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William Leasure, an ex-LAPD officer accused of setting up contract murders, sits in court during his trial April 15, 1991. (Larry Bessel / Los Angeles Times)
The Special Investigation Section (SIS), unofficially nicknamed the "Death Squad", is the tactical detective and surveillance unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). It is organized under the Robbery–Homicide Division (RHD), a division of the Detective Bureau, itself under the Office of Special Operations. [ 1 ]
In 1997, the number of officers was increased to approximately 350 sworn officers and 16 civilian officers. [ 5 ] On April 14, 2015, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced during the 2015 State of the City address that he would add more than 200 officers to division in an effort to control the crime rate which dramatically increased the year previously ...
On January 31, 1992, Thomas murdered Carlos Adkins in an apartment in Torrance by shooting him. [5]Over a year later, on the night of February 22, 1993, at about 11 p.m., Compton Police Officer Kevin Michael Burrell, 29, [6] and Reserve Officer James Wayne MacDonald, 24, [7] made a routine traffic stop in Compton, at the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue and Dwight Avenue, on a red 1992 ...
APSupporters applaud during the first minimum wage increase vote in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. By Dan Whitcomb The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday gave final approval to an ...
The Los Angeles Police Commission has forwarded the names of ... the Los Angeles uprising in 1992 and the Rampart scandal of the late 1990s that saw more than 70 police officers implicated in ...
Police career: Country United States: Department Los Angeles Police Department: Service years: United States Air Force: 1971–1974 Los Angeles Police Department: 1976–1992: Rank: Sworn in as an Officer: 1976 Police officer 3: 1978 Sergeant I: 1982: Awards: LAPD Medal of Valor 100+ commendations [3] Other work: Convicted in connection to the ...
George Gascón (born March 12, 1954) is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7, 2020 to December 3, 2024. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party , [ 1 ] Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019.