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10
Aug 2009
55 inmates are taken to hospitals after a riot touched off by fighting among Latino and African American prisoners shuts down a 1,300-man unit of the California Institution for Men.A dormitory burned down and 55 inmates were taken to...
09
Aug 2009
Like any bond measure approved by voters, there was wide skepticism if the city could deliver on its promises with Proposition Q, the $600 million bond measure approved in 2002 to build new police facilities around the city.
As he prepares...
09
Aug 2009
The story you are about to read is true. The names have not been changed to protect the innocent.
The United States Postal Service will begin selling a new "Dragnet" postage stamp on Tuesday, officials say.
Actor Jack Webb played LAPD Sgt...
09
Aug 2009
The day after he stunned the city with word that he would resign as chief of police, William J. Bratton sat in the relative quiet of his office collecting his thoughts. Every minute or two his cellphone buzzed to life, alerting him to yet...