Los Angeles County police agencies 'vigilant' after Baton Rouge police officers shot

Los Angeles-area police agencies expressed sorrow over the fatal shootings of several police officers in Baton Rouge Sunday moing — the nation’s second mass shooting targeting officers this month — and said they were remaining vigilant.

There were no specific or credible threats received by law enforcement for the greater Los Angeles area but the public was reminded to report any suspicious behavior or incidents, authorities said.

“We’re aware of the incident (in Baton Rouge) obviously and monitoring it,” Los Angeles Police Department Officer Mike Lopez, a spokesman, said Sunday moing. “It’s a sad day for law enforcement families.”

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Shortly before 9 a.m., several on-duty officers were shot in Louisiana’s capital less than a mile from police headquarters. Three officers were confirmed dead and three others wounded. One suspect was reportedly dead while two others were believed to be still at large, a spokeswoman for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Guillermina Saldana said Sunday moing that everyone was “remaining vigilant and aware of our surroundings.”

“Nothing has been said about anything being tactically different in our stations or anything like that,” the sheriff’s spokeswoman added. “Right now, it’s just remaining vigilant.”

Following the killing of 5 police officers in Dallas on July 7, Sheriff Jim McDoell instructed deputies to double up in their patrol cars for at least one day following that incident, she said.

“We don’t know about (the Baton Rouge incident) yet; it’s too fresh,” Saldana said.

The Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that it was “deeply saddened” to lea of the unfolding events in Baton Rouge and offered its support and condolences to the affected officers, deputies and the overall community in Baton Rouge.

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While there were no specific or credible threats received for the greater Los Angeles area, the department’s persoel maintained “a heightened state of situational awareness and remain vigilant.”

The public was also asked to report any information about potential incidents to their local law enforcement agencies.

Information can also be provided anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or texting the letters TIPLA plus the tip to 274637 or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org/.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.