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Sep 2009

Two dozen applications submitted to succeed Bratton

With the deadline for applications now passed, the field of candidates competing for the top job at the Los Angeles Police Department has been set. A total of 24 people have submitted applications to replace outgoing Police Chief William J...

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Sep 2009

Congress Hears Conflicting Ideas for Public Safety Network

Eight years and one failed spectrum auction after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., police and fire departments still don't have a national wireless broadband network to communicate with each other, and Congress heard conflicting...

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Sep 2009

Marguerite P. Justice dies at 88; first black woman to serve on L.A. Police Commission

Justice, a longtime community activist from southwest Los Angeles, was known as 'Mama J.' She was appointed to the police panel in 1971 by then-Mayor Sam Yorty. Marguerite P. Justice, who was hailed as the first black woman to serve as a...

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Sep 2009

Manson follower Susan Atkins dies at 61

Susan Atkins, who committed one of modern history's most notorious crimes when she joined Charles Manson and his gang for a 1969 killing spree that terrorized Los Angeles and put her in prison for the rest of her life, has died. She was 61...