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03
Jan 2011
At least 42% of police officers killed in vehicle crashes over the past three decades were not wearing seat belts or other safety restraints, according to a federal review.
The study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (...
03
Jan 2011
California is carrying the weight of decades-old public safety woes into the new year.
Not that the state is becoming a more dangerous place. To the contrary, crime rates across nearly all major categories and in almost every region are...
02
Jan 2011
It began with a sheriff's deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park. By the time it was over, the deputy and the suspected shooter were dead, and a police officer was wounded in a gunbattle with the suspect.
"This is the...
02
Jan 2011
An advertising trailer is towed away by police along Vanowen Blvd. in Woodland Hills. The city is cracking down on illegal advertising signs parked along the sides of roads throughout the San Fernando Valley. (David Crane/Staff...