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Mar 2010
The Los Angeles City Council on Monday discussed hiking fees for ambulance usage, burglar alarm responses and other services provided by the Police and Fire departments as it looks for ways to cover a $212 million budget shortfall.
A...
28
Feb 2010
It's a grim irony tucked away in the files of the Los Angeles Police Department.
The first request for funding to buy photographic equipment for the department was made by Chief Walter Auble in 1905.
And the oldest crime scene photos in...
28
Feb 2010
Citing a decline in revenues and an increase in the cost of law enforcement, several small cities in southeast Los Angeles County are considering a novel approach to policing their communities.
City officials in Maywood and Bell say they...
28
Feb 2010
As many as 20 people stood by and watched for nearly two hours, Richmond police say, as others gang-raped a 16-year-old girl outside a high school homecoming dance in the tough San Francisco Bay area community last fall.
Now, state...