Lemus is survived by his wife, LASD Detective Nancy Lemus, and three daughters. He has three sisters who are also in the department. He is also survived by his brothers Alfredo, Pedro, Juan, and Efren and brother-in-law Sgt. Robert Catalan, who is assigned to the LASD’s Carson station.

Los Angeles Police Report Suspect Arrested for Multiple Felony Crimes Including Posing as a Firefighter and Assaulting Police

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman Thursday night in South Los Angeles. Deputies responded to reports of a shooting around 8:53 p.m.

Three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were killed Friday in an explosion at a training facility in East Los Angeles, a tragedy Sheriff Robert Luna called his agency’s deadliest day in more than 150 years.

Officers were involved in 25 shootings during the first half of 2025, compared with 18 during the same time last year.

The Trump administration is using a loophole to resume some level of cooperation between the Los Angeles police and ICE.

Violent crime in Los Angeles is down this year — and more than a little. Homicides are down 24%, from 269 in 2022 to 203 this year (through Aug. 26). Rapes are down 17%, robberies 12%.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In the first few months of 2023, overall violent crime in Los Angeles has dropped, police say. According to the LAPD, overall violent crime dropped by 3% so far this year ...

A 22-year-old man suspected in the shooting deaths of a longtime music supervisor for “American Idol" and her husband at their home in Los Angeles was charged with two counts of murder Thursday. Police said officers conducting a welfare check Monday at a gated house in the Encino neighborhood found the bodies of a woman and man