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In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the L.A. City Council gave the go ahead to draft a law making it a $1000 fine to have an unsecured gun in the City of Angels.

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Law enforcement want exemptions to a planned ordinance that would force law-abiding Los Angeles gun owners to secure their firearms when not in use or risk a fine and possible imprisonment.

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“People love to tag things in Venice. So really, I guess a horse is just the next step,” concluded resident Mark Stegall.

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LAPD’s body camera program will cost the department $7 million annually, according to a memo from its police chief. Read the related story.

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A police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, was cleared of wrongdoing after video was released to a grand jury showing the moments just before a robbery suspect charged him, forcing the officer to shoot the man.

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Preliminary data gathered by officials in San Diego shows that the use of body cameras by officers is having a positive effect on community relations after the police department implemented its program last year.

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A resource manual produced by the U.S. Department of Justice offers a comprehensive manual on implementing a police body camera program.

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The homeless man who was shot and killed by Los Angeles police on Sunday reached for an officer’s handgun, authorities claimed Monday.

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A settlement has been reached for damages caused to a cabin burned down in 2013 during a stand-off between San Bernardino Sheriff’s deputies and former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, who prompted a multi-agency manhunt after killing two officers and an LAPD commander’s daughter and her fiance.

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The city of Los Angeles is buying 7,000 body cameras to be worn by officers while on patrol, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday.

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Some 778 guns were turned in during the Los Angeles Police Department’s gun buyback program this weekend and 11 of those were found to have been stolen.

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Authorities descended on LA's oldest housing projects in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, striking a blow to a street gang that has operated in the area for nearly seven decades.

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