BRIEFLY ALARM CALLS DOWN, BUT MOST STILL FALSE.Burglar alarm calls to Los Angeles police continued their downward trend in March, but the vast majority of calls remained false, according to a report presented to the police commission Tuesday. The LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. responded to 6,873 alarm calls in March, down 31 percent from March 2003. But the proportion of alarm calls that were false increased from 96 percent to 97 percent. LAPD officials attributed the drop in alarm calls to the city's controversial policy of not responding to unverified alarms at addresses with two or more false alarms in a year. - Daily News Police panel OKs replacing doctors Los Angeles police commissioners Tuesday endorsed a move to replace doctors at city-run jails with nurses. The change was worked out in principle Monday between representatives of the city and the union representing the 10 doctors in city jails. Two City Council committees are scheduled to discuss the pact next month. City officials say they would save hundreds of thousands of dollars by phasing out doctors at city jails in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , Van Nuys and South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. and replacing them with nurse practitioners. - Daily News Jury convicts man after murder trial A Studio City man was convicted Tuesday of the murders of a business rival and three of her family members at a Hollywood Hills home just over two years ago. Now the jury must recommend whether Victor Govin, 37, should be executed or sent to prison for the rest of his life without possibility of parole life without possibility of parole n. a sentence sometimes given for particularly vicious criminals in murder cases or to repeat felons, particularly if the crime is committed in a state which has no death penalty, the jury chooses not to impose the death penalty, or . Jurors are due back in court Thursday for the start of the trial's penalty phase. Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell declared a mistrial A courtroom trial that has been terminated prior to its normal conclusion. A mistrial has no legal effect and is considered an invalid or nugatory trial. It differs from a "new trial," which recognizes that a trial was completed but was set aside so that the issues could be on murder and other charges against Govin's 34-year-old brother, Pravin Govin of Cypress, after jurors said they were deadlocked hopelessly. - City News Service Councilman's son nabbed in pot bust BURBANK - The son of City Councilman Jef Vander Borght was arrested near the Porter Ranch Town Center on suspicion of selling marijuana, a Burbank police sergeant said Tuesday. Kyle Vander Borght, 20, of Burbank was arrested by Burbank police along with two other men Thursday evening in a parking lot in the 11400 block of Porter Ranch Drive, said Sgt. Jay Jette. The three men were booked on suspicion of selling marijuana. Kyle Vander Borght was released on $25,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned in Burbank Superior Court on June 25. - Daily News No injuries after plane loses power CAMARILLO - An experimental aircraft lost power on takeoff Tuesday morning, causing it to land in the dirt at the west end of Camarillo Airport. The accident was minor and the pilot, Robert Flippo, 76, of Camarillo, was uninjured. The only damage sustained was to the landing gear, according to Tad Dogherty, the airport manager. - Daily News False hijack alert will benefit LAX Mayor James Hahn Tuesday said a review of security procedures in the wake of a false hijacking hijacking Crime of seizing possession or control of a vehicle from another by force or threat of force. Although by the late 20th century hijacking most frequently involved the seizure of an airplane and its forcible diversion to destinations chosen by the air pirates, when alert from a plane landing at LAX will enhance law enforcement response to any future hijack alert. The local head of the federal Transportation Security Administration agreed, saying confusion over law enforcement response to the May 4 Singapore Airlines false hijacking report resulted in agencies working together to come up with new procedures. That made the Singapore Airlines incident a ``blessing in disguise,'' said Larry Fetters fet·ter n. 1. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet. 2. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint. tr.v. fet·tered, fet·ter·ing, fet·ters 1. To put fetters on; shackle. , federal security director of the TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). at LAX. Hahn, at a Parker Center police headquarters news conference, was joined by representatives of the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , TSA, Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control , FBI, Airport Police at LAX and the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. - City News Service |
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