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Nov 2011
Michael Downing, Deputy Chief of LAPD
The Los Angeles Police Department's cutting-edge Counter-Terrorism and Special Operations Bureau (CTSOB), led by Deputy Chief Michael Downing, was recognized at Government Security News' November...
26
Nov 2011
Across the nation, the homicide rate -- the number of people killed per 100,000 population -- increased from about four per 100,000 in the 1950s to about 10 in the early 1990s; since then, it has dropped to about 5.5. The decline in Los...
22
Nov 2011
An Apple iPhone. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
A parolee has been charged with robbery after LAPD officers investigating an armed holdup used the iPhone "Find My Phone" application to locate the suspect, who was still carrying the...
21
Nov 2011
In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2011, Karen Carrisosa is seen with a photo of her and her husband Larry, at the site where he was killed in Sacramento, Calif. Carrisosa became concerned when officials found a Facebook posting from Corcoran...