On April 15, 2017, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were LAPD officers. Pokémon Go was all the rage, and these two officers chose to ignore a request for assistance from a fellow officer because catching a Snorlax (a Pokémon Go character) was way more important to them. Thankfully, their dereliction of duty did not cost that officer's life, but it did cost these two morons … [Read more...]
Officer Down: LADP Officer Jose Luis Anzora
This is part of my ongoing series Officer Down - in honour of police officers slain in the line of duty. On February 26, 2021, Los Angeles Police Department Officer Jose Luis Anzora was struck by a vehicle while conducting traffic control in downtown L.A. He was standing beside his police cruiser near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Trinity Street at about … [Read more...]