The Los Angeles Police Department has graduated an average of 31 recruits in its past 10 academy classes, a Times review shows, about half the number needed to keep pace with Mayor Karen Bass ...

The graduates are a diverse group of 13 men and three women. Of those, 13 are Hispanic, two are Black and one is white.

“It’s only 21% women,” Moore said of the recent recruits who have completed a significant number of steps to enter LAPD’s academy. LAPD maintained that higher number of women in the 2021 ...

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Since then another class graduated from the LAPD academy -- bringing the total number of officers to 8,995, though it will be several ...

The LAPD's proposed spending plan forecasts adding 585 new recruits next year over 13 academy classes, which amounts to hiring 45 new cops every month — a target the department hasn't reached in ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Forty-two men and women graduated from the Los Angeles Police Academy Friday. The diverse class included people from almost every continent, including Africa, Asia ...

In 2016, Inaba graduated from the LAPD academy, a requirement to become a medical director and provide medical guidance to the department. He works with the elite Metropolitan Division which has a ...

The Los Angeles Police Department added to its ranks on Friday with the graduation of 16 officers from the Los Angeles Police Academy. The graduates are a diverse group of 13 men and three women.