LAPD Blog

As law enforcement officers who have worked for years to suppress gang-related violence, we have learned that we cannot arrest our way out of this problem. Law enforcement is indeed critical - and mak...

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers investigating a “shooting just occurred” radio call became involved in an officer involved shooting when the sus...

Hugo is described as a male Hispanic with black hair and brown eyes.  He is 4 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 80 pounds.  He was last seen wearing a black shirt, blue shorts and black sh...

(August 5, 2008) As part of a national campaign, the Los Angeles Police Department fully participated in this year’s National Night Out.  With communities across the count...

•    Police Commission Vice President John Mack attended the National Urban League Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida and attended presentations by presidential candidates John McCa...

If I were to ever have the chance to become a Police Officer, the first thing that I’ll do is set some serious rules for our community. I would go to the schools and to the streets to talk and ...

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Los Angeles:  At a news conference earlier today, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Councilmember Jack Weiss and Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton ann...

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding the person(s) responsible for the shooting death of Sheriff’s Deputy Juan Abel Es...

On July 27, 2008 a woman frantically called investigators and reported that her 20-year-old son had called her and told her that “coyotes” had illegally smuggled him into the US.  The...