Two Southern California residents have filed civil rights lawsuits against the City and County of Los Angeles, alleging unconstitutional use of force by the LAPD and LASD for shooting them in the head ...

Three LAPD officers were injured after two cruisers crashed into each other at the end of a chase near the Reseda-Northridge ...

Ricardo Lopez, a former teacher at Synergy Quantum Academy, a charter school in South L.A., told reporters last week he was fired for opening a gate to let students leave campus to participate in a ...

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"We need to maintain the size of our police force, and grapple with the fact that even the size of our existing police force is not enough to respond to 911 calls in a timely fashion," Raman said.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive Tuesday requiring Los Angeles Police Department officers turn on their body-worn cameras when arriving at the scene of a federal immigration ...

Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive directive requiring LAPD officers to activate body cameras during federal immigration enforcement operations and preserve all footage.

The City Council approved $191,000 for an LAPD director of internal communication, even as police officials tried to keep ...

He’s a K-9 crusader! A heroic Los Angeles police dog took down a crazed gunman on his own front porch after he wildly fired at a police helicopter, ending an almost four-hour standoff with cops — ...

Two recent shootings by federal immigration agents have cast a fresh spotlight on incidents in which police open fire on moving vehicles, a tactic that has fallen out of favor with the LAPD and many ...