Records provide look into "affluenza" teen's upbringing

As authorities return Ethan Couch's mother to U.S., divorce records show he grew up in wealthy yet unstable household

• Dec 31, 2015

Police with machine guns at U.S. airports this holiday weekend

Automatic weapons being carried by police at LAX and New York City as police presence increased for the holiday

• Nov 24, 2015

2 women found dead in L.A. park, police on high alert

Women were fully clothed and appeared to be in their 20s; police release sketch of suspect

• Oct 29, 2015

Los Angeles police union supports boycott of Tarantino films

LAPD joins NYPD in boycott over comments filmmaker Quentin Tarantino made during a protest of police brutality in New York

• Oct 27, 2015

LAPD: Drones can "sneak up" on our helicopters

Los Angeles police are looking for ways to crackdown on reckless drone usage

• Oct 13, 2015

Suspect released in video showing gun near LAPD cop

Alex Izquierdo was arrested in connection with police probe of video where someone displays a gun while filming Los Angeles police officers

• Oct 8, 2015

Investigation after person films cops, shows gun

Detectives are looking into a video posted to Instagram in which a Los Angeles Police Department officer is shown, before the person on the camera displays a gun

• Oct 7, 2015

3 kids injured in drive-by shooting at LA taco stand

Two of the victims were hospitalized

• Sep 24, 2015

LAPD implementing body cams in hopes of rebuilding trust

But one police captain acknowledges changing the relationship between citizens and law enforcement will be "no quick fix"

• Aug 31, 2015

No bail for ex-LAPD detective in bank robbery string

Randolph Adair, a retired LAPD detective, is suspected of being the bank robber known as the "Snowbird Bandit"

• Jul 28, 2015

Los Angeles police shoot armed suspect on busy street

Witnesses say man was firing gun into air outside Studio City bank

• Jul 24, 2015

LAPD accused of Tasing wheelchair-bound man

Department is investigating how officers subdued homeless man during attempted arrest

• Jul 23, 2015

"Snowbird Bandit" suspect caught, ID'd as ex-LAPD

Officials say 70-year-old suspect is former cop wanted in at least five Orange County bank heists

• Jul 23, 2015

Uber drivers arrested in sting claim entrapment

Three drivers for the app-based transit company say an LAPD undercover officer pleaded for a ride, then arrested them

• Jul 13, 2015

Daredevil driver's reverse joyride has LAPD investigating

Cell phone video captures driver going backward for more than two miles through busy Los Angeles streets

• Jul 11, 2015

LAPD: Hit-and-run driver struck two skateboarders

Driver arrested after allegedly striking teen cousins on skateboards in central Los Angeles, leaving one in critical condition

• Jun 16, 2015

Split decision on LAPD officers in deadly shooting

Los Angeles Police Commission rules on whether officers were justified in August 2014 shooting of mentally ill black man in South L.A.

• Jun 9, 2015

LAPD officer guilty of assault in death of woman

Jury convicted Officer Mary O'Callaghan, who prosecutors say kicked a handcuffed suspect seven times, before she later lost consciousness and died

• Jun 5, 2015