Re-imagining public safety is underway in West Hollywood after the city council voted 3 to 2 in favor of eliminating four Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies over the next nine months. One deputy on average costs the city $330,000 a year. Read More
Public Safety News
PPOA Joins Campaign to Recall DA George Gascón
At this week’s Board meeting (3/9/22), the PPOA Board of Directors committed to joining the campaign to recall LA County District Attorney George Gascón. Following a presentation by a principal […] Read More
Inmate Pleads No Contest in Attack on Custody Assistant
A jail inmate who was charged last year with punching a female custody assistant five times in an attack captured on video surveillance has been sentenced to six years in state prison. Read More
New Court Proceedings Ordered for Man Convicted of Killing Off-Duty LASD Deputy
A state appeals court panel ordered new court proceedings Friday for one of two men convicted of the murder of an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in Long Beach nearly 16 years ago. Read More
Pico Rivera Station Helps Honor 9/11 Victims at ‘Field of Healing’
Three days before the 20th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in unincorporated north Whittier honored the victims with the help of about 60 first responders. Read More
BOS Vaccination Mandates
At the LA County Board of Supervisors’ (BOS) meeting on Tuesday (8/10/21), two items related to COVID-19 vaccination mandates were on the agenda. The first was the Executive Order mandating […] Read More
Driver Shot After Dragging LA County Deputy
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a driver whose car dragged a deputy during a chase Wednesday, authorities said. Read More
Thirty-seven U.S. Police Officers Murdered in First Five Months of 2021
With violent crime on the upswing across the nation, the number of police officers who have died violently in the line of duty is also spiking. Read More
LA County Seeks Alternatives to Deputies on Campuses
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to collect more data on the effect of having sheriff’s deputies on local school campuses, even as some school districts pushed back against changes. Read More
Five LASD Deputies Hospitalized After Hazmat Situation
Five deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were hospitalized following a hazmat situation in Pico Rivera Monday afternoon, officials said. Read More