The council and the mayor saved a little money last year by slowing the pace; right now, the LAPD is hiring just enough to replace those who retire or leave for other reasons. Critics of the LAPD ...

During Tuesday's Board of Police Commissioners meeting, LAPD officials reported that applications from 2022 to 2024 rose by 53%, participation in a candidate advancement program increased by 150% ...

On a 3-1 vote, the Budget and Finance Committee called for a halt to the hiring process, which currently allows the LAPD to replace those who resign or retire. The existing policy is designed to ...

While more candidates are applying for positions with the Los Angeles Police Department this year, overall hiring since 2022 decreased by 8% due to bottlenecks in background checks, officials ...

While more candidates are applying for positions with the Los Angeles Police Department this year, overall hiring since 2022 decreased by 8% due to bottlenecks in background checks, officials said.

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Police Department says it's stopped buying online advertisements from Google after an LAPD recruitment ad appeared on the controversial right-wing website ...

A Los Angeles City Council committee unanimously approved a motion on Tuesday, Aug. 6, seeking to streamline the hiring process of sworn officers and bolster the LAPD’s ranks as recruitment ...

Still, a budget panel of city councilmembers yesterday voted for a full-out freeze in LAPD hiring. Normally, the extra officers wouldn't be such a big deal, but considering L.A.'s $222 million ...

A proposal for the Los Angeles Police Department to freeze hiring in order to reduce its $129,000 budget deficit was approved today by one City Council committee but rejected by another.