Photos: LAPD adds to ranks with 16 Police Academy graduates The graduates are a diverse group of 13 men and three women. Of those, 13 are Hispanic, two are Black and one is white.

New LAPD officers arrive for graduation ceremonies at the LAPD Police Academy on Friday, July 26, 2024. The 23 graduating officers will have completed 904 hours of training over 24 weeks.

Mayor Karen Bass swore in the city’s new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Jim McDonnell, at a morning ceremony Thursday, Nov. 14 at Elysian Park Academy near downtown as his wife ...

Despite spending millions on virtual reality training designed to teach de-escalation, LAPD officers describe the experience as playing "Call of Duty" while police shootings remain steady.