Michel Moore

Police Chief Michel Moore called for calm in the streets Friday after what he called a spasm of gun violence in South Los Angeles killed four and wounded 19 in the past six days as the city has recorded nearly 40 more homicides so far this year than last year.

An LAPD officer was partially blinded after someone deliberately pointed a green laser at him in downtown Los Angeles. “I consider myself a pretty strong person, but these migraines have been bringing me to tears,” Officer Kyle Rice told the NBC4 I-Team. He said he’s lost vision in his right eye, suffered from debilitating headaches, and has had trouble...

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…

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore ordered officers late Friday to stop adding names or information to the statewide Cal-Gangs database of suspected gang members, six months after the NBC4 I-Team first reported that more than a dozen officers were under investigation for allegedly fabricating gang profiles of innocent citizens. “Based on recent audits and ongoing complaint investigations, the accuracy…

Gene Kang reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, 2020.

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and LAPD Chief Michel Moore had to clarify comments they made and respond to criticism. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Friday June 5, 2020.

Still, some protesters wouldn’t take Chief Michel Moore’s apology for comments that George Floyd’s death was also on the hands of looters. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Thursday June 5, 2020.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday he still has confidence in Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore, despite his comments when he equated looting to the in-custody death of George Floyd. “I’ve known this man’s heart for decades. He was the person brought in after the Rampart scandal to clean up that station as a captain,” Garcetti said of...

A single Los Angeles Police Department officer has been sent to face an internal trial board after he was allegedly caught falsifying gang data about innocent citizens he stopped. Chief Michel Moore said in a statement Friday the purpose of the internal trial, called a Board of Rights, would be “removal” of the officer, meaning termination. Moore’s first disciplinary...

The intersection of Commerce Avenue and Valmont Street in Tujunga was dedicated Saturday as William Saroyan Square, honoring the prolific Armenian-American writer of plays, short stories and novels.

Tireless work by firefighters and dying winds Saturday led to the lifting of evacuation orders, indicating that the worst might be over for homeowners who spent harrowing hours of uncertainty in shelters as a wildfire burned in communities north of Los Angeles.

Several wildfires smoldering in Southern California have led to poor air quality across the region.

Firefighters are working to protect homes as a fast-moving wildfire spread across parts of the San Fernando Valley, forcing evacuations, threatening thousands of homes and closing major freeways.

The number of complaints filed by the public against the Los Angeles Police Department increased by about 8% last year, compared to the prior year, while the number of arrests went down, according to a report presented to the city Police Commission Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Police Department announced Saturday it has stopped purchasing online advertising from Google after a recruitment ad appeared on a website that has drawn criticism for its content.

The Los Angeles Police Department said it was investigating how a recruiting ad ended up on the right wing site Breitbart, as seen on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019.

A man accused of engaging in a gunfight with Los Angeles police at a Trader Joe’s store in Silver Lake, leading to the fatal shooting of the assistant manager, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and more than 50 other charges.

Remembrances are planned for across Southern California Wednesday when the nation pauses to honor those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Diaz, 24, was killed in the early morning hours of July 27 in Lincoln Heights, where he had gone with his girlfriend and her two brothers to a taco stand.

Criminal charges were dismissed this week against former Los Angeles Police Department Commander Nicole Mehringer, who was accused of being drunk in public following a traffic incident in Glendale.