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Jan 2014

Advocates were wishing and hoping that California’s high recidivism rate – the percentage of inmates who commit new crimes soon after release from prison – would decline when prison realignment took hold. The idea was that as the state...

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Dec 2013

Two years into prison realignment, do you know where your car is?

If your automobile insurance suddenly costs more, it might have something to do with prison realignment. Here’s why: A report this month from the nonpartisan Public Police Institute of California (PPIC) found that motor vehicle theft...

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Dec 2013

Council approves settlement in ticket quota case

The California Vehicle Code forbids the Los Angeles Police Department from establishing a policy whereby an officer must meet a ticket quota, and a “quota” is defined as “any requirement regarding the number of arrests made, or the number...

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Dec 2013

Time to Oppose Another Cop Killer’s Parole

The Los Angeles Police Protective League vehemently opposes the release of Voltaire Williams, who was involved in the brutal ambush assassination of LAPD Detective Thomas Williams. The murder occurred on Halloween in 1985 in a spray of...