Wednesday, June 24

Community members share traits they want to see in new LAPD police chief

Community members highlighted issues they want to see addressed by the next LAPD police chief during a webinar Tuesday. The webinar – co-hosted by District 5 Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky and the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday evening – allowed participants to share complaints surrounding officers, including slow response times. Read more...

Photo: Dominic Choi, who is the interim chief of LAPD, is pictured alongside Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Katy Yaroslavsky and the LA Board of Police Commissioners held a webinar Tuesday to hear community input on characteristics they want the new chief to hold. (Courtesy of the Office of Mayor Bass)


Former Harbor-UCLA doctor failed to disclose more than $700K in industry payments

Investigators found that Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s former chief of orthopedics Dr. Louis Kwong – who currently faces two sexual misconduct lawsuits against him – also failed to disclose more than $700,000 in payments from a medical device company. Read more...

Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is pictured. The hospital’s former chief of orthopedics, Louis Kwong – who staff said fostered a racist and sexist culture – was found to have not disclosed thousands in payments from medical device companies. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)


Crimewatch: March 2024

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Sharla Steinman, city and crime editor. Interactive by Junwon Choi, Data editor. UCPD recorded 633 unique entries in its March daily crime log. Read more...


Harbor-UCLA, former orthopedics chief part ways amid sexual misconduct allegations

Former Harbor-UCLA Medical Center orthopedics chief Dr. Louis Kwong, who currently faces several allegations of sexual misconduct, is no longer employed by the hospital. Chief Medical Officer Griselda Gutierrez informed orthopedics staff of Kwong’s departure March 13, though the hospital refused to clarify Thursday if it was voluntary or forced, the Los Angeles Daily News reported Friday. Read more...

Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, is pictured. Harbor-UCLA confirmed this month that its former orthopedics chief, Dr. Louis Kwong – who has been under investigation for sexual misconduct – is no longer employed by the hospital. (Courtesy of Biochemistry2016/Wikimedia Commons)


Crimewatch: February 2024

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Sharla Steinman, City and Crime Editor. Interactive by Junwon Choi, Data Editor. UCPD recorded 657 unique entries in its February daily crime log. Read more...



Q&A: John Thomas shares lessons from past careers, goals as new UCLA police chief

This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:27 p.m. John Thomas was appointed as UCLA’s police chief Jan. 11 after serving as interim chief since December 2022. Read more...

Photo: John Thomas, UCLA’s new police chief, is pictured. Thomas sat down with Daily Bruin’s city and crime editor, Sharla Steinman, to discuss his new role and how his past experiences have equipped him to serve UCLA’s campus. (Courtesy of UCLA)



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