'
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The Los Angeles Police Department will begin testing a device designed to snare a person from a distance, giving officers a potentially safer alternative to firing a Taser or a gun. (Dec. 10)
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A police officer who is under investigation for allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breasts has been suspended, the Los Angeles Police Department has said. The man, who has not been identified, was.. WorldNews - Published
Before gunman Gene Atkins held dozens of people hostage in a Silver Lake Trader Joe's store in July, he shot his grandmother seven times, kidnapped his girlfriend and led police on a high-speed car.. CBS News - Published
The Compton earthquake was near the Newport-Inglewood fault and came after the nation’s first statewide quake warning system debuted in California.
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Ronnie Ortiz-Magro charged after members of the LAPD responded to a battery incident at a home he and girlfriend Jen Harley were staying in on Oct. 4
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The LAPD is investigating after a group of transgender women were removed from a Los Angeles bar. The bar, Las Perlas, later apologized for the incident.
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The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a viral video that shows a group of transgender women being forced out of Las Perlas bar.
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A LAPD officer is facing life in prison after an investigation into an accusation of rape led to the discovery of another victim.
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Nipsey Hussle was reportedly under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles city attorney’s office at the time of his death. According to editors at the New York Times,.. WorldNews - Published
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a burglary at USWNT player Allie Long's hotel room Wednesday night following the ESPY awards.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said he is working to eliminate thousands of homeless people's old warrants for minor offenses to help get people off the streets. "This is a humanitarian crisis,".. USATODAY.com - Published
LAPD opens internal affairs inquiry in Nipsey Hussle case; Japan official to Kardashian West: Kimono belongs to Japan; Academy welcomes 842 new members, half of them women. (July 2)
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Police Department has opened an internal affairs investigation into an officer’s response following the murder of rapper Nipsey Hussle to a woman who came in.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •CBS News
It's been 25 years since O.J. Simpson led the LAPD on one of the most infamous police chases in history, after the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. Former.. CBS News - Published
Authorities say Kenneth French, 32, attacked an off-duty Los Angeles police officer inside a Southern California Costcto warehouse store Friday night CBS News - Published
The officer shot a man who had attacked him while he was holding his child, the Corona Police Department said. Two of the man's relatives were wounded.
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