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11

Jan 2012

Crime renews lawmaker's concerns about shifting felons to counties

A Republican lawmaker who opposes shifting supervision of many felons from the state to counties voiced concern Wednesday over the arrest of a Sacramento man this week on sexual assault charges a month after he was released from state...

11

Jan 2012

Violent crimes drop in L.A. County in 2011, sheriff says

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials rolled out more positive crime statistics Wednesday, boasting a 14% drop in violent crime in 2011 compared to the year before. Homicides, matching a similar trend in L.A. Police Department patrol...

11

Jan 2012

In light of police deaths, training is scrutinized

Odgen Police Chief Wayne Tarwater addresses the media following an incident in which one officer was killed and five others were wounded when they attempted to serve a drug-related search warrant in Ogden. (Leah Hogsten, AP) The recent...

08

Jan 2012

State convicts arrive in L.A. County with costly mental illnesses

A view of the Mental Health Crisis Center at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Ca. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times) As California begins shifting supervision of thousands of newly released state prisoners to local...