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22
Jun 2009
Voter approval of the Los Angeles Police Department is stronger than at any point in the last two decades, and the department has closed much of the gap between the views of whites and those of blacks and Latinos, according to The Times...
22
Jun 2009
The strong endorsement of the department, expressed in a June poll, cuts across racial and ethnic lines. Other aspects of life in the city do not fare so well.
Los Angeles police are riding a crest of goodwill that has pushed the...
20
Jun 2009
The City Council eliminates a provision in the 2007 moratorium that allowed outlets with pending applications to stay open. The city will continue to work toward a permanent ordinance.
The council now faces the daunting task of trying to...
20
Jun 2009
The department has all but completed the necessary reforms and demonstrated it is ready to 'protect and to serve' all the people of Los Angeles.
It is time to end the 8-year-old federal consent decree that already has spurred the Los...