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The Los Angeles Police Department administration launched an internal investigation after it was alleged that a photo was circulating around the LAPD of George Floyd, who died when a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck, which allegedly included the words “You take my breath away.”

Actor Danny Masterson pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he raped three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003.

A Hollywood man pleaded guilty Thursday to unsafely operating a drone that hit a Los Angeles police helicopter and forced it to make an emergency landing.

California organizations encompassing both police chiefs and rank-and-file officers proposed legislation Thursday in the wake of recent civil unrest that they said would raise standards for police recruiting and training while increasing diversity. Prospective officers should have to complete college classes that the groups said would prepare them “to meet the expectations of a modern police force,” including courses on...

A Los Angeles Police Department officer has been arrested in the theft of vehicle last year from an Orange County used car dealership.

LAPD Chief Michel Moore emailed officers over the weekend to say that he was sorry for some of the public statements he’d made following protests about policing and he pledged to do better.

Undercover officers were keeping an eye on crowds near Staples Center the night of the election Tuesday, where several people were detained after they were seen wearing all black.

A pursuit driver stopped to pump gas while being chased by police in Los Angeles Tuesday.

A Los Angeles man pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he tried to kill two officers at the LAPD’s Harbor Station in San Pedro, including one who was pistol-whipped and another with whom he allegedly exchanged gunfire.

Three more Los Angeles Police Department officers have been charged with falsifying records that claimed people they had stopped were gang members, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The charges filed Thursday against Rene Braga, 40, Raul Uribe, 34, and Julio Garcia, 36, come less than three months after three other officers who had also worked at…

New security video captures the Saturday night struggle inside a Los Angeles police station in San Pedro, where a man is accused of pistol-whipping a veteran officer before shots were fired. In the video obtained by NBCLA, the man police identified as 29-year-old Jose Cerpa Guzman is tussling with the officer, and the officer can be seen hitting the ground….

Footage released by the LAPD shows an officer rescuing a man from a burning car before the vehicle burst into flames.

The Los Angeles Police Department has used facial-recognition software nearly 30,000 times since 2009 even while denying at times that it used the controversial technology at all, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The LAPD doesn’t have its own face-scanning platform but uses the face-comparison software provided through the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System, a database of about 9 million...

The Los Angeles Police Department Monday was investigating allegations that department employees attended a raucous, mask-optional party at a popular Hollywood saloon. “The department is aware of video posted on social media that captured an event that does not appear to be following public health guidelines,” the LAPD said in a statement. “We are trying to identify LAPD employees, who...

Los Angeles police released body-worn camera footage Friday that shows a protester with his hands up as he is shot in the head with a less-than-lethal round when officers tried to contain demonstrations against police brutality in May. The May 30 video depicts a chaotic scene with officers — who were reportedly being struck by rocks, glass bottles and frozen water...

A memorial honoring Los Angeles police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice was vandalized, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Tuesday. Detectives were seeking the public’s help in finding the people responsible for defacing the memorial located at LAPD headquarters, releasing photos of masked suspects. A man and woman, both wearing backpacks, were identified as the suspects. The man...

The Los Angeles Police Department released body- worn video Sunday in connection with the arrests of two suspects accused of attacking officers in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday as they were taking a man and two women into custody. “Cellphone video of an incident involving a group of protesters in DTLA, including a man in a wheelchair, has drawn significant…

A 57-year-old ice cream vendor was knocked to the ground and robbed of about $30 Tuesday in an attack that was captured on a security camera in downtown Los Angeles.  A man and woman can be seen in the video walking up to the vendor as he pushed his ice cream cart on a sidewalk near 12th and Birch streets….

Sixteen additional LAPD officers may face criminal charges in the investigation into falsified interview reports, in which some innocent motorists and pedestrians questioned by police were labeled as gang members in a database, according to an LAPD memo. The memo confirms the total number of officers under investigation in the case is now 24, including 3 charged last week, 16…

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed dozens of felony charges against three LAPD Metropolitan Division officers suspected of falsely labeling innocent motorists and pedestrians they stopped as gang members. Braxton Shaw, Michael Coblentz, and Nicholas Martinez were each charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. The 59-count criminal complaint also charged Shaw with falsifying 43 field interview cards that…