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The chase cut through Inglewood into South L.A., where the Maserati crossed over to the wrong side of a street, forcing drivers to swerve to avoid being hit, police said.
Two men on dirt bikes escaped police after a chase through surface streets and freeways in Los Angeles County, waving at police and news helicopters. No one was arrested.
Emergency dispatchers received the first reports of gunshots at 10th Avenue and East Pine Street at 2:19 a.m. [184] Seattle Fire Department medics had staged nearby, but did not have permission to enter before police secured the area, and protesters blocked police from approaching the victim. [187]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A passenger was killed after a gunman hijacked a city bus in Los Angeles early Wednesday, leading to a slow police chase through downtown before the suspect was eventually arrested, authorities said.
In 2002, 700 pursuits were reported in the city of Los Angeles. [12] In 2003, Los Angeles television station KCAL reported a quadrupling of ratings when police pursuits aired. [13] That same year, the Los Angeles Police Department asked news media to reduce coverage of chases, claiming that coverage encourages suspects to flee and may ...
Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a "Call 911" sign flashing on a Line 81 bus around 12:45 a.m. in South Los Angeles, KTLA5 reported, citing a spokesperson, adding the ...
Because of the amount of news programming on the station, channel 9 is known for showing the most police chases among the Los Angeles market's news-producing stations. Often regular news programming on KCAL is suspended to cover a police chase, and programs that follow the newscast are sometimes preempted to show the chase's conclusion.
The Seattle City council voted unanimously on June 15 to demilitarize the police department by banning the purchase and use of crowd control weapons including tear gas, pepper spray, flashbang grenades and rubber bullets. [92] [93] [94] The city council also voted to prohibit the use of "choke holds" by Seattle Police. [95]