New projections show that between recruiting shortfalls and attrition, LAPD leaders expect to lose more than 150 officers in the coming fiscal year, leaving a force of about 8,620, which would be ...

Residents in Hancock Park and nearby neighborhoods witnessed LAPD officers conducting a burglary task force action last night ...

Officers who completed 24 weeks of training at the Los Angeles Police Academy attend their graduation ceremony. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) ...

Karen Bass says 1,000 firefighters could have been on duty the morning the fires broke out but “were instead sent home on Chief Kristin Crowley’s watch.” ...

When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gave pay raises to the city’s rank-and-file police officers last year, she sold it as a sensible investment toward regrowing the LAPD to the 9,500-member force ...

When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gave pay raises to the city’s rank-and-file police officers last year, she sold it as a sensible investment toward regrowing the LAPD to the 9,500-member force it was ...

8:08 a.m. Jan. 24, 2025: An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman as Rahman. When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass gave pay raises to the city ...

The accusations come at a time when the LAPD has struggled to attract new officers, and news of the investigation provoked sharp words from the city’s mayor. “Growing LAPD’s ranks is a top ...

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office declined to file charges against a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer accused of killing a 19-year-old while under the influence in a fatal ...