Off-duty LAPD officer arrested for alleged assault with deadly weapon

For memory:
1:46 p.m. May 23, 2024: An earlier version of this story stated that Richard Podkowski had been charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He was arrested on suspicion of committing this crime. He has not yet been charged.

An off-duty Los Angeles police officer was arrested Tuesday morning for alleged assault with a deadly weapon in a residential neighborhood just outside Los Angeles International Airport.

Richard Podkowski, 28, a six-year veteran, was arrested at 5:20 a.m. near the 8600 block of Belford Avenue, according to booking records. Los Angeles police were responding to a call from a community member when they arrested Podkowski after investigators completed an initial investigation.

An LAPD spokesperson said no one was hospitalized due to the incident and declined to discuss the type of weapon used or the circumstances of the assault.

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The department's internal affairs division opened its own investigation that day, and Podkowski was placed on paid administrative leave, according to the spokesperson.

Podkowski had been assigned to the West Bureau, which covers the Hollywood and West Los Angeles communities as well as the Pacific, Wilshire and Olympic regions.

He is free after posting $30,000 bail, booking records show.

Podkowski is next due in court on June 11.

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This story was originally published in the Los Angeles Times.