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Report: LA Sheriff Staff Knew About Jail Violence
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Confidential memos show Sheriff Lee Baca’s command staff raised red flags nearly two years ago about deputy misconduct and brutality against inmates at Los Angeles County jails. A...
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LAPD Chief Takes Disciplinary Action After Video Surfaces Of Violent Traffic...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The chief of the L.A. Police Department took disciplinary action Wednesday after surveillance video surfaced of a violent traffic stop. Chief Charlie Beck removed Capt....
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5 LAPD Officers Investigated After Mom, 35, Dies In Custody
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — At least five LAPD officers were under investigation Friday after a 35-year-old woman died in custody. KNX 1070’s Margaret Carrero reports the probe comes on the heels of a...
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Only On CBS2: Nightclub Camera Allegedly Captures LAPD Officers Beating Student
HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — A college student who claims he was unjustly beaten and Tasered by officers while out with his friends in Hollywood last October is suing the Los Angeles Police Department....
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Beck Defends Use-Of-Force Report In Shooting Of Handcuffed Suspect
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck Friday stood by the department’s policy to withhold certain information from the public when investigating officers’ use of force. KNX...
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Use-Of-Force Reports In County Jails Set To Exceed 2012
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Figures released to the public Tuesday showed the number of use-of-force reports in Los Angeles County jails are outpacing last year’s number, but an attorney to the County...
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Man, 34, Claims LAPD Officers Used Excessive Force During Bike Stop
PLAYA DEL REY (CBSLA.com) — A 34-year-old man is recovering Monday from several injuries he said he sustained from a violent encounter with Los Angeles Police Department officers late last week. Brian...
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2 LAPD Officers Under Investigation For Use Of Force In Unrelated Incidents
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — Two Los Angeles police officers were under investigation Thursday for unrelated incidents of alleged misconduct involving assaults on people in custody, according to...
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Family Of Woman Seen Punched By LAPD Officer In CBS2 Report Suing Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The family of a woman shown being kicked and punched by an LAPD officer is suing the city for damages. The confrontation was captured on police surveillance video in the...
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Civil-Rights Groups Insist Police Are Becoming Too Militarized
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The news has been punctuated by images of police aiming rifles at marchers in Ferguson, Mo., setting off a national debate about the use of force among law enforcement. Many...
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Hundreds In LA Protest Killings Of Black Men, Police Violence Around Nation
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Activists marched in the hundreds on the streets of South L.A. Thursday to protest what they are calling the unjust police shootings of unarmed black men across the...
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LA County Sheriff’s Deputies To Train On 300-Degree Use-Of-Force Simulator
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will soon begin training on what officials say is the world’s most realistic use-of-force training simulator. KNX...
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Kamala Harris Seeks Review After Recent Shootings By Police
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California’s attorney general is stepping into the national debate over the recent slayings of unarmed civilians by police, calling for a review by her agency and promising to lead a...
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Lawyer: Client Who Allegedly Nabbed Horse Doing Fairly Well After Deputy Beating
SAN BERNARDINO (AP) — The attorney for a Southern California man who was beaten by several sheriff’s deputies following a 2½ hour-long chase involving a stolen horse said Saturday that his client is...
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Calif. Attorney General Unveils Plan To Reduce Police Bias
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_1704201517191461795AA.mp4 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — California’s attorney general announced a statewide training program aimed at getting police officers...
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New Developments In Ezell Ford Investigation Trigger South LA Protest
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_0606201522492941041AA.mp4 SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — New developments in the Ezell Ford shooting investigation triggered a protest Saturday in South...
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LAPD Officers Say Commission’s Ezell Ford Ruling Hasn’t Influenced Their...
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_20150613000141927AA.mp4 LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — The Los Angeles Police Commission’s ruling this week in the Ezell Ford shooting has raised new questions...
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Former LAPD Officer Who Killed Shares Lessons On Deadly Force
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It all happened in seconds. But those brief moments would forever change life for David Klinger, a self-described “beach kid” who’d dreamt of being a police officer since he was a...
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Internal Report: Officers Violated Use-Of-Force Policy In Kelly Thomas Arrest
SANTA ANA (AP) — Two Fullerton police officers who were acquitted of criminal wrongdoing in the 2011 death of a mentally ill homeless man violated their department’s use-of-force policy, according to...
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LA Police Commission Votes To Revisit Use-Of-Force Policies, Emphasize...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles Police Commission voted Tuesday to move forward with the creation of use-of-force policies that emphasize de-escalation and the use of minimal force in...
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