CHANGES SPEED UP L.A. COPS' RESPONSE TIME POLICE REPORT MAJOR DROP.Byline: Rick Orlov Orlov (Орлóв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Staff Writer 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. police have responded to emergency calls much more quickly than a year ago due to changes in how it handles and categorizes calls, officials said Monday. Police said they are now responding to emergency calls in an average of 6.7 minutes - a drop of nearly four minutes. Officers also have shaved shave v. shaved, shaved or shav·en , shav·ing, shaves v.tr. 1. a. To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: about six minutes off the response time for nonemergency calls. Capt. Andrew Smith Andrew Smith or Andy Smith may refer to:
with song, bird-women lure sailors to death. [Gk. Myth.: Odyssey] See : Enchantment sirens their singing so sweet, it lured sailors to their death. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 48] See : Singer to most emergency calls, and property crime calls were downgraded in urgency. ``We no longer respond to calls of, say, a car stripping in progress,'' Smith told the City Council's Public Safety Committee. ``We consider that a property crime. We would rather have our officers respond to crimes where someone is in danger.'' Councilman Bernard Ber·nard , Claude 1813-1878. French physiologist noted for his study of the digestive and nervous systems. Parks, who was police chief prior to Chief William Bratton, questioned the validity of the response-time figures. ``It seems to me like you're comparing apples and oranges,'' said Parks, who is running against Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California next March 8 and has made public safety one of his top issues. ``If you remove a category of crimes from your top priority, you aren't getting a meaningful number.'' Smith said he agreed with Parks, but pointed out there also were drops in the response time for all other calls. His figures also show officers are responding to the less urgent calls 15 minutes quicker than a year ago. In recategorizing certain crimes, Bratton did away with the group listed as Code 2 High, serious crimes that were not considered of extreme danger to the public. By doing that, Smith said, it increased the number of routine calls, but also freed up officers to respond to those crimes considered the most dangerous to the public. Rick Orlov, (213) 978-0390 rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com |
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