The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD),officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department,is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles,California,United States. With 8,832 officers and 3,000 civilian staff,it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States,after the New York City Police Department and the Chicago Police Department.
The 1992 Los Angeles riots were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County,California,United States,during April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29,after a jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) charged with using excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King. The incident had been videotaped by George Holliday,who was a bystander to the incident,and was heavily broadcast in various news and media outlets.
James Edgar Davis was an American police officer who served as the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1926 to 1929,and from 1933 to 1939. During his first term as LAPD chief,Davis emphasized firearms training. Under Davis,the LAPD developed its lasting reputation as an organization that relied on brute force to enforce public order. It also became publicly entangled in corruption. Members of the LAPD were revealed to have undertaken a campaign of brutal harassment,including the bombings of political reformers who had incurred the wrath of the department and the civic administration.
Bayan Lewis was interim Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in 1997.
Roy Edmund Steckel was the Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Police from December 30,1929,to August 9,1933. He succeeded and was succeeded as chief by James E. "Two-Guns" Davis. During Steckel's reign as Chief of Police,Los Angeles hosted the 1932 Summer Olympic Games. The L.A.P.D. employed 800 duly sworn police officers. According to the L.A.P.D.'s official site,crime was very low during the Olympics,with there being only "two robberies,eight burglaries,39 thefts,and 10 auto thefts".
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was formed in 1869,and has since become the third-largest law enforcement agency in the United States. They have been involved in various events in history,such as the Black Dahlia murder,the Watts riots,the 1992 Los Angeles riots,the North Hollywood shootout,the murder trial of O. J. Simpson,and the Rampart scandal.
The 2007 MacArthur Park rallies were two May Day rallies demanding amnesty for undocumented immigrants which occurred on May 1,2007,at MacArthur Park,in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Airport Police is the airport police division of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA),the city department that owns and operates two airports in Los Angeles:Los Angeles International Airport and Van Nuys Airport. It has more than 1,100 officers,security,and staff. Though it works very closely with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD),LAXPD is a separate entity,primarily due to the airport police having specialized training and funding resources.
Special Order 40 is a police mandate implemented in 1979 by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD),its Police Chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles City Council preventing LAPD officers from questioning people for the sole purpose of determining their immigration status. The mandate was passed in an effort to encourage undocumented aliens to report crimes without intimidation. The first section of the order states:
Officers shall not initiate police action with the objective of discovering the alien status of a person.
Officers shall not arrest nor book persons for violation of title 8,section 1325 of the United States Immigration code.
The Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department is the head and senior-most officer to serve in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The incumbent manages the day-to-day operations of the LAPD and is usually held a four star officer.
Metropolitan Division,commonly referred to as Metro Division or just Metro,is an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) under its Special Operations Group. Metropolitan Division is responsible for managing the LAPD's specialized crime suppression,K-9,mounted,and SWAT units,named "platoons".
Charles Lloyd Beck is a retired American police officer,formerly serving as the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and subsequently as the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. A veteran of the department with over four decades as an officer,he is known for commanding and rehabilitating the Rampart Division after the Rampart scandal;and for technology enhancements during his time as Chief of Detectives. He agreed to be interim Superintendent of Police in Chicago in late 2019 while the city searches nationwide for a replacement for retiring Eddie Johnson. Beck took the helm of the Chicago Police Department on December 2,2019,after Johnson was fired. On April 15,2020,Beck stepped down and was replaced by former Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown,who had been nominated by Lightfoot to serve as permanent Superintendent. After his retirement he rejoined the Reserve Corps as a Reserve Police Officer and is assigned to the Office Of The Chief Of Police.
Michael P. Downing is an American police officer who served as the interim Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department. On August 5,2009,Chief William J. Bratton announced that after seven years as chief,he would be stepping down from his position. Bratton continued to serve as LAPD chief until October 30,2009. After Bratton stepped down,Downing was appointed as Chief of Police by the L.A. Board of Police Commissioners. As of January 2014,Downing is a 29-year veteran of the Department.
R. Lee Heath served as Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department from August 1,1924 to March 31,1926. Heath had joined the L.A.P.D. in 1904 and was reputed to be the most adroit politician in the department,eventually rising to the level of top cop. He was a police captain when he was appointed chief,replacing Chief August Vollmer,the former Police Chief of Berkeley,California who had served as interim chief for exactly one year.
James McDonnell is an American law enforcement officer who has been the 59th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department since November 8,2024.
Michel Rey Moore is a retired American law enforcement officer who served as the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 2018 until 2024.
John Wesley Mack was an American activist in the civil rights movement. He was the executive director of the National Urban League chapter in Flint,Michigan,from 1964 to 1969. He served as the president of its Los Angeles chapter from 1969 to 2005,and as a member of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners from 2005 to 2013. He was an advocate for equal opportunities in education,law enforcement and economic empowerment for blacks and other minorities.
John S. Lee is an American politician,serving as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 12th district. Formerly a Republican,Lee is now an independent and is the only non-Democrat currently on the city council.
Heather J. Hutt is an American politician who is currently serving as an appointed councilmember representing the 10th District of Los Angeles since April 11,2023,previously serving for a temporary vacancy from September 2,2022 to March 30,2023. She was previously a candidate for California's 54th State Assembly district in 2021 and served as a California State Director for then-Senator Kamala Harris from 2019 to 2020.
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