LAPD

The Los Angeles Police Department defines a pretextual stop as one in which officers conducting a minor traffic or code violation escalate it into an investigation of a more serious crime unrelated to the initial violation.

Members of an LAPD bomb squad who detonated a cache of illegal fireworks in South Los Angeles last year, causing an explosion that displaced several residents from their homes, ignored the warnings of an expert team member who said the cache should be broken into smaller portions, according to a report.

Bethany K. Farber says her wrongful arrest led to two weeks in jail, during which time her grandmother suffered a stress-induced stroke and died. She's now planning to sue the LAPD.

A gay former Los Angeles Police Department civilian employee is suing the city, alleging he was wrongfully fired in 2021 after being falsely accused of sexually assaulting another man.

Three Los Angeles police officers who were assigned to patrolling post-Super Bowl festivities in downtown LA were hospitalized following a hit-and-run crash on the 110 Freeway overnight.

About 83% of LAPD employees are currently fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Two LAPD officers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a crash in South LA. The cruiser was responding to an armed robbery when it crashed.

The LAPD will dedicate the roll call room at the LAPD Central Station to Robert William Stewart Wednesday. Stewart was one of the department's first Black officers.

The funeral service for Officer Fernando Arroyos of the Los Angeles Police Department, who was fatally shot while off-duty on Jan. 10, will be held Wednesday at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, authorities announced Tuesday.

The killing off-duty LAPD officer Fernando Arroyos earlier this month was allegedly the work of Florencia 13, a Latino street gang largely controlled by the Mexican Mafia.

The LAPD Olympic Division is selling plates of food Wednesday, with the money raised going to the family of Fernando Arroyos, who was killed earlier this month.