EDITORIAL COPS ON PATROL OFFICERS USE SMARTS TO NAB SUSPECTED FIRE-BOMBER.ALL Southland residents, especially those of us 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. , owe a debt of thanks to two Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officers whose quick thinking helped nab the man suspected of bombing
four Encino houses of worship.
When Officers Jim Marshall and Holly Thomson spotted Farshid Tehrani jaywalking jay·walk intr.v. jay·walked, jay·walk·ing, jay·walks To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner. [From jay2, inexperienced person. Tuesday, they thought it suspicious that he carried a barbecue lighter in his back pocket. When they later heard of another attack, they put two and two together, and Tehrani was put under surveillance and later arrested in connection with a string of arsons. That's good policing. It's also a tribute to Police Chief William Bratton's ``broken windows'' theory of policing - sometimes going after small-time small·time or small-time adj. Informal Insignificant or unimportant; minor: a smalltime actor. small offenders, like jaywalkers, can lead to big-time offenders. A grateful, relieved city thanks its police force. |
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