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The LAPD's Web site -- lapdonline.org -- will soon be available in a bunch of languages besides English.

Here we go: Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian, Italian, French,
Tagalog, German, Vietnamese, Hindi, Korean and Portuguese. They have some sort of translator that will translate it for the reader.

There's no start up date yet, but it should be soon.

The coppers also are going to start a sports section called "LAPD Sports." They'll talk football, baseball, motocross, weight lifting, boxing and sumo wrestling.

According to a press release:

"LAPD Sports will showcase the accomplishments and stories of the many officers who excel in sports. In cooperation with The Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club, LAPD Sports will also contain links to upcoming schedules, video highlights, pictures and special events. With approximately 30 different team and individual sports, there will be something for every sports fan to enjoy. Because like you, cops love sports."

Personally, I can't wait to see the Sumo wrestlers take on the gangs.......

We just received a report that the two Los Angeles police officers who contended that City Councilwoman Janice Hahn pressured the department to remove them from their foot beats in Watts because they were tough on gang members lost their federal lawsuit today.

According to City News Service, jurors ruled against officers Ryan Moreno and Chuck Garcia, who claimed they were taken off the gang detail for criticizing the department.

Garcia and Moreno maintained in their suit filed in U.S. District Court that they had kept gang members out of the Jordan Downs Housing Development in South Los Angeles and were responsible for more than 300 arrests, detentions and stops in a year.

That resulted in numerous complaints against them by gang members and their supporters, they said.

Hahn told Daily Breeze reporter Gene Maddaus in May that the task force the officers were assigned to was intended to help improve the relationship between the police and the community, but at least 20 complaints were filed against Moreno in a year.

 "The complaints that would come up the most were complaints about disrespect, even name calling," Hahn said. "You would hear from the community that it was very difficult to work with LAPD when these two officers are doing X, Y and Z - being antagonizing and disrespectful. It just kept coming up from everywhere."

The officers said the complaints were an orchestrated effort to remove them from their beats.

Jurors sided with the city and department.

Gene's earlier story follows:

The El Segundo Police Officers Association has established a trust fund for their two wounded officers and their families.

Donations may be made to the “El Segundo Police Heroes Fund” on behalf of Lt. Ray Garcia and Officer Scott O’Connor at the Washington Mutual Bank branch, 130 E. Grand Ave., El Segundo, California, 90245.

O’Connor and Garcia were wounded Friday night in a gunbattle with a parolee in the Pacific theaters lobby. The officers killed the gunman.