Stay Updated with the Latest News

After months of often-heated debate, a civilian oversight panel Tuesday signed off on a yearlong test of drones by the Los Angeles Police Department, which will become the largest police department in the nation to deploy the controversial technology.

The Police Commission's 3-1 vote prompted jeers, cursing and a small protest that spilled into a downtown intersection just outside the LAPD's glass headquarters — evidence of the opposition police have faced in recent weeks as they tried to reassure wary...