The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) has decided to take their frustration to a judge, and has announced they will file suit against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department in response to the newly-implemented policies regarding vehicle impounding for unlicensed drivers. more ›

Some drivers may soon be able to avoid a mandatory 30-day vehicle impound if they can provide authorities with valid identification, car registration and proof of insurance. The city's Police Commission today approved the new policy with a 4-1 vote, reports City News Service, following months of high-profile discussion by local law enforcement leaders, civic leaders, and immigrant-rights activists. more ›

Loosening the reigns a bit more on transportation restrictions, L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck has taken a controversial stance on driver's licensing, stating his belief that California should issue licenses to illegal immigrants. He's shaking up the political debate, and the L.A. Times sat down with Beck to find out more about his views on the subject. more ›

The LAPD has announced two DUI and driver's license checkpoints as well as DUI saturation patrols this weekend in Hollywood and the Wilshire area. One sobriety and driver's license checkpoint will take place on Friday, January 20, from 8pm to 2am on Saturday, January 21, at Hollywood Boulevard and Bronson Avenue. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have released details about at least three of their planned checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols for this weekend. "Research shows that crashes involving alcohol drop by an average of 20 percent when well-publicized checkpoints are conducted often enough," notes the LAPD their news release. more ›

The DMV's Investigation Division, the L.A. County District Attorney's Office and the LAPD have arrested three men accused of fraudulent driver's license and identification card production. Peter Scott Singer, 26, of Monrovia, Todd Terrazas, 24, of West Hollywood and Lawrence Benjamin Goldstein, 22, of Los Angeles each face multiple felony counts of forging government identity documents and falsification of state seals. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety/Driver’s License checkpoint tonight as part of their ongoing campaign to remove dangerous drivers from the roads and educate the public on safety risks of driving under the influence. The checkpoint will be held from 6 p.m. tonight to 1 a.m. Sunday morning, westbound on Imperial Highway between Main Street and San Pedro Street in South Los Angeles. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the locations of two sobriety and driver’s license checkpoints this weekend as part of their ongoing campaign to remove dangerous drivers from the roads and educate the public on safety risks of driving under the influence. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety/Driver’s License checkpoint tonight as part of their ongoing campaign to remove dangerous drivers from the roads and educate the public on safety risks of driving under the influence. The checkpoint will be running Friday May 13, 2011 at Vermont Avenue and 3rd Street from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the locations of two sobriety and driver's license checkpoints scheduled for this weekend. Tonight, from 8 p.m. to Saturday at 2 a.m. the LAPD will be set up in Sherman Oaks on Ventura Boulevard at Columbus Avenue. On Saturday, a checkpoint will be operating from 8 p.m. to Sunday at 2 a.m. in South Los Angeles on Florence Avenue between Main Street and Broadway. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the locations of two sobriety and driver's license checkpoints scheduled for this weekend. Tonight, from 8 p.m. to Saturday at 2 a.m. the LAPD will be set up in the Baldwin Hills area on La Brea Avenue between Coliseum Street and Rodeo Road. On Saturday, a checkpoint will be operating from 8 p.m. to Sunday at 2 a.m. in Chatsworth on Topanga Canyon Boulevard between Devonshire Street and Chatsworth Street. more ›

The LAPD is continuing to send the message to drivers across the city that drinking and driving has serious consequences. As part of their ongoing effort to educate the public, there will be at least one DUI checkpoint tonight, located on Topanga Canyon Boulevard between Devonshire Street and Chatsworth Street in Chatsworth, from 8 p.m to 2 a.m. more ›

Back in December the Department of Motor Vehicles admitted that things were taking a little longer than usual on their end. Well, actually, it was taking a helluva lot longer, thanks to a new computer system, that has seen processing times for licenses and other paperwork go up and up and up. Factor in furlough days, when DMV locations state-wide are shut down each month due to the state budget, and getting your license renewed can be the ultimate time suck. Recently, the DMV extended the number of days a temporary license is valid. more ›

The LAPD is continuing to send the message to drivers across the city that drinking and driving has serious consequences. As part of their ongoing effort to educate the public, tere will be at least one DUI checkpoint tonight, located in the San Fernando Valley in Panorama City on Van Nuys Boulevard between Osborne Street and Nordhoff Street, and it will run from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. more ›

Despite the inclement weather, it's likely people will still be headed in or out of, or just passing through, Sherman Oaks tonight, and the Los Angeles Police Department will be there to check the sobriety and driver's licenses of those who motor up to their checkpoint tonight. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department's Crime Task Force/Driving Under the Influence Enforcement Detail have their sights set on the Harbor area tonight, and will be running a sobriety and license checkpoint to further the goal of educating the public and getting intoxicated drivers off the road. more ›

If you're getting your celebration on a little ahead of New Year's Eve, or, it's just one of those "hey, yay, it's Thursday, let's drink!" things, and you are going to be in or traveling through West Hollywood, take note. There will be a DUI and drivers' license checkpoint running between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. at an unspecified location. more ›

Motorists traveling on Florence Avenue between Main and Broadway in South Los Angeles tonight can expect to encounter an LAPD sobriety and drivers license checkpoint slated to run from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. As usual, the LAPD has a regimented plan for the checkpoint in order to both penalize intoxicated drivers and to educate the public about the dangers of driving under the influence: more ›

The Department of Motor Vehicles announced big changes today, but it's not about making your visit to their offices any smoother. The news should, however, make licenses harder to counterfeit and forge, thus more secure, and help businesses easily I.D. those who cannot drink alcohol. more ›

The LAPD have announced they will be conducting two separate checkpoints tonight in order to get drunk drivers off the street and to continue to educate the public about the dangers of driving while intoxicated. more ›

The past weekend, the LAPD conducted two DUI Checkpoints. One in Echo Park, another in Woodland Hills. That's nothing unusual as the LAPD conducts these almost weekly. But as these checkpoints increase across the California, the heat is turning on. more ›

In a court case that's so pedestrian other than the defendant (and even that could be disputed), it's big news. The Britney Spears driving without a valid license case has finally come to a close, days after the the jury tried, but failed, to agree on a verdict. more ›