The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD),officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department,is the municipal law enforcement agency of Los Angeles,California,United States. With 9,974 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.
James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005,at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor,Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles,including deputy city attorney (1975–1979),city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles,California. It is the home of the University of California,Los Angeles (UCLA). Bordering the campus on the south is Westwood Village,a major regional district for shopping,dining,movie theaters,and other entertainment.
Echo Park is a neighborhood in the east-central region of Los Angeles,California. Located to the northwest of Downtown,it is bordered by Silver Lake to the west and Chinatown to the east. The culturally diverse neighborhood has become known for its trendy local businesses,as well as its popularity with artists,musicians and creatives. It has been home to numerous notable people. The neighborhood is centered on the eponymous Echo Park Lake.
Warner Center is a master-planned neighborhood and business district development in the Canoga Park and Woodland Hills neighborhoods of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles,California.
Westlake,also known as the Westlake District,is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Central Los Angeles,California. It was developed in the 1920s. Many of its elegant mansions have been turned into apartments and many new multiple-occupancy buildings have been constructed.
The Rampart scandal was a police corruption scandal which unfolded in Los Angeles,California,United States,during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The scandal concerned widespread criminal activity within the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division. More than 70 police officers were initially implicated in various forms of misconduct,including unprovoked shootings and beatings,planting of false evidence,stealing and dealing narcotics,bank robbery,perjury,and cover-ups thereof.
Mark Ridley-Thomas is an American politician and convicted felon. He previously spent three terms on the Los Angeles City Council from the 8th district from 1991 to 2002,and again for the 10th district from 2020 until his expulsion from the council in 2022. Ridley-Thomas was indicted on federal corruption charges on October 13,2021.
The Yucca Corridor is a '"formerly notorious" and "once crime-ridden" stretch of Yucca Avenue in Hollywood,California,north of Hollywood Boulevard and Mann's Chinese Theater. In 2007 it was said to be "a hub for young professionals,artists,musicians and actors."
The Rampart Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) serves communities to the west of Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) including Silver Lake,Echo Park,Pico-Union and Westlake,all together designated as the Rampart patrol area. Its name is derived from Rampart Boulevard,one of the principal thoroughfares in its patrol area. The original station opened in 1966,located at 2710 West Temple Street. In 2008,the staff moved southeast to a newer facility located at 1401 West 6th Street. With 164,961 residents occupying a 5.4-square-mile (14 km2) area,Rampart is one of Los Angeles's most densely populated communities.
Eric Michael Garcetti is an American politician and diplomat who has been the United States Ambassador to India since May 11,2023. He is best known for having served as the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected in the 2013 election,and re-elected in 2017. A former member of the Los Angeles City Council,Garcetti served as City Council President from 2006 to 2012. He was the city's first elected Jewish mayor,and its second consecutive Mexican American mayor. He was elected as the youngest mayor in over 100 years,having been 42 at the time of his inauguration. Upon nomination of President Joe Biden after a previously failed nomination the year before,Garcetti was finally confirmed as Ambassador to India by the Senate on a 52–42 vote on March 15,2023.
Wendy Jane Greuel is an American politician. She served as Los Angeles City Controller from 2009–13. Greuel was the second woman elected to citywide office in Los Angeles,after her predecessor Laura Chick.
The Watts truce was a 1992 peace agreement among rival street gangs in Los Angeles,California,declared in the neighborhood of Watts. The truce was reached just days before the 1992 Los Angeles riots and,although not universally adhered to,was a major factor in the decline of street violence in the city between the 1990s and 2010s.
Antonio Cárdenas is an American politician who has served as the United States representative for California's 29th congressional district since January 2013.
Skid Row is a neighborhood in Downtown Los Angeles. The area is officially known as Central City East.
Culver City Boys or Culver City 13 (CCB13) is a Mexican-American street gang from Mar Vista,California.
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.
South Los Angeles,also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central,is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County,lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles,south of downtown. It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as a 16-square-mile rectangle with two prongs at the south end.”In 2003,the Los Angeles City Council renamed this area "South Los Angeles".
Giuseppe "Joe" Buscaino is an American politician and former police officer,who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 15th district from 2012 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Buscaino served as President pro tempore of the council from 2020 to 2021.
