PURSUIT REVEALS POLICE GEAR IN CAR.Byline: Staff and Wire Services SHERMAN OAKS - A man whose auto trunk was full of law enforcement gear, including weapons and handcuffs hand·cuff n. A restraining device consisting of a pair of strong, connected hoops that can be tightened and locked about the wrists and used on one or both arms of a prisoner in custody; a manacle. Often used in the plural. tr.v. , drove helter-skelter across 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. on Wednesday, intentionally ramming up to five cars before being caught on foot, 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 said. The driver of the white 1984 Ford Crown Victoria For the Police Interceptor version used by law enforcement, see Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. For the 1979–1991 version known as the LTD Crown Victoria, see Ford LTD Crown Victoria. led officers on a high-speed chase on city streets and freeways between Encino and Sherman Oaks before he surrendered at 10:45 a.m. as he walked out of a Ventura Boulevard photo shop. The man, who ran off after crashing his car at Ventura Boulevard and Costello Avenue, was identified as Todd Taylor, 45, said Officer April Harding of the Los Angeles Police Department's media relations section. His hometown was not immediately released, Harding said. After the crash, officers opened the trunk of the suspect's car - a model often used by law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). - and found a replica 9 mm pistol, a police-style baton, sheriff's and city police badges and a security garment, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Sgt. Lee Sands said. Sands also said Taylor was wearing a blue LAPD T-shirt. Investigators were trying to determine whether he was impersonating an officer. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Ventura Boulevard was closed to through traffic Wednesday morning after a police pursuit ended in a collision in Sherman Oaks. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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