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I’m deeply saddened by the passing of FDNY Lieutenant Gerard M. Reilly of Ladder 22, who died on September 3 after a courageous battle with a World Trade Center-related illness.

Lieutenant Reilly dedicated 21 years of service to the FDNY and the people of New York City. His passing is another painful reminder that, 25 years later, we continue to lose the heroes who answered the call on September 11, 2001.

My deepest condolences and prayers are with Lieutenant Reilly’s family, friends, fellow firefighters, and all who knew and served alongside him.

We will never forget his service and sacrifice.

Mike Lawler

UPDATE: Earlier this week Compton city officials installed rubber medians in some of their most notorious hotspots for street takeovers to deter future sideshows.

"We are on an elimination campaign," city spokesperson Marcus Harris said. "We want to stop all the street takeovers in the city of Compton."

This doesn’t work.😩

🚨AMBER ALERT - Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, Orange, and Imperial Counties
Last seen: Constitution Blvd and E Laurel Dr, Salinas
@MCoSheriff

IF SEEN, CALL 9-1-1

SICK: A former Democratic Party of Virginia finance director got caught in an FBI sting involving someone he believed was a 9-year-old boy. IS TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ENOUGH?

Randon Alexander Sprinkle contacted someone on a dating app whom he believed was the child's father, but the person on the other end was actually an undercover FBI agent.

Federal prosecutors say Sprinkle expressed a s*xual interest in children, sent child s*xual abuse material and discussed traveling to Washington, D.C., to s*xually abuse the fictitious child.

When agents later searched his Richmond home, they recovered dozens of child s*xual abuse files from his phone and computer, including material involving toddlers.

Sprinkle had previously served as a finance director for the Democratic Party of Virginia and held leadership roles with Young Democrats in Virginia.

A federal judge sentenced him Thursday to TEN YEARS. We have some other ideas about appropriate consequences for this level of depravity.

UPDATE: NY Attorney General Letitia James is under fire after her office opened an investigation into the NYPD officers who shot a knife-wielding woman in Times Square — rather than addressing the mental health crisis that allegedly led to the fatal stabbing of a Bank of America executive.

The victim, Erin Piacenti, was a new mother in her first week back from maternity leave. Her attacker, Pamela Cisneros, had a documented history of mental health crises, including a 2019 suicide attempt on subway tracks. Police knew who she was. The system failed to act.

Republican AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy ripped James' response, saying investigating the cops who stopped the attack while ignoring the broken mental health pipeline "fails everyone."

She's proposing a new Office of Civil Commitment that pairs law enforcement with physicians to involuntarily commit dangerous individuals — something she says doesn't exist anywhere in New York State right now.

BLM

Residents in a Brentwood neighborhood say they are increasingly concerned about a woman who has been seen repeatedly defecating on sidewalks and exhibiting erratic behavior.

The woman is well known to some residents, who say she has been in the neighborhood for more than a decade.

@Street_People_of_LA

I’m proud to lead the Office of Operations. My sincere thanks to the South Bureau leadership team and to all officers citywide for their continued commitment to keeping our communities safe. And to our community — we hear you and we will not stop.

Emada E. Tingirides

HOW DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN?! A felony suspect somehow made it into a POLICE HOLDING CELL with a gun still on him, and an officer ended up sh*t.

Police arrested the 31-year-old suspect in Pittsburg, California, Thursday and brought him to headquarters for booking.

Law-enforcement sources told CBS Bay Area that officers either failed to properly search him or did not search him at all.

Hours later, when two officers came to transport him to county jail, police sources say the suspect pulled the hidden g*n and a struggle followed. The weapon fired, with the bullet reportedly passing through the suspect's leg before striking an officer in the abdomen.

The officer required surgery and remains in serious but stable condition. The suspect is also expected to survive.

Search procedures are written in blood for a reason, and one missed gun turned a police station into a shooting scene.

Historic change is underway for this @FBI.

We’ve refocused this Bureau on the mission: crushing violent crime, backing our agents and partners, and making American communities safer.

Hear more from @FBIDDRaia.

-DKP🇺🇸

FBI Director Kash Patel

Law enforcement can remove the drug dealers and gang members who were terrorizing the park and community. We’ve done that and will continue to do so.

What you’re seeing now is the failed “harm reduction” policy of handing out needles and financial subsidies. It enables addiction and leads to overdose deaths.

The city and county must reverse their misguided “housing first” agenda and focus on treatment first. These people need rehab, not a condo. Other cities like Santa Ana have done it successfully, and Los Angeles can too if it decides to.

F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli

ICYMI: Nearly 70 people were arrested, 200 vehicles were impounded and seven firearms were recovered overnight during a street takeover operation in the Harbor Gateway area, police said Saturday.⁠
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More than 150 officers were deployed to a street takeover around 3:21 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of South Figueroa Street and West Alondra Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.⁠
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"This morning was only the beginning," LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said during a news conference. "The LAPD is continuously gathering intelligence and tracking these events. If you're there, we're going to be there too."⁠
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HOW is this not getting more attention?! The SAME JUDGE who just declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's case had another mother's child-murder convictions thrown out LAST MONTH over his handling of psychiatric evidence.

Judge William Sullivan presided over Latarsha Sanders's trial, where she was convicted in 2022 of k*lling her sons, 8-year-old Edson "Marlon" Brito and 5-year-old La'Son Brito.

On Aug. 6, Massachusetts' highest court vacated those convictions after ruling Sullivan wrongly kept important mental-health records away from the jury.

Then on Sept. 4, Sullivan declared a mistrial in Clancy's case after jurors deadlocked over whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three children.

Between these two cases, FIVE CHILDREN are dead.

One set of convictions was vacated. The other trial produced no verdict.

And the same judge sits at the center of both.

Another Serial Pooper Wreaks Havoc In A Santa Monica Neighborhood: ‘Every Other Day’...

A serial pooper is on the loose in Santa Monica. My video shows a homeless man sitting down & pooping into a bark dust type thing in broad daylight when there are people walking, strolling by him. He's also seen wiping & he leave the paper right there. This happened yesterday, Saturday, On Marine St & 2nd St around 4pm. Traumatized residents around the neighborhood told me he has been using the neighborhood as his personal toilet for years. They say his behavior is getting worse. For me, It’s disgusting to see this happening in a nice neighborhood in Santa Monica. The area has a lot of "mentally ill homeless people that we have compassion for, But they need treatment." I feel it’s unfair that they are held to a higher standard. So basically, If someone poops right here, It’s fine. But if I throw something on the sidewalk, I get a ticket. Something really needs to be about all the homeless people committing crimes & they need to be accounted for their actions like everyone else does. This is very sad to see & nothing is done about at all. Thanks for nothing Karen Bass. 📷pix.0f.lyfe

@Street_People_of_LA

⚠️A special weather statement has been issued for Los Angeles CA, Glendale CA and East Los Angeles CA until 5:00 PM PDT

WATCH: Cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport in Florida, killing 5 people on the ground and injuring 5 others.

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