LAPD chief says more homicides are being solved amid a record decline in killings
- Posted on January 29, 2026
- By Los Angeles Times
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LAPD chief says more homicides are being solved amid a record decline in killings
Police officials held a news conference Thursday to tout improvements in the homicide "clearance rate," a measure of how often detectives mark murder investigations as closed, saying more killings were solved in a year when crime rates plummeted.
