Los Angeles Police Department

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law enforcement agency municipal police department

The Los Angeles Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Los Angeles, responsible for maintaining public safety, investigating crimes, and enforcing local and state laws.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
LAPD 2
Investigative Bureau of the Los Angeles Police Department 1
LAPD Air Support Division 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency ⓘ
municipal police department ⓘ
abbreviation Los Angeles Police Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: LAPD
badgeNumberSystem serial numbers for officers ⓘ
city Los Angeles ⓘ
cooperatesWith California Highway Patrol ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
country United States of America ⓘ
dateFounded 1869 ⓘ
emblem LAPD badge ⓘ
employs civilian staff ⓘ
sworn officers ⓘ
foundedBy Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: City of Los Angeles
governingBody Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners ⓘ
hasDivision Air Support Division ⓘ
Communications Division ⓘ
Detective Bureau ⓘ
Internal Affairs Group ⓘ
Metropolitan Division ⓘ
Patrol Division ⓘ
SWAT ⓘ
Scientific Investigation Division ⓘ
Traffic Group ⓘ
Training Division ⓘ
hasProgram community policing ⓘ
crime prevention education ⓘ
neighborhood watch support ⓘ
youth outreach programs ⓘ
hasRank Assistant Chief ⓘ
Captain ⓘ
Chief of Police ⓘ
Commander ⓘ
Deputy Chief ⓘ
Lieutenant ⓘ
Police Officer ⓘ
Sergeant ⓘ
hasSpecialUnit Bomb Squad ⓘ
Community Relations Unit ⓘ
Cyber Crimes Unit ⓘ
Narcotics Unit ⓘ
surface form: Gang and Narcotics Division

Homicide Unit ⓘ
K-9 Unit ⓘ
Major Crimes Division ⓘ
Narcotics Unit ⓘ
Homicide Unit ⓘ
surface form: Robbery-Homicide Division
headquartersAddress 100 W. 1st Street, Los Angeles, California ⓘ
headquartersBuilding LAPD Headquarters ⓘ
headquartersLocation Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California
jurisdiction Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California
legalAuthority California state law ⓘ
Los Angeles Municipal Code ⓘ
motto To Protect and to Serve ⓘ
notableIncident North Hollywood shootout ⓘ
Rampart scandal ⓘ
Rodney King beating ⓘ
overseenBy Los Angeles City Council ⓘ
Mayor of Los Angeles ⓘ
parentOrganization Government of the City of Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: City of Los Angeles government
precededBy Los Angeles Rangers ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
regionServed Greater Los Angeles Area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Los Angeles urban area
responsibility crime prevention ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
emergency response ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
public safety ⓘ
traffic enforcement ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
trainingFacility Elysian Park Academy ⓘ
usesCommunicationSystem police radio ⓘ
usesVehicleType police car ⓘ
police helicopter ⓘ
police motorcycle ⓘ
usesWeapon service pistol ⓘ

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Westlake → policedBy → Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
Internal Affairs Group → reportsTo → Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Los Angeles Police Department command staff
Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States → servedBy → Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Los Angeles Police Department West Los Angeles Division
Dragnet (television series) → settingOrganization → Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
Captain → usedBy → Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
subject surface form: Captain (LAPD rank)
To Protect and to Serve → usedBy → Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
SWAT → worksWith → Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
subject surface form: SWAT (LAPD)
this entity surface form: LAPD Air Support Division