Secessionists Hail Policing Study.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. County Sheriffs Department could provide roughly the same level of service to 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. at a cost at least 40 percent less than the 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 . , according to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a county report. The estimates, which were provided at the request of the county agency studying Valley secession, project that the Sheriff's Department could provide law enforcement services to the Valley for $130 million to $145 million a year, compared to the LAPD's Valley service, which costs at least $230 million annually. The Sheriffs Department estimated it would incur one-time start-up costs -- including the assumption that it would have to build six new stations -- of $214 million. That start-up figure could be high, however, because cityhood advocates believe a Valley city would be able to take over the LAPD's current stations in the Valley. An LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. spokeswoman said the Sheriff's Department figure is just an estimate, and not an in-depth cost analysis. A more professional study, she said, would likely find the two agencies are similar in cost. |
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