Board of Police Commissioners

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Richard E. Drooyan
President

Partner in the law firm of Munger, Tolles and Olsen 

John W. Mack
Vice President

Former President of the Los Angeles Urban League

Alan J. Skobin
Commissioner

Vice President and General Counsel of Galpin Motors

Robert M. Saltzman
Commissioner 

Associate Dean at USC Law School

Debra Wong Yang
Commissioner

Partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office

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Don Rosenberg lost his 25-year-old son to an unlicensed driver. Read Don's letters to the Mayor and to the Police Commissioners.  CLICK HERE

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TODAY'S NEWS

Second teacher arrested at L.A. school where Mark Berndt worked

A second teacher at the Los Angeles Unified elementary school where Mark Berndt is charged with gagging, blindfolding and feeding semen to unsuspecting students was arrested Friday.

The teacher was removed from Miramonte Elementary School in South L.A. on Thursday after district officials learned of abuse allegations and informed the L.A. County sheriff’s special victims unit.

Sheriff's officials said the sex crimes unit immediately began an investigation into the male teacher after being informed of the allegations. No further details were released by the Sheriff's Department...

Read more at latimes.com

Mother Believes Teacher May Have Fed Semen To Her Son

A parent came forward Thursday with a disturbing photo that she believes may be related to the case of a teacher accused of bizarre sex crimes.

"So many pictures it is weird. At first i didn’t want to believe it but it makes me think," said Obdulia Bueno, who was horrified to learn that a seemingly innocent picture of her son eating a cookie may be something far more sinister.

The photo depicts a white liquid on the cookie, which Bueno believes is the bodily fluid of her son’s third-grade teacher, Mark Berndt...

Read more at cbs.com

John D. Barnett Is the Attorney for the Damned

District Attorney Tony Rackauckas will fail to convict two Fullerton police officers charged with felonies as a result of the July 2011 beating death of Kelly Thomas, a 36-year-old, unarmed homeless man.

That's not my guess, but rather the confident prediction of John D. Barnett, the veteran criminal-defense attorney for Manuel Ramos, who is facing a second-degree murder charge.

While it's commonplace for defense lawyers to belittle prosecutors and inflate their own courtroom prowess, Barnett isn't a cheap publicity hound. Indeed, journalists such as myself who've covered his trials quickly learn he's a superb, gentlemanly lawyer who can play hardball when necessary. I haven't always agreed with his interpretations of evidence, but it would be foolish to not pay attention when he speaks. Few, if any, other lawyers in the region understand the minute legal angles that can produce victories from defenses that once seemed impossible...

Read more at ocweekly.com

Police believe Ocampo involved in slayings of woman, son

Police say they have connected Itzcoatl Ocampo, the man charged with stabbing four homeless men to death, to the Oct. 25 slayings of a Yorba Linda woman and her son.

Anaheim Police Lt. Julian Harvey, commander of the task force investigating the killings, said in an interview Thursday evening that there is "significant evidence" leading authorities to believe Ocampo was involved with the slayings of Raquel Estrada, 53, and Juan Herrera, 34, who were stabbed to death in their Yorba Linda home.

Ocampo was arrested Jan. 13 after he was chased by bystanders after allegedly stabbing John Barry, 64. Barry was the fourth homeless man to be killed since Dec. 20. The stabbings frightened the homeless community and inspired many to go to shelters...

Read more at latimes.com

Ex-Teacher 1994 Case

The L.A. County Sheriff's Department says the former teacher charged this week with serving spoonfulls of his semen to more than a dozen students at a South Los Angeles elementary school was investigated in a separate case in 1994 but never charged.

Back then, a female student accused Mark Berndt of trying to inappropriately touch her under a desk.

The case was referred to law enforcement and evidence was presented to prosecutors, but the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office declined to file a criminal case...

Read more at KFIAM640.com

Trump endorses Romney

Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if Romney is the Republican nominee.

Trump, who has repeatedly flirted with the possibility of his own White House bid, revealed his decision in Las Vegas two days before Nevada's Saturday caucuses...

Read more at CNN.com

Ron Paul tells Hispanic crowd he opposes DREAM Act

EAST LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Displaying his willingness to say what audiences don't always want to hear, Rep. Ron Paul on Wednesday told a largely Hispanic crowd that he opposes the DREAM Act legislation aimed at helping children of illegal immigrants.

The legislation, which has stalled in Congress but passed in several states - including Paul's home state of Texas -- offers in-state college tuition to undocumented students who attend high schools for at least three years and apply to become U.S. citizens. It also provides a path to citizenship for those who serve in the military...

Read at www.cbsnews.com

Holder: Fast and Furious "has become political"

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder squared off Thursday with Republicans on a House committee who are demanding that the Justice Department turn over documents about its handling of congressional inquiries into a flawed gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.

At the start of a hearing, chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will do what is necessary to force the Justice Department to produce the information.

The attorney general said he will consider Issa's demand. But he said, with one exception, the department was inclined to follow longstanding tradition of withholding internal documents about congressional inquiries in order to preserve the ability to get candid advice from top officials...

Read more at CBSNews.com