The LAPD’s Metro Mounted Platoon focuses on “crime prevention, crowd management, and handling demonstrations.” But its recent ...

The city's first major crime increase in more than a decade has Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck trying to maintain a delicate balance.

With more than 60 percent of Metro buses and 50 percent of Metro rail lines operating in L.A.'s boundaries, the contract means the LAPD will receive $369.3 million, LASD will receive $246.3 ...