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The Los Angeles Port Police (LAPP) is a specialized law enforcement agency at the Port of Los Angeles, under the control of the Los Angeles Harbor Department (WorldPort LA) and the City of Los Angeles. They are one of the few agencies in the nation that has a dedicated 24-hour marine unit.
The Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety (LACOPS), less formally known as the Los Angeles County Police, was a security police agency for the County of Los Angeles.It was formed in 1998 by consolidating three Los Angeles County law enforcement agencies: the Department of Parks and Recreation Park Police, which was formed in 1969 as Los Angeles County Park Patrol, and the Department of ...
A steam-powered tender suffered a boiler explosion in Los Angeles Harbor killing 26 of her 53 passengers. A common urban legend states that onboard was $125,000 in gold, transported by a Wells Fargo messenger, which was never recovered. [1] Ace I: 29 April 1948
SS Sansinena was a Liberian oil tanker that exploded in Los Angeles harbor on Friday, 17 December 1976 at 7:33pm. She was docked at berth 46 at Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California . The vessel was a steamship [ citation needed ] [ dubious – discuss ] built in 1958.
With U.S. government support, breakwater construction began in 1899, and the area was annexed to Los Angeles in 1909. The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners was founded in 1907. In 1912 the Southern Pacific Railroad completed its first major wharf at the port. During the 1920s, the port surpassed San Francisco as the West Coast's busiest ...
Struck by a pursuing patrol car while assisting in the pursuit of a stolen vehicle. [47] [48] [49] Deputy Sheriff Robin Tanner: Monroe County, Florida Sheriff's Office: December 13, 2007: Killed in a single-vehicle accident enroute to a medical call in Marathon. [47] [50] Detective James Merry Walker: Miami Police Department: January 8, 2008
The City of Wilmington is to the north of San Pedro with three docks that were part of Naval Operating Base Terminal Island Los Angeles Harbor Light built in 1913, on the 2.11-mile San Pedro breakwater was completed in 1911, part of Naval Operating Base Terminal Island in World War II
USS Los Angeles is flipped vertically at the Lakehurst mast. Damage is minor, the photograph becomes famous. 0 0 25 May 1928 Italian semi-rigid Italia crashes on return from successful trip to North Pole. 7 killed, 1 crash survivor dies from exposure; 8 rescued, 6 rescuers lost, including Roald Amundsen. 8 31 August 1928