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17
Jan 2011
The Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association is warning residents that the city's proposed layoff of 82 officers would shrink the force to 1994 levels, when violent crime was more than double the current rate.
"It's clear that...
17
Jan 2011
Anthony Batts was recruited from Long Beach in 2009 by then-Mayor Ron Dellums. (Paul Chinn / The Chronicle)
Word is that Oakland's highly popular police chief, Anthony Batts, is one of two finalists for the job of top cop in San Jose....
17
Jan 2011
The gunman accused of trying to assassinate Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six others, Jared Lee Loughner, was not on any government watch list that might have warned someone not to sell him a gun or caused police to...
17
Jan 2011
Los Angeles police detectives, with few leads to go on in their search for the killer of a young man gunned down in the parking lot of a North Hollywood taco stand, reminded the public today that there is a $50,000 reward in the case.
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