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A helicopter crashes during landing on a hospital rooftop in Los Angeles yesterday, no injuries were reported. @YidInfo
#LASD Special Enforcement Bureau responding to Barricaded Suspect in 5400 blk of Spahn Ave, Lakewood -
The Los Angeles Police Department in coming months will downsize its specialized units and stop responding in person to traffic collisions and other minor incidents as part of a broad reorganization aimed at preserving patrol and community engagement functions amid new fiscal constraints.
Although specific figures weren’t available Friday, the reshuffling will reduce the size of the vaunted but troubled Metropolitan Division, as well as cut the air support, robbery and homicide and gang and narcotics divisions. The department also will reduce desk hours at its stations, cut special deployments in popular areas such as Venice and Hollywood, and stop staffing teams that cover homelessness issues.
A total of 234 officers will move back into patrol. Station desks will be manned only during weekday hours. Victims of misdemeanor hit-and-run crashes and collisions with minor injuries will be advised to file a report online.
“We need to offload a number of responsibilities,” said LAPD Chief Michel Moore in an interview with The Times Friday.
The plans — which Moore said protect the department’s core patrol mission and its newly expanded Community Safety Partnership program — come after the City Council cut the department’s multibillion-dollar budget by $150 million in the face of widespread protests this summer, and amid a pandemic-driven fiscal crisis that could see funding for police and other city agencies dry up further as the year progresses.
They also come as homicides and shootings soar to levels not seen in the city in a decade, ratcheting up concerns in some communities that the changes could cost lives. Homicides are up by about 25% this year, compared with last, putting the city on pace to surpass 300 killings for the first time since 2009.
More broadly, the cuts represent a new trajectory for one of the largest and most scrutinized police agencies in the country — and reflect how fully it has been forced to bend to the “Defund Police” movement, which garnered attention and momentum this summer when activists and other protesters rallied in massive numbers in the streets and barraged local elected officials with demands in person and during virtual Zoom meetings.
Moore said the $150-million budget cut — historic but far short of what activists had demanded — presented a “tremendous challenge” to the LAPD, forcing it to cut 350 sworn positions and reducing its ranks from about 10,110 sworn officers to an estimated 9,752 by March or April. Many more civilian employees will be lost.
The reductions will come through retirements, not from closing out vacant positions, meaning they are “a true cutback” in force and not simply “phantom vacancies” remaining unfilled, Moore said.
Although specific figures weren’t available Friday, the reshuffling will reduce the size of the vaunted but troubled Metropolitan Division, as well as cut the air support, robbery and homicide and gang and narcotics divisions. The department also will reduce desk hours at its stations, cut special deployments in popular areas such as Venice and Hollywood, and stop staffing teams that cover homelessness issues.
A total of 234 officers will move back into patrol. Station desks will be manned only during weekday hours. Victims of misdemeanor hit-and-run crashes and collisions with minor injuries will be advised to file a report online.
“We need to offload a number of responsibilities,” said LAPD Chief Michel Moore in an interview with The Times Friday.
The plans — which Moore said protect the department’s core patrol mission and its newly expanded Community Safety Partnership program — come after the City Council cut the department’s multibillion-dollar budget by $150 million in the face of widespread protests this summer, and amid a pandemic-driven fiscal crisis that could see funding for police and other city agencies dry up further as the year progresses.
They also come as homicides and shootings soar to levels not seen in the city in a decade, ratcheting up concerns in some communities that the changes could cost lives. Homicides are up by about 25% this year, compared with last, putting the city on pace to surpass 300 killings for the first time since 2009.
More broadly, the cuts represent a new trajectory for one of the largest and most scrutinized police agencies in the country — and reflect how fully it has been forced to bend to the “Defund Police” movement, which garnered attention and momentum this summer when activists and other protesters rallied in massive numbers in the streets and barraged local elected officials with demands in person and during virtual Zoom meetings.
Moore said the $150-million budget cut — historic but far short of what activists had demanded — presented a “tremendous challenge” to the LAPD, forcing it to cut 350 sworn positions and reducing its ranks from about 10,110 sworn officers to an estimated 9,752 by March or April. Many more civilian employees will be lost.
The reductions will come through retirements, not from closing out vacant positions, meaning they are “a true cutback” in force and not simply “phantom vacancies” remaining unfilled, Moore said.
Los Angeles Times
LAPD to dramatically downsize special units, focus on patrol as budget cut shrinks force
The LAPD will dramatically downsize its specialized units and stop responding in person to traffic collisions and other minor incidents as part of a broad reorganization amid new fiscal constraints.
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When they stopped the vote count in these states, this is what it looked like.
The LAPD’s Street Racing Taskforce has a simple message and very important job.
The message: If you engage in street racing, takeovers or reckless driving, you risk having your car impounded for 30 days
The job: To make the streets of Los Angeles safer for you
Goodnight L.A.
The message: If you engage in street racing, takeovers or reckless driving, you risk having your car impounded for 30 days
The job: To make the streets of Los Angeles safer for you
Goodnight L.A.
Meanwhile, in Portland. “No Presidents” - Portland protesters tonight move from Laurelhurst Park to the Multnomah County Democrats building. (BLM and Antifa hate Joe Biden, will the main stream media cover that fact?) Multiple windows were damaged. After the Multnomah County Democrat Office’s windows were bashed in. Portland Protesters we’re heading back to Laurelhurst Park and were intercepted by Portland Police. Portland Police Bureau makes an arrest and wards off Antifa of a “de-arrest” after the Multnomah County Democrat Office’s windows were shattered by Portland protesters.
Outage update: #LADWP crews have made great progress, restoring power to a majority of those affected by outages resulting from the #LAWind . Crews will continue to work until all outages are restored. Please report outages at http://ladwp.com/outages or call 1-800-DIAL-DWP.
PENNSYLVANIA: USPS Whistleblower Richard Hopkins spoke with Federal Investigators about a Postmaster’s order to backdate Ballots to November 3rd, 2020. Board of Elections Director confirms Spoiled Ballots were illegally handled and destroyed—making it impossible to recover in the case of a recount.
"This is a dream. I'm just hoping I don't ever wake up."- 2020 NASCAR Champion Chase Elliott 🏆 #NASCAR