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Oct 2009

For the first time in years, racial politics need not play a big role in choosing who will lead the LAPD.In politicized, ethnically diverse Los Angeles, it is naive to assume that any major public policy decision is made without regard to...

21

Oct 2009

LAPD officers ratify new two-year contract, union says

Officers in the Los Angeles Police Department have voted to ratify a new two-year contract, the police union said today. The agreement keeps the city from forcing officers to take furloughs in the middle of a severe budget crisis but also...

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Oct 2009

LAPPL President Paul Weber: Next chief needs to be 'people person'

Los Angeles Daily News reporter Rick Orlov wrote yesterday that the Los Angeles Police Commission is now searching "in earnest" for LAPD chief Bill Bratton's replacement. "There are at least six candidates who will be interviewed on...

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Oct 2009

The next LAPD chief's policing paradox

Whoever takes over the department inherits an improved force -- but also much higher expectations from the public. Departing Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton bestows on his successor a blessing and a curse. The Bratton-era LAPD...