Libor Jany covers the Los Angeles Police Department. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2022, he covered public safety for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. A St. Paul, Minn., native, Jany studied communications at Mississippi State University.
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The officer, Toni McBride, is the daughter of a high-ranking police union official and a gun influencer on social media.
Oct. 4, 2024
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Oct. 3, 2024
LAPD officers have jailed a former Men’s Central Jail deputy on accusations of being involved in an armed robbery in which a man’s car was shot at last month.
Oct. 2, 2024
Django Sibley, who spent about two decades in the LAPD inspector general’s office, will be the next executive director of the Los Angeles Police Commission.
Sept. 25, 2024
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Sept. 18, 2024
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she intends to pick the city’s next police chief by the end of the month. She has refused to name the finalists, but two candidates were seen visiting her residence this week and a third is also said to be in the running.
Sept. 19, 2024
Jamie McBride, director of the union for most rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department officers, faces multiple internal investigations related to his company, Watermark Security.
Sept. 8, 2024
The names of the three finalists were quietly forwarded to Mayor Karen Bass last week. She has declined to say who they are.
Sept. 4, 2024
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