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19
Jul 2009
A federal judge Friday lifted the controversial consent decree that for more than eight years had guided an independent monitor overseeing sweeping reforms of the Los Angeles Police Department imposed after the Rampart corruption scandal....
19
Jul 2009
U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess freed the Los Angeles Police Department from most of the federal oversight that has been in place since the Rampart corruption scandals of the early 1990s. "When the Decree was entered, LAPD was a...
19
Jul 2009
Declaring that the Los Angeles Police Department has reformed itself significantly after decades of corruption and brutality complaints, a U.S. judge on Friday ended a long-running period of federal oversight.
U.S. District Court Judge...
17
Jul 2009
After learning of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to slash prison guard's salaries by another 10 percent, the union has authorized a strike vote, according to Paco Villa's Correction Blog.
Union members question how the governor can...