Former Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell, who also spent four years as county sheriff, was named on Oct. 4 as the next chief of the LAPD, taking over a department that will deal with major security issues in the coming years as the region hosts the Olympics, a Super Bowl and the World Cup.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference on Jan.12, to announce the retirement of LAPD Chief Michel Moore, who will officially step down at the end of February.
We say loudly and resoundingly that it is time for Chief Moore to go. For three years, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles has been advocating for the removal of Chief Michel Moore. Karen Bass can chart a new course by allowing him to close out his current term and choosing a different path forward.
Eleven fewer homicides were reported in Los Angeles during the first month of 2022 than during the same period in 2021, a drop of nearly 17%, Police Chief Michel Moore said today. Overall violent crime, however, increased 3.5%, Moore told the Los Angeles Police Commission.
Wanda Combs-Moore, who started as a clerk typist and advanced to become a chief administrative officer to L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley, passed away on January 1.
As Los Angeles’ deadline of Dec. 18 approaches for municipal employees to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19, Los Angeles Police said today that 73% of the LAPD is fully vaccinated, and another 5% is partially vaccinated.
Students who allegedly took part in or witnessed an alleged sexual assault in a Hamilton High School bathroom have been suspended while an investigation continues, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore said today.
Amid an “alarming” rise in auto thefts in Los Angeles that began when the COVID-19 pandemic started, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore today urged people to take precautions to protect their vehicles.
With only about 40% of the Los Angeles Police Department fully vaccinated, Chief Michel Moore told the city’s Police Commission today that the vaccination effort has “slowed dramatically,”