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Feb 2010

CHP union exec: lower pensions for new hires?

The chief executive of the trendsetting California Highway Patrol union told a CalPERS forum last week that he is thinking about negotiating lower pension benefits for new hires, a move to protect them from a greater rollback by a future...

01

Feb 2010

Beck wants cameras in LAPD patrol cars ASAP

Nearly two decades after the Rodney King beating prompted demands for heightened monitoring of LAPD officers, city officials were told Monday of a renewed effort to get video cameras installed patrol cars. Police Chief Charlie Beck has...

01

Feb 2010

Budget forces cops to shed cell phones

Add cell phones to the list of cutbacks at the San Diego Police Department. About 200 officers have been asked to turn in their department-issued cell phones and PDAs to reduce the agency's $800,000-a-year cell phone bill by nearly $300,...

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Jan 2010

Bellville woman relieved Onion Field killer stays behind bars

BELLVILLE - Lori Campbell hopes this parole decision is the last time anyone will consider releasing her father's murderer. The Bellville woman is the daughter of Los Angeles police officer Ian Campbell, who was kidnapped and murdered on...