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One prosecuted a man shot by an ICE officer in South L.A. The other missed court deadlines in another man's detention case.
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After someone stole a U-Haul full of toys and food for 200 needy families, the community stepped up and quickly replaced them.
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Instead of using the police, the city wants to send out two-person teams made up of a mental health and medical professional to non-violent psychiatric crisis calls in hopes of avoiding arrests, trauma and violence.
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Capt. Johnny Smith says he was demoted to a lower rank of captain after telling his superiors about excessive force during George Floyd protests and blowing the whistle on a lax body cam policy.
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Pasadena will be the first city in L.A. County to use ShotSpotter, which is designed to detect gunfire and dispatch police within seconds. Critics say it stigmatizes neighborhoods of color and can fuel racial profiling.
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Thirteen-year-old Iran Moreno Balvaneda was fatally shot last month while playing video games in his bedroom.
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The department said it has been investigating Maxwell Schroeder since August for "biased and prejudiced remarks in electronic communications with a non-LBPD employee."
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Isaias Cervantes was left paralyzed after a deputy shot him during a scuffle. Now Cervantes has been charged with assault.
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Police are investigating the overnight burglary of a gun store in Garden Grove. Forty firearms were taken during the incident.
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The DA called a news conference to tout his accomplishments in his first year in office and wound up fending off questions about whether his policies are fueling crime.
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An LAist review of millions of criminal cases found a dramatic decline in the rate at which the DA charges misdemeanors.
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Data we obtained shows huge drops in cases in which prosecutors have sought longer sentences for defendants accused of using guns during a crime and/or committing a crime for the benefit of a gang.
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After failing to secure enough signatures to place a recall on the ballot earlier this year, the DA's critics say this time around they have already lined up $2.5 million in donor commitments to fund the effort.
