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Nov 2008
With the Oakridge Park mobile home development in the San Fernando Valley looking as if it had been "hit by a nuclear bomb," and 600 of its 700 closely packed houses burned down to soft piles of ash, the Los Angeles Police Department...
17
Nov 2008
Lock Up Your Home Before You Evacuate, Police UrgeSome residents are leaving doors and windows unlocked or open because they mistakenly believe that will help firefighters. Such action, however, helps looters to gain access and fire to...
17
Nov 2008
Central Division Capt. Jodi Wakefield was involved in a 2005 Downtown incident in which a bank robbery suspect was killed by police after brandishing a sword. So far this year, 39 police officers on Skid Row have been attacked, and two...
17
Nov 2008
The rise in assaults on officers is viewed with skepticism from opponents of the Safer Cities Initiative. Homeless advocacy group the Los Angeles Community Action Network, or LA CAN, which has criticized the department for what they argue...
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