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Jan 2013

NYPD testing technology that would detect concealed weapons on citizens

The NYPD says it is testing a new device that would allow officers to detect if citizens are carrying a weapon without having to pat them down. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday the device, which resembles body scanners...

21

Jan 2013

LAPD Honoring Northridge Man Who Rescued Officer After '94 Quake

A National Guardsman stands outside the ruins of the Northridge Meadows Apartments where 16 people died on Jan. 17, 1994. (AFP / Getty context) Nineteen years after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, the Los Angeles Police Department...

18

Jan 2013

An LAPD Officer's 'Personal Connection' With Eagle Rock Comes to an End

LAPD's Senior Lead Officer Craig Orange on a night patrol at Yosemite Park in October 2010. (Ajay Singh) In the eight years that Craig Orange has patrolled the streets of Eagle Rock, scores of residents have become familiar with the...

15

Jan 2013

LAPD's Parker Center is closed for good

Locked doors of Parker Center on Tuesday. (Richard Winton / L.A. Times) Parker Center, the iconic headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Department for more than five decades, was closed for good Tuesday. Top police officials, several...