Assaults on officers rise

Police officers respond to a loud noise call and are confronted by a 30-year-old man wielding a sharp cane. The man lunges forward and attacks one of the officers after he's ordered to drop the makeshift weapon.AP in the Daily News.

As the man pins one of the officers against a wall and repeatedly hits him with the cane, another officer opens fire and the suspect later dies at a hospital.

The scenario that played out in August at an apartment complex has been part of a disturbing trend in Los Angeles this year where both assaults on officers and officer- involved shootings have risen, despite violent crime dropping nearly 8 percent across the nation's second largest city.