The City Council approved $191,000 for an LAPD director of internal communication, even as police officials tried to keep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new class of Los Angeles Police officers is graduating on Friday, but financial issues have put the future of such celebrations ...

Mayor Karen Bass is urging the City Council Thursday to find $4.4 million for additional new police recruits beyond 240 officers that were authorized earlier in the year amid concerns about public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Los Angeles City Council has approved the hiring of up to 410 Los Angeles Police Department officers this year. Above, LAPD ...

1:40 p.m. Dec. 13, 2025: A previous version of this article said that City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky’s motion to hire 40 police recruits passed by 11 votes to 4. The motion passed 9 to 6. Months ...

The council initially limited police hires to 240 but increased the number to 410 after budget adjustments. Funding for the additional officers will come from LAPD's budget, including overtime ...

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell discusses a massive international drug trafficking arrest, a federal judge’s ruling limiting crowd-control weapons and the department’s response to California’s new mask law ...

LOS ANGELES — For eight months, the Los Angeles City Council and Mayor Karen Bass have butted heads over police hiring amid a budget crisis. The conflict began last spring when the council voted to ...