Category: Los Angeles Police

After George Floyd Protests, a Dramatic Nationwide Decline in Proactive Policing

Police officers pulled back big-time in the last year and a half following the George Floyd protests. Key proactive policing activities such as suspect stops plummeted in the summer of 2020 and continue at a historic low ebb to this day, according to an Epoch Times analysis. The Epoch Times reviewed police stop data from…


LA District Attorney Not Consulted in LAPD Officer Shooting Case: Advisor

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office claims it was not consulted by the sheriff’s department before federal charges were filed in the robbery and shooting death of an LA police officer this week. The Los Angeles County sheriff filed federal racketeering charges Jan. 13 in the death of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)…


Four Arrested in Connection With Fatal Shooting of Off-Duty LAPD Officer

LOS ANGELES—Four people have now been arrested in connection with the shooting death of an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer, authorities said Jan. 12. The officer, 27-year-old Fernando Arroyos, a three-year veteran of the LAPD, was shot about 9:15 p.m. Monday in an apparent exchange of gunfire with as many as three armed…


LA Airport Police Division Get $216 Million Centralized Headquarters Near LAX

LOS ANGELES—A $216 million centralized headquarters for the Los Angeles Airport Police Division opened near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Dec. 9, consolidating operations previously spread among eight standalone buildings across six miles of the airport. Officials say consolidating operations into one state-of-the-art, 160,000-squre-foot building will improve the division’s communication and coordination. “LAX is where…


LA Police Commission Approves $213 Million Budget Increase

The Los Angeles Police Commission approved a $213 million budget increase for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) amid rising homicides and crime in the city. The increase puts the LAPD’s total 2022–23 budget at $1.9 billion, and marks the largest budget in the department’s history. The department will use part of the funds to…


LA Police Creating ‘Follow-Home Robbery Task Force’ After Killing in Hollywood

HOLLYWOOD—Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore announced Nov. 23 that his department will create a task force to investigate “follow-home robberies.” The announcement comes after a man was shot and killed outside the Bossa Nova Restaurant, in the 7100 block of Sunset Boulevard, at 2:10 a.m. in what Moore said is believed to be tied…


Man Shot to Death in Hollywood in So-Called ‘Follow-Home Robbery’

HOLLYWOOD—A 23-year-old man was shot and killed Nov. 23 in Hollywood in what Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said was another in a series of “follow-home robberies.” Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Hollywood Station responded at 2:10 a.m. to 7181 Sunset Blvd. outside the Bossa Nova Restaurant on multiple calls of…