BRIEFLY BRATTON: NO ON HOMELAND POST.Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday he's not interested in taking over the job of outgoing Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Secretary Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 27 1945 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security . ``At this particular time in my life, I'm enjoying what I'm doing, and I've got three years to go on the first term,'' Bratton said in an interview on KNX-AM radio. ``These stories take off like a missile, so I figure I'd shoot it down very quickly.'' His comments followed a remark by Ridge that Bratton and 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 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. both understand how to protect large cities. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Children taken from filthy home LANCASTER - Sheriff's deputies found 10 children ``living in ankle- deep clutter and appalling filth'' Thursday inside a rented house used by suspected drug dealers in Lancaster, a sheriff's official said. A sheriff's team that focuses on rental properties served a search warrant prompted by neighbor complaints at 1 p.m. in the 700 block of West Avenue H-14, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Rick Ellis Rick Ellis could refer to the current CEO of New Zealand's state broadcaster, TVNZ. Or a senior environmental geologist/project manager living in Overland Park, Kansas. . Deputies entering the house found the children, whose ages range from 2 to 17, living in ``deplorable conditions,'' Ellis said. Deputies arrested two women on suspicion of drug possession and child endangerment charges at the house, he said. The children were taken into protective custody An arrangement whereby a person is safeguarded by law enforcement authorities in a location other than the person's home because his or her safety is seriously threatened. , Ellis said. - City News Service 25-year-old held in man's slaying BURBANK - A 25-year-old Los Angeles man was being held Thursday in lieu of $2 million bail after being charged with fatally shooting a Burbank man outside his home, officials said. Stephen Sangwook Kim was charged with murder in last Saturday's killing of Man Nguyen in the 1200 block of North Lamer Street, officials. Kim surrendered to authorities Tuesday, a day after Burbank police held a news conference identifying him as a suspect and urging him to turn himself in. - City News Service Crash ends chase; four people hurt Four people, including a mother and her baby, suffered minor injuries Thursday when a drunk driving suspect being pursued by police crashed into another vehicle in Van Nuys, police said. The short pursuit ended about 6:15 p.m. at Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. and Kester Avenue when the woman police were pursuing ran a red light and broad-sided a pickup, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Arlene Hennessey said. The pickup skidded onto its side and brushed a woman pushing a baby in a stroller, Hennessey said. The mother and baby, the driver of the pickup and the suspected drunk driver all were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, authorities said. - Daily News Gunman stays in Crystal Cathedral GARDEN GROVE - An employee threatening to kill himself holed up in a downstairs office inside the landmark Crystal Cathedral on Thursday after firing several shots a few hours earlier without injuring anyone, police said. Garden Grove police Lt. Mike Handfield said the man, believed to be in his 50s, is a despondent de·spon·dent adj. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected. de·spon  dent·ly adv. employee of the church who has threatened to
kill himself if any specific information about him is disclosed to the
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He said the suspect is ``behind a locked door. We know where he is. We have our tactical team in position ... We're still trying to communicate with him.'' The church had scheduled two performances of its famed ``Glory of Christmas'' pageant Thursday, but both shows were canceled. - City News Service |
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