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Suspects were allegedly part of a statewide network that trafficked guns and drugs
One of the detectives had worked in the Operation Safe Streets Bureau, which investigates street gangs, the sources said. The department said it was cooperating with the investigation, which is ...
During a 12 September Inside Safe operation to move residents of the Aetna Street homeless encampment to the Palm Tree Inn, a group of at least 25 police officers flanked outreach and mayor’s ...
Operation Cul-de-Sac (OCDS) was a Los Angeles Police Department effort to reduce violent crime, particularly drive-by shootings by gangs. [1] It consisted of installing concrete barriers, later iron fencing, to block fourteen residential streets to vehicle traffic. During the two years it was in effect, it substantially reduced violent crime.
The Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) was a specialized gang intelligence unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) tasked with combating gang-related crime between 1979 and 2000. The unit was established in the South Central district of Los Angeles, California, United States, to combat rising gang violence during the ...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was founded in 1850, was the first professional police force in the Los Angeles area. The all-volunteer, Los Angeles-specific Los Angeles Rangers were formed in 1853 to assist the LASD. They were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group.
Under the proposal, dubbed "Operation Safe Streets," police in the city would have detained and released drug dealers two times before finally charging them upon their third arrest.
By Daniel Trotta. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - While more and more cities urge police to crack down on homeless people sleeping in parks and streets, Los Angeles has resisted the rush to lead with law ...