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A veteran Los Angeles police captain says she was subjected to a hostile work environment after a nude photo of a woman was shared in the department by some who falsely claimed the image depicted her.

California organizations encompassing both police chiefs and rank-and-file officers proposed legislation Thursday in the wake of recent civil unrest that they said would raise standards for police recruiting and training while increasing diversity. Prospective officers should have to complete college classes that the groups said would prepare them “to meet the expectations of a modern police force,” including courses on...

A Los Angeles police officer is suing the city, alleging she was subjected to sexual harassment and belittled as a woman, eventually forcing her out of a coveted position working with the homeless.

Undercover officers were keeping an eye on crowds near Staples Center the night of the election Tuesday, where several people were detained after they were seen wearing all black.

A pursuit driver stopped to pump gas while being chased by police in Los Angeles Tuesday.

A Los Angeles man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he tried to kill two officers at the LAPD’s Harbor Station in San Pedro, including one who was pistol-whipped and another with whom he allegedly exchanged gunfire.

Los Angeles County Inspector General Max Huntsman has accused Sheriff Alex Villanueva of promoting a “code of silence” around secret societies within his department. Huntsman’s report Monday on a deputy group identified as the “Banditos” alleges that roughly 30 members of the clique disrupt day-to-day operations at the East L.A. Sheriff’s Station by creating tension between deputies who are...

New security video captures the Saturday night struggle inside a Los Angeles police station in San Pedro, where a man is accused of pistol-whipping a veteran officer before shots were fired. In the video obtained by NBCLA, the man police identified as 29-year-old Jose Cerpa Guzman is tussling with the officer, and the officer can be seen hitting the ground….

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.

Footage released by the LAPD shows an officer rescuing a man from a burning car before the vehicle burst into flames.

The Los Angeles Police Department has used facial-recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009 even while denying at times that it used the controversial technology at all, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The LAPD doesn’t have its own face-scanning platform but uses the face-comparison software provided through the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System, a database of about 9 million...

Police Saturday said they were investigating a use-of-force incident in which an officer fired a foam-coated projectile into the groin of a male protester. The incident happened June 2, in the midst of city-wide demonstrations that erupted after the Memorial Day death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis. On Saturday, the Los Angeles Police…

Muslim rights groups sued the Los Angeles Police Department and its chief Thursday on behalf of a Muslim woman who alleges her religious head scarf was forcibly removed by officers at a Police Commission meeting a year ago in violation of her civil rights. Nusaiba Mubarak, 26, attended the September 2019 meeting to comment about a fatal LAPD shooting that…

A funeral service will be held Thursday for Los Angeles Police Department Officer Valentin Martinez, the agency’s first sworn employee to die of complications from COVID-19.

Los Angeles police released body-worn camera footage Friday that shows a protester with his hands up as he is shot in the head with a less-than-lethal round when officers tried to contain demonstrations against police brutality in May. The May 30 video depicts a chaotic scene with officers — who were reportedly being struck by rocks, glass bottles and frozen water...

The Los Angeles Police Department released body- worn video Sunday in connection with the arrests of two suspects accused of attacking officers in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday as they were taking a man and two women into custody. “Cellphone video of an incident involving a group of protesters in DTLA, including a man in a wheelchair, has drawn significant…

A 57-year-old ice cream vendor was knocked to the ground and robbed of about $30 Tuesday in an attack that was captured on a security camera in downtown Los Angeles.  A man and woman can be seen in the video walking up to the vendor as he pushed his ice cream cart on a sidewalk near 12th and Birch streets….

Sixteen additional LAPD officers may face criminal charges in the investigation into falsified interview reports, in which some innocent motorists and pedestrians questioned by police were labeled as gang members in a database, according to an LAPD memo. The memo confirms the total number of officers under investigation in the case is now 24, including 3 charged last week, 16…

A senior detention officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has died due to complications with the novel coronavirus, the department said Saturday. Officer Erica McAdoo lost her battle with the virus on Friday, the LAPD said in a statement. As of Saturday, the department had 287 employees at home after being exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19, the…