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The report by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Office of the Inspector General found “racial disproportions in stops for every type of violation.” Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.

Investigators looking into hundreds of thousands of police actions last year have found racial disparities across a broad group of traffic stops in Los Angeles, officials said Tuesday.

The 24-hour response teams will work with 911 operators and be stationed at fire stations. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020.

A Los Angeles police officer was trapped in a department vehicle following a 2-vehicle crash in South Los Angeles Wednesday night.

A violent crash in South Los Angeles left two officers trapped in their vehicle. Gil Leyvas reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.

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

A sexual assault suspect who ran onto the Paramount Studios lot was arrested after a two-hour standoff that followed a police shooting Sunday night near the Hollywood film studio.

A police shooting near Paramount Studios in Hollywood Sunday night prompted a heavy police presence with the public told to avoid the area.

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.

The continued rise of murders and shootings in Los Angeles is causing community concerns and has families living in fear. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020.

The LAPD said a spike in street violence that was elevated by a gang feud in South Los Angeles in late September has continued to simmer into October, with scores of shooting reports and at least a dozen murders in the last week. “As of this morning, here today in the city, we’ve had 261 homicides,” LAPD Capt. Ahmad Zarekani…

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is mulling whether to again file charges against a man accused of killing a police officer over 30 years ago. Kenneth Earl Gay maintains his innocence and is currently incarcerated in state prison. There is a hearing Friday on the defense’s motion to dismiss the case. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office must decide...

An internal LAPD memo has signaled the Department has begun to prepare for the possibility of large demonstrations during the week of the Presidential election in November, by directing detectives and officers who typically work in street clothes to report on alternating shifts that week and to expect to have some days off changed to maximize the number of officers…

Three LAPD officers facing criminal charges for allegedly filing false gang reports on innocence people made their first appearance in front of a judge. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.

The first three LAPD officers accused of filing falsified interview cards that allegedly labeled some innocent pedestrians and motorists as gang members made an initial appearance in court Tuesday but postponed entering pleas to dozens of felony charges. Officers Braxton Shaw, Michael Coblentz, and Nicolas Martinez attended a hearing in Downtown LA, each wearing face coverings and accompanied by a…

The resident of downtown LA says he had his back turned to officers and was walking towards his home when an officer shot a non-lethal round. Hetty Chang reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.

Several thousand happy Los Angeles Lakers fans streamed into downtown Los Angles outside Staples Center Sunday night to celebrate the team’s 17th NBA championship, according to Los Angeles police and media reports from the scene.

LAPD said early Monday morning that several businesses were damaged, vandalized and broken into including a Starbucks on 9th and Flower, a CVS store on 8th and Olive, and a liquor store on 14th and Grand.

Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020.