LAPD

After several hours of debate, the Los Angeles City Council delayed a vote on whether to accept a donation of a dog-like, four-legged robot for use in SWAT operations.

LAPD officers were in pursuit of four teens in a vehicle that had been reported stolen when it slammed into two other vehicles in LA's Harvard Heights neighborhood.

Police said a man was seeing leaving the scene in a light-colored vehicle.

The Los Angeles Police Department may no longer send armed police officers to certain calls for service under a new proposal.

A woman was shot and killed by LAPD officers after she allegedly waved a gun at multiple vehicles passing by, officials said.

There were 16 police shootings by the Los Angeles Police Department in the second half of 2022, on pace with the average number of shootings in the last six years, the department reported to the Board of Police Commissioners.

The suspect allegedly had a boxcutter and put his hand over the woman's mouth before she was able to escape and call for help.

Ruby Aguirre, 37, was charged with one misdemeanor count of reckless driving causing injury stemming from a 2021 crash in South Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after information was leaked about an alleged call from an aide to LA City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez requesting increased patrols on a vehicle registered to the aide, according to the LA Times. Soto-Martinez described himself as an abolitionist when it comes to policing.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Officials said 27-year-old Sammeiso Lewis was tracked down after he allegedly used the phone of a person he met on a dating app to demand a ransom for the dogs. His date called police.

A shooting suspect who was being pursued by LAPD officers was taken into custody after he was tackled by officers on the 405 Freeway in Inglewood following a high-speed chase.

A funeral was held for Takar Smith Saturday. Smith is one of three men who died after interactions with LAPD officers in the first few days of the new year