Posts from May 29, 2026

  Southern California experiences its share of forces of nature -- devastating earthquakes, massive wildfires, floods, mud[…]

  Late on the evening of Monday, Sept. 26, 1979, 23-year-old rookie LAPD Officer David Brian Kubly[…]

   On the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1976, five LAPD officers, armed with a search warrant,[…]

    It started as an armed robbery of a fast-food restaurant, but quickly went horribly wrong,[…]

   Of the more than 200 LAPD officers who have died in the line of duty, more[…]

    LAPD Officer Fred Early was off duty and heading home in the early morning hours[…]

 The daily reality for most police officers is that there's no such thing as being "off duty." Late[…]

   The brutal execution murder of LAPD Officer Gerald Wilson "Jerry" Maddox by a teenage gang member[…]

   Shortly after 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 31, 1969, LAPD Officer Robert J. Cote, Sr., 23,[…]

 On Friday, Sept. 6, 1968, after 20 weeks of intense physical and mental training, Gary Murakami graduated[…]