June 2024. Blues Vol 40 No.6

AROUND THE COUNTRY
LOS ANGELES, CA.
LAPD officer injured when she was ejected from patrol car after it was stolen.
By Melody Gutierrez
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles
police officer was injured early
Sunday morning after a man
stole her patrol vehicle while
she was inside it and then was
later ejected from the cruiser.
The unnamed officer had been
working a security detail at 12th
and Figueroa streets around
3:30 a.m. when a man approached
her vehicle and managed
to get inside, according to
the department.
“The suspect drove off with the
police vehicle and at some point
the officer was ejected from
the vehicle,” according to the
department’s summary of the
incident, which was posted on
the social media platform X.
The suspect drove the vehicle
north of Figueroa and was in
a collision before leaving that
scene and crashing on 7th and
Figueroa streets. Photos of the
scene posted by KTLA-TV show
the police SUV crashed into a
pole, its front end severely damaged
as an overturned bike and
scooters lay amid debris on a
sidewalk. Police said the suspect
got out of the patrol vehicle and
attempted to flee, but was apprehended.
The officer was transported to
a hospital with non-life threatening
injuries and was listed in
stable condition. The suspect
was evaluated at the scene and
“cleared to be transported to the
station for arrest processing,” the
department summary said.
This story originally appeared
in Los Angeles Times.
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38 The Blues - June ‘24