California lawmakers want to ban police from covering faces
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As Republicans have pushed for mask bans to crack down on shadowy protesters and criminals, a pair of Democratic lawmakers in California want to prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face
Local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who cover their faces while conducting official business could face a misdemeanor charge in California under a new proposal announced Monday.
Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, records show.
Los Angeles spent a record-shattering $1. 1 billion in overtime in 2024 while just 8,620 officers — the thinnest blue line since 1995 — grapple with nightly bedlam across the city, according to a new OpenTheBooks analysis released Tuesday.
Officers checking on a fallen man found a body still holding a dog’s leash, California police said. The man, in his 40s, was found on his back at 8:23 a.m. Saturday, June 14, San Leandro police said in a June 16 news release. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Miami-Dade prosecutors filed six felony charges as part of three cases against a 26-year-old California man who detectives identified as a “pimp.”
A California man is accused of pointing a gun at people in parking lot in Johnstown. It happened on May 30 around 1:30 a.m., but State Police just released details about it on Monday. Troopers responded to the area of Fifth Avenue Extension to speak with the victims.
An angry security guard “purposely struck” a child on a bicycle at a San Rafael shopping mall and drove away, California police reported.
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