ARNOLD, GIULIANI, BACA VOW FIGHT AGAINST GANGS.Byline: TROY ANDERSON Staff Writer MONTEREY PARK Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. -- Declaring Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County's gang crisis an urgent priority, Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California. After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. , Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Mayor Rudy Giuliani pledged Monday to earmark earmark taking a piece out of the edge or center of the ear with a punch as an identification mark. The shape of the mark may be registerable under local legislation. money and develop strategies to quell a surge in violence. Speaking after a summit at sheriff's headquarters, Schwarzenegger said local, state and federal governments need to coordinate their disparate efforts to combat gangs. "This is a problem that exists all over the state of California," Schwarzenegger said. "I've spoken to various different mayors all over California and they all face the same problems. "I think Mayor (Antonio) Villaraigosa and LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Chief (William) Bratton are doing an extraordinary job here in L.A. to fight gang violence. But they will be the first ones to tell you they can't do it alone. They need help. So we want to provide that help. "This is why the state is getting involved in a very serious way to bring all the resources together." He noted that U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has introduced a bill that would provide $1 billion to fight gangs and suggested the creation of "fusion centers" that could serve as data clearinghouses for law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). to coordinate strategy. The sheriff, governor and Giuliani -- who is seeking the GOP presidential nomination -- met Monday with law-enforcement officials from neighboring counties. They discussed efforts by Giuliani and Bratton that led to a drop in crime in New York City Crime in New York City has been a concern of residents since the 19th century. Crime rates spiked in the 1980s and early 1990s, as the crack epidemic hit New York City, but have drastically reduced since then. Out of 216 U.S. . While Giuliani was mayor, Schwarzenegger said, crime in the nation's largest city dropped 60 percent, and homicides dropped 70 percent. Giuliani said a coordinated response is needed to resolve the gang problem. "I used to think of it this way when dealing with organized crime way back in the early 1980s: If we can be as well organized as they were, we could defeat them," Giuliani said. "You've got the kinds of sheriff's departments and the support of the governor and that gives you the capacity to be much more organized than they are. It's not going to happen in a week or two, a month or two, or a year or two. "The real key to this is a long-term commitment to this kind of a strategy." Bratton and Villaraigosa announced a plan last month to fight gang-related crime, which increased last year by 14 percent in Los Angeles and 44 percent in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Their campaign includes a list of Most Wanted gang members, one of whom was apprehended last week in Central America. LAPD officials plan today to announce the arrest of a second suspect. The LAPD plan came on the heels of legislation introduced in January by Feinstein and a bipartisan coalition of 19 other senators that would toughen federal penalties for gang-related crime. It also would provide $1 billion for gang enforcement, prevention and intervention programs over five years. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said one of Baca's ideas is to create a Gang Assessment Center, similar to the Joint Regional Center for Terrorism, which serves as a data clearinghouse for local, state and federal agencies working to prevent terrorism. "The Gang Assessment Center is a central facility that would have all the data connected to gangs that would be at the fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. of the people involving in fighting the gang crisis in Los Angeles County," Whitmore said. "Because you would have all the information in one central location, resources could be moved into areas that needed attention in real time throughout the county." troy.anderson@dailynews.com (213) 974-8985 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Presidential hopeful and former New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Mayor Rudy Giuliani answers questions during a news conference with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sheriff Lee Baca on Monday. The three joined in a summit to devise gang-fighting strategies in Los Angeles County. Sarah Reingewirtz/Staff Photographer |
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