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Jul 2010

LAPD to install video cameras in patrol cars

Before the end of summer, 300 Los Angeles Police Department patrol cars will be equipped with video cameras to record interactions between officers and suspects, the mayor and police chief will announce today. Several patrol cars in LAPD's...

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Jul 2010

Special Olympics torch run goes through Fremont

Special Olympian Robbie Strickland pumps his fist in the air while speaking during the Final Leg Law Enforcement Torch Run ceremony Monday at Memorial Field. Gary Beecher, left, also spoke at the event. (Chris Bristol, Fremont Tribune...

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Jul 2010

Races could test voters' views on death penalty

For decades, capital punishment was a driving force in California politics, swaying elections for governor and the U.S. Senate and reshaping the state Supreme Court. Jerry Brown (Nick Ut / AP) While executions in California have been...

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Jul 2010

Negotiations continue as Oakland tries to avoid laying off 80 police officers

Officer Derek Souza, 43, finished up his shift at 7 a.m. Saturday and headed for the locker room. He changed his clothes, hung up his service weapon, his Taser and his handcuffs and headed home. The only difference is this time he might...