Steve Soboroff

Some members of the Los Angeles Police Commission said Tuesday the LAPD may need to review some of its policing strategies in light of a report that officers more frequently search black and Latino people during traffic stops than white people.

The Los Angeles Police Commission gave unanimous preliminary approval Tuesday to the LAPD’s first unmanned aircraft program, which has long been opposed by critics who believe the use of drones will lead to an invasion of residents’ privacy.

The Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday will consider formally creating the police department’s first unmanned aircraft program, which has long been opposed by critics who believe the use of drones amounts to an invasion of residents’ privacy.

The Los Angeles Police Department twice deployed drones through the first three months of 2019 under a one-year pilot program authorized by the Police Commission last July, according to a report presented to the commissioners on Tuesday.

The man accused in the murder of rapper and philanthropist Nipsey Hussle outside of his South Los Angeles store pleaded not guilty Thursday, days after the suspect who was the focus of a dayslong manhunt was captured, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.

After a nearly 48-hour manhunt, police arrested the suspect they say gunned down Nipsey Hussle in front of the popular rapper’s South Los Angeles clothing store.

The Los Angeles Police Department said this month the number of crime reports that described people experiencing homelessness as either suspects or victims increased by more than 50-percent in 2018.

The Los Angeles Police Department announced Tuesday that it deployed a drone for the first time during a barricade situation last week, under a one-year pilot program authorized by the Police Commission last July.

Mourners gathered Tuesday to remember Los Angeles civic leader John Mack at his funeral. He died last month at 81.

One day after he was unanimously confirmed by the City Council, Assistant Chief Michel Moore is set to be sworn in by Mayor Eric Garcetti Thursday as the 57th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department during an induction ceremony.

Los Angeles civic leader John Mack has died. He was 81.

The Police Commission, the civilian panel that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department, determined this week that a dozen police officers violated department policy when, while aboard a helicopter, they shot and killed a man who had barricaded himself inside a home in Sunland and was firing at officers.

A $58 million plan to equip nearly every Los Angeles police officer with body cameras by the end of the year has been delayed by concerns over the cost.

Entertainment attorney Matthew Johnson, the newest member of the Los Angeles Police Commission, was elected Tuesday to serve as its president.

Members of Black Lives Matter are holding a rally in downtown Los Angeles in front of police headquarters to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of Ezell Ford. The Tuesday rally also coincided with the Police Commission meeting that is scheduled to discuss disciplinary action for an officer involved in Ford’s shooting death.

Some members of the Los Angeles Police Commission said Tuesday they want more opportunities to weigh in on policies being developed for the handling of footage from hundreds of body cameras officers will begin using later this year.

The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners signed off Tuesday on rules for the use of body cameras for LAPD officers, clearing the way for the department to begin equipping personnel with the device over the coming months.

Mayor Eric Garcetti joined police Chief Charlie Beck Tuesday to detail a plan to outfit all Los Angeles police officers with body cameras.

Each week, there are an average of two and a half officer-involved shootings in the five counties that make up Southern California.

Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck personally signed off on the department’s $6,000 purchase of a horse from his daughter, despite his insistence that he had no part in the decision, according to a document made public Wednesday.