Police shot a man after he charged and struck an officer with a metal bar in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Officers responded to a reported robbery near Fourth and Omar streets just before 1:30 p.

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell has reluctantly found himself in the middle of the L.A. mayor's race because one of the candidates has pledged to fire him if elected.

CBS California Investigates looked at the LAPD's Use of Force reports over the past 10 years and found the LAPD had 19 cases in which officers shot at dogs in 2016. So far in 2026, there have been four incidents,

Two people have been arrested for the murder of Christina Downer, the sister to Saturday Night Live writer Jimmy Fowlie, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Friday. Police arrested Downer’s boyfriend, Delorean Bijon Brandon, and Kaylee Nicole Markowski on Thursday.

A Los Angeles police officer was charged after he was accused of kidnapping and attacking a woman who is the mother of his children while off duty, the LA County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

An LAPD officer fired at a suspect in downtown LA on Saturday afternoon. Streets remain closed as investigators work the scene.

A Los Angeles Police Department officer was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and assaulting the mother of his children while off duty, authorities said.

A Los Angeles Police Department officer was arrested in Monrovia after being confronted by a vigilante group while allegedly attempting to meet with a minor for lewd purposes. The Oct. 22 incident occurred just before 10 p.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman clashed with Graham Stephan on "The Iced Coffee Hour" over public drug use and police staffing as the LAPD union warns against her policies.