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16
Nov 2011
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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) completed this month an installation of 23 wireless surveillance cameras in high-crime areas. Cameras were installed atop light poles and traffic lights in the Mission...
15
Nov 2011
State prisoners being paroled to Los Angeles County have more serious mental illnesses than anticipated, and about half of those in need of attention are refusing treatment, county officials told the Board of Supervisors today.
At least...
15
Nov 2011
(California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
Two minimum security inmates with ties to the Los Angeles area have escaped from a Northern California prison.
Eduardo Hernandez, 29, and 32-year-old Jose Padilla escaped from Delta...
15
Nov 2011
The first month of Gov. Jerry Brown's prison realignment plan has been problematic in Los Angeles County, where understaffing forced probation officers to double their caseloads and sheriff's deputies were not given authority to arrest no-...