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Feb 2010

PROPOSAL: Police, fire functions could be transferred to cut costs

Eyeing annual savings of up to a half-billion dollars, the Los Angeles City Council asked Monday for a report on a proposal to consolidate the city's myriad computer operations in one agency. Similar plans have been proposed over the years...

22

Feb 2010

McDonnell to be sworn in as LBPD chief March 13

Long Beach's new Chief of Police will be officially sworn in March 13. New LBPD Chief Jim McDonnell. Jim McDonnell, who is still finishing out his tenure at the Los Angeles Police Department, has been meeting with Long Beach Police...

21

Feb 2010

DONE expected to be folded into another agency to save money

In the continuing effort to reduce city costs, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is expected to announce plans today to fold the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment into another city agency. A recommendation to the mayor on Sunday calls for...

20

Feb 2010

The Mathematics of Clumpy Crime

in a sprawling city like Los Angeles, crime still clumps together. Mathematical models of burglars presented here today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (which publishes ScienceNOW) show that...