UPDATE: Authorities reopen Bluff Heights roads after FBI evacuation
Several streets near Colorado Place and Third Street were closed Thursday morning as agents in armored vehicles and military-style fatigues helped serve a warrant, authorities said.
UPDATE: Former Long Beach officer pleads guilty to child pornography charge
Anthony Brown, 58, of Lakewood, was charged in September last year with three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Former LBPD helicopter pilot sues department, alleging decades of discrimination
Long Beach Police Cpl. Mike Colbert said he experienced wide-ranging harassment, racial slurs and jokes from his fellow officers as the department’s only Black helicopter pilot.
Long Beach police officer suspended after investigation into racist messages
The department said in a statement they are also reviewing previous use of force incidents and arrest reports made by Officer Maxwell Schroeder, who was also named this week in an extensive investigation by the Los Angeles Times
Metro committee advances motion requiring contracted police to be vaccinated
According to the motion, the Long Beach Police Department must enforce its vaccination mandate by July 2022 or lose its contracts with Metro.
City releases public survey asking community feedback in selection of new police chief
The 14-question survey asks questions that gauge important interpersonal skills and moral values, ideal experience and qualifications, as well as career priorities they’d like to see in the new chief.
Police Chief Robert Luna to retire at end of year
“After many weeks of reflection and thoughtful consideration, I have made plans to retire at the end of this year,” Luna said in an email to city officials obtained by the Post.
Long Beach is now using a sedative to detain people during certain police calls
Over the past four months, LBFD paramedics have used the drug midazolam on more than three dozen people as part of a new pilot program meant to bolster coordination between the police and fire department, city officials recently announced.
Tasked with converting helicopter pilots to civilians, LBPD still looking for solution
The budget adopted by the council last September called for about $10 million in cuts to the LBPD with a proposal to convert six sworn pilot positions to two civilian positions.
LBPD already uses facial recognition technology, but a fight’s brewing over whether it should
Facial recognition technology has become a hot-button issue in Long Beach. Some city commissioners are arguing the LBPD should stop using it.