The panel unanimously rebuked Chief Charlie Beck for just the third time in dozens of use-of-force cases since he began leading the department in November 2009.

CULVER CITY, Calif.  _ Police have arrested a bank robbery suspect known as the “Restroom Bandit” after tracking a GPS device dropped in a bag of stolen cash to a Culver City bus. The man, whose name has not been released, was nabbed on the bus by Los Angeles police Thursday evening shortly after the [...]

Andre Birotte is the first black U.S. Attorney to the post, which makes him the top federal attorney in the Central District of the U.S. Department of Justice.

LOS ANGELES  _ Los Angeles police are investigating a confrontation between officers and bicyclists riding in a Hollywood rally in protest of BP and the Gulf oil spill. The internal affairs unit launched a use-of-force investigation after video of the incident was posted online and a complaint was filed by cyclists, the Los Angeles Police [...]

The son of Haitian immigrants is the first minority to serve as Inspector General of the agency, a job that came with the demands of a federal consent decree and has led to another successful stint in a stellar career.