NewsWatch

15

Dec 2009

Google is beginning to make its Google Apps suite available to the more than 30,000 employees of the City of Los Angeles, the result of a City Council vote in late October that selected integrator Computer Sciences Corporation's bid over...

15

Dec 2009

City audit: LAPD under Bratton mismanaged millions

The LAPD under former chief William Bratton mismanaged and mishandled millions of dollars of taxpayer money - violating city policies in buying supplies and hiring vendors, according to an internal department audit.Covering the 2007-2008...

15

Dec 2009

What's next for LAPD's Parker Center?

At today's L.A. City Council Public Safety Committee meeting (.pdf), the issue of what to do with the nearly emptied Parker Center is up for discussion. Since the new Police Administration Building opened in October, only the Scientific...

15

Dec 2009

City moves toward creating gang intervention training program

Taking the first step to professionalize gang intervention workers, a city panel recommended Monday paying a group $200,000 to create a training academy.The Los Angeles Violence Intervention and Training Academy will develop a 150-hour...