BRATTON PLEDGES HELP FOR PACOIMA.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer PACOIMA - Neighborhoods in Pacoima have been designated for extra resources as part of a Safer City Initiative to turn around crime, Police Chief William Bratton said Tuesday. Plans call for George Kelling, one of Bratton's top consultants on crime prevention efforts, to hit some of the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's most violent streets to study problems and recommend solutions. Bratton laid out the proposal at his first town hall meeting in Pacoima before 400 people at the Alicia Broadous-Duncan Multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective Senior Center. Bratton borrowed a line from the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge of Allegiance, in full, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, oath that proclaims loyalty to the United States. and its national symbol. to underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. his vow to cut crime on Pacoima streets. ``We're committed to liberty and justice for all, whether you were born here or you immigrated here,'' he said. ``This is an extraordinary city because its so welcoming to so many people.'' In addition to street crime, Bratton told meeting participants that terrorism was a top priority and that he has two detectives - one who works in Washington, D.C., and one who works with FBI agents - specially assigned to terror problems. ``We are committed to keeping city safe from terrorism,'' he said. Crime is down throughout 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. , including Pacoima. Violent crime dropped 19 percent in the last two years on Bratton's watch. Property crimes fell 6 percent. Reports of shots fired decreased 27 percent. And the number of shooting victims dropped 22 percent. But Bratton said he was troubled by an increase in homicides this year - 16 so far this year compared to nine in the same period last year. He urged residents to vote yes to a half-percent sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. increase on the November ballot that would give Los Angeles County 5,000 more law enforcement cops, 1,500 to the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. , including 500 in the Valley. Capt. Kirk Albanese, who heads the Foothill Division, urged the community to continue to partner with police to end the scourge of violence. He said he was encouraged by the night's turnout. ``This is good example of your commitment to us,'' he said. ``You're here because you care about your community. We care about your community as well.'' Jason Kandel, (818) 713-3664 jason.kandel(at)dailynews.com |
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