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LAFD Asst. Chief Kepner Was Accused of Brutal Domestic Violence, Assault With Butcher Knife - Judge Dismissed
Kristina Kepner, the assistant chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, was accused of domestic violence in a now-dismissed ...
New York Post27d
LAFD team tasked with preventing wildfires accused of corruption, laziness before blazes devastated city
It’s just one of the black marks against the LAFD — which include allegations that a deputy chief was drunk while overseeing a 2021 wildfire in the Pacific Palisades, the very same area ...
New York Post27d
LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley accused of firing employee for exposing financial misconduct, harassment in new suit
The Los Angeles Fire Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. Park had joined the fire department as a civilian in 2013 after serving as a deputy attorney for ...
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
Politifact25d
Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked
Donald Trump Jr., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and actor James Woods have made accusations similar to Musk’s. DEI initiatives broadly include efforts to increase diversity in ethnicity, gender, ...
Reuters29d
Fact Check: Photo showing ‘all-women’ LAFD leadership team lacks context
As the fires raged, a photo of three women, all senior personnel of the LAFD, was shared on social media, opens new tab captioned: “This is the leadership team at the Los Angeles Fire Department ...
Sky News Australia29d
‘Could you believe that?’: TV host blasts LAFD Deputy Chief’s bizarre comments
Sky News host James Macpherson slams the LAFD deputy chief’s bizarre comments. This comes amid the devastating fires ravaging Los Angeles. “Could you believe a ...
Daily Mail25d
Bill Maher attacks LAFD's DEI practices and 'best lesbian for the job' fire chief: 'Who teaches people this bulls***?'
The good news is, our fire chief is a lesbian,' he said sarcastically, referring to LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley ... video that re-emerged from 2019 of Deputy Chief Kristine Larson - who heads ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.
Washington Examiner27d
The competency crisis is among us
In 2019, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s current deputy chief appeared in a promotional video for a television drama about firefighters. In the video, Deputy Chief Kristine Larson, who is ...
Seattle Times28d
LA fire officials could have put engines in Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
Deputy Chief Richard Fields ... no matter the speed and behavior of the winds. They cited an LAFD operations publication that states, “Our first-alarm brush response is based on a ‘hit ...