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The chief says specialized units may be shut down, while certain jails might also be closed.Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.

The LAPD said it will attempt to keep detectives and officers with unique skills working within their areas of expertise as the Department reorganizes in response to current and anticipated budget cuts, though some officials said they worried about a loss of knowledge in handling certain delicate or complex cases.

The unit was responsible for the investigations into former USC physician George Tyndall, movie producer Harvey Weinstein, and the adult film performer known as Ron Jeremy. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020.

LAPD Chief Michel Moore emailed officers over the weekend to say that he was sorry for some of the public statements he’d made following protests about policing and he pledged to do better.

The police chief spoke about an internal survey Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020.

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.