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08
Jun 2009
A hearing at which attorneys for the LAPD planned to ask a federal judge to end the consent decree under which the department has been under federal oversight since 2001 has been postponed, but police Chief William Bratton says he's...
07
Jun 2009
As a wide-ranging LAPD injunction restricts gangs on their own turf, seeds of opportunity are taking root in an area that has long felt marginalized.By Scott GoldJune 7, 2009 The boys had made no effort to hide the shotgun, so it was found...
07
Jun 2009
In sitting down to write this column, I had what we might call a Groundhog Day sensation, as though I've been here many times staring at the blank screen only to have the same words and arguments come to mind.
Well, what else can a cop do...
06
Jun 2009
The Los Angeles Police Department has spent hundreds of millions of dollars fulfilling the requirements of the federal court order imposed in the wake of the Rampart scandal.
The agency has built a system to monitor officer interaction...