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Apr 2012

With growing number of parolees in San Fernando Valley, LAPD scrambles to keep its eye on them

A parolee is led away in handcuffs after guns were found in his home April 12, 2012. (Andy Holzman / Staff Photographer) The children playing and laughing in the backyard next door couldn't see it, but police officers had forced open a...

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Apr 2012

Stabbed in Brain, Officer Escaped 'Death's Door'

Dr. Joshua B. Bederson of Mount Sinai Medical Center with Officer Eder Loor's wife, Dina, at a news conference on Wednesday. (Richard Perry/The New York Times) The wild swing connected to the left side of the police officer's head, a...

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Apr 2012

Report: Police consolidation would save Los Angeles $2.9M a year

Consolidating the city's law enforcement agencies would save Los Angeles $2.9 million a year and increase operating efficiencies, according to a report released Tuesday. The report by Miguel Santana, the city's top budget analyst,...

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Apr 2012

Prisons to block use of smuggled phones

An inmate is shown at a bank of prison pay phones in Tracy, Calif. (Los Angeles Times) A private company has agreed to pay millions to install technology in California prisons to block Web searches, text messages and phone calls by...