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02
Dec 2010
When the City Council voted to raise trash fees in 2006, the action came with a promise to Angelenos that the money would be put toward expanding the Los Angeles police force to more than 10,000 officers. But even as we've moved closer to...
01
Dec 2010
A Miramar-based Marine who shot at California Highway Patrol officers during a short pursuit in East County last year was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison.
Edward Michael Forney, 21, pleaded guilty in October to assault with a...
01
Dec 2010
The chairman of the Los Angeles City Council's Public Safety Committee praised the police union Wednesday for urging a freeze on hiring new L.A.P.D. officers - even as Police Chief Charlie Beck denounced it. Its the first time the...
01
Dec 2010
Reviving the debate over the size of the LAPD, the head of the police officers' union called Wednesday for a summit on the future of the agency and how it should cope with the ongoing budget crisis.
Paul Weber, president of the Los Angeles...