Police Salaries and Pensions Push California City to Brink:
Though few elected officials in America want to say it, police officers and other public-safety workers keep turning up at the center of the municipal bankruptcies and budget dramas plaguing many American cities - largely because their pensions tend to be significantly more costly than those of other city workers. Ref. Source 1
LA Sheriff's Department misconduct includes rape, drug smuggling, kidnapping - report:
Recent misconduct investigations of deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department included rape, smuggling heroin into jail, stealing money from a narcotics arrest and misuse of a department helicopter, an oversight report details. Ref. Source 6
LAPD Officers Violated Policy In Manhunt Shooting
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LOS ANGELESEight Los Angeles police officers violated department policy when they mistakenly riddled a pickup truck with bullets, injuring two women, during a manhunt last year for cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner, a civilian oversight board announced Tuesday. Police Chief Charlie Beck and Alex Bustamante, inspector general for the Los Angeles Police Commission, independently recommended that the shooting be ruled out of policy, commission President Steve Soboroff said. He did not provide further details. Beck will decide disciplinary measures for the officers, who were assigned to non-field duties during an LAPD investigation. Possible measures could include extensive retraining, suspensions or even firings.
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Poll says chief should stay, 2-to-1
The latest sex crimes investigation involving a San Diego police officer doesn't appear to have damaged police Chief Bill Lansdowne's standing in the community. A U-T San Diego/10News poll found that 69 ... Ref. Source 7