BRIEFLY : AUDIT: SEIZED GOODS NOT PROPERLY SECURED.The LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. has failed to adequately secure the drugs and other property it seizes, potentially jeopardizing criminal cases and resulting in some unclaimed property disappearing, City Controller Rick Tuttle Rick Tuttle (born 1940) was Los Angeles City Controller from 1985 to 2001. He stressed the importance of creating a strong democratic influence at UCLA, which was in his words "the best large public university in a major city. said in an audit Wednesday. Auditors and LAPD officials say there is no evidence that drugs or guns have been pilfered - missing items include surplus gun clips, cameras and televisions - but Tuttle's office called for heightened security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security , including installation of video cameras in drug and gun storage areas. The LAPD's Property Division receives and processes about 250,000 items annually, from bags of cocaine and handguns used in homicides to stolen bicycles and television sets officers recover. LAPD officials said they have implemented an automated property-control system but will review the recommendations of the audit. ``We'll look at it and implement what we need to,'' said Cmdr. Dave Kalish, a department spokesman. - Daily News Council OKs receipt of assault weapons More than a year after LAPD officers were outgunned in a shootout Shootout Venture capital jargon. Refers to two or more venture capital firms fighting for the startup. with bank robbers in North Hollywood, the City Council voted Wednesday to accept the U.S. Army's donation of 600 high-powered rifles. The M-16 assault rifles A
``This is something from the aftermath of the North Hollywood holdup,'' said council President John Ferraro John Ferraro (May 14 1924—April 17 2001) served as a Los Angeles City Councilman from 1966 until his death. Early life Ferraro was born in the working class suburb of Cudahy, California, just south of Los Angeles. . ``We needed some heavy armament.'' LAPD officials said it took a long time to deploy the weapons because each had to be modified to fire single shots, officers had to undergo special training to use the rifles, guidelines had to be developed to regulate their use and special ammunition had to be obtained that would penetrate body armor Noun 1. body armor - armor that protects the wearer's whole body body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armet - a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard and stop suspects but not continue on and hit innocent bystanders. - Daily News Passenger in pickup thrown, killed on I-5 BURBANK - A passenger in a pickup was killed Wednesday when the driver lost control and overturned on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. , officials said. Jose Diaz José Díaz, Jose Díaz, José Diaz, or Jose Diaz
n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Gretchen Jacobs. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, she said. The driver, Manuel Diaz Salazar, 31, of North Hollywood, was treated for minor injuries. - Daily News 424 area code to go into effect in July '99 The ``overlay'' area code 424 will be in effect on the Westside and in the South Bay starting July 17, 1999, a California-Nevada Code Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday. The state's 26th area code will serve the same geographic region as 310, said Alison Costa. It was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC; also often commonly referred to as simply the PUC) [1] is a state Public Utilities Commission which regulates privately-owned utilities in the state of California, including electric power, . ``All existing numbers will retain the 310 area code,'' Costa said. ``New telephone numbers assigned in the same area may receive the new 424 area code.'' - City News Service Officers' actions ruled proper in gunbattle Nine LAPD officers acted ``in policy'' when they engaged in a gunbattle that ended with the suicide of a domestic-violence suspect who had ambushed two Glendale police detectives at a Chatsworth warehouse last year, the Police Commission ruled Tuesday. Glendale police investigator Charles Lazzaretto was mortally wounded during the ambush by Israel Gonzalez, who was being investigated for domestic violence. After Lazzaretto was shot, his partner, Arthur Frank, summoned the LAPD's help to the pornographic video warehouse on Variel Avenue. Two LAPD officers were wounded as they attempted to rescue Lazzaretto. In the gunbattle that followed, nine LAPD officers fired shotguns and handguns at Gonzalez, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. - Daily News |
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