REWARDS IN CRIME CASES MAY RISE.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Fear of reprisal reprisal, in international law, the forcible taking, in time of peace, by one country of the property or territory belonging to another country or to the citizens of the other country, to be held as a pledge or as redress in order to satisfy a claim. , especially from gangs and drug dealers, may be keeping witnesses from claiming the $25,000 rewards the city offers for information leading to the arrest of murderers and other criminals, LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said Tuesday. So the 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 Commission asked Parks to consider upping the bounty. Only six of 38 rewards offered last year have resulted in arrests. Parks told the commission that $25,000 - set by the City Council in 1983 - might not be a big enough inducement. ``People are not willing to step forward,'' Parks said. Witnesses often have to testify at the suspect's trial to claim the bounty, opening them to possible retaliation. The reward is a ``minimal amount of money'' compared to that risk or having to move out of a neighborhood, Parks said. Council members, who routinely announce new rewards, were surprised by the low number of takers. Councilwoman Laura Chick said the response is ``pitiful'' and deserves review. The panel asked Parks to check with other major cities to see how they induce people to come forward. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has offered rewards of up to $30,000 in high-profile cases, but that usually is money from other sources. Chicago does not put up rewards but helps publicize rewards posted by private entities. Parks said one way to encourage more witnesses to come forward is for the state to increase money available for witness relocation. The chief said he would report back with recommendations in 90 days. The six rewards in which claims were filed last year included the murder case of Ennis Cosby Ennis William Cosby (April 15, 1969 – January 16, 1997) was the son of actor Bill Cosby and Camille Hanks. He had four sisters. Life Ennis's father Bill Cosby mined family life for much of his material, but kept the family itself quite private. , the son of comedian Bill Cosby, and the killing of Corie Williams, a teen-age girl shot by gang members on an MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. bus. In both of those cases, arrests were made, but the cases have not yet gone to trial. A claim also was filed for the reward in the west 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. slaying of teen-ager Lamoun Thames, who was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus. A claim also was filed for a reward in the case of vandals who were shooting out car windows on Los Angeles freeways. Arrests were made in that case as well. Chick, who chairs the council's Public Safety Committee, said the reward program is a good investment because money is only paid when crimes are solved. ``To me it's money well spent if it leads to apprehending a criminal on a serious crime,'' Chick said. |
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