LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A search is already under way for a successor for Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, who announced Wednesday he plans to resign.

LOS ANGELES, July 18 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Police Department has reformed itself enough to end eight years of federal oversight, a U.S. District Court judge ruled.

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton says detectives are still interviewing the late Michael Jackson's former doctors about his prescription drug use.

LOS ANGELES, March 5 (UPI) -- A 6-year-old Los Angeles boy was shot in the head by suspected gang members Tuesday as his family drove through a violence-plagued neighborhood, police said.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Los Angeles police say surveillance cameras in a major park that reduced serious crime are falling apart from lack of funding and maintenance.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A radical new strategy for dealing with gangs may be responsible for a dramatic decline in homicides in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, April 19 (UPI) -- The family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G filed another wrongful death suit against the city of Los Angeles, adding two ex-police officers to its complaint.

LOS ANGELES, April 11 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles Police Department detective has been charged with grand theft and perjury on suspicion he was moonlighting while on disability pay.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- More than 200 Los Angeles police officers are being assigned to a coordinated effort to crack down on the city's most dangerous street gangs.