Police chief pounds the interview beat for high schoolers.Police Chief William Bratton was on the other end of a grilling last week, and seemed to enjoy it. The tough questions came from the audience--many of whom were high school students--at a Town Hall Los Angeles Town Hall Los Angeles is a non-profit speaker's forum based in Los Angeles. It was founded in 1937. It has hosted over 3500 unpaid speakers, including
Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). columnist Patt Morrison Patt Morrison is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, host of the daily talk program Patt Morrison on 89.3 KPCC, and frequent commentator on National Public Radio. She co-hosted the Life & Times program on KCET-TV from 1993 to 2001. . Bratton heaped praise on organizers of the immigrant marches on May 1, and on LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. officers, who were pelted with batteries, bottles and bricks in a two-hour standoff with gang members who had joined at the end of the marches. Despite the huge crowds, there were only two arrests. Bratton pointed out that the boycott was a boon for local drivers. "People in L.A. had one of their best driving experiences, with no traffic on the freeways," he said. Bratton also said the LAPD will not be in compliance with the federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. , entered in 2001, that lays out nearly 200 areas for improvement. He expects the decree to be extended beyond the June 15 deadline, primarily because the department has been unable to install a computer system to track misconduct by officers. Elena Stern, vice president of government and media relations at the non-profit group Para los Ninos, got a sympathetic response from Bratton about the difficulties of people living on Skid Row skid row a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Alcoholism Skid Row district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008] See : Failure . "We'd like to do a lot more," he said, adding that he is working on getting more officers to patrol the area for predators. "They are the people most in need of protection." |
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