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NEWS of the Day - November 26, 2004
on some LACP issues of interest

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NEWS of the Day - November 26, 2004
on some issues of interest to the community policing and neighborhood activist

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following group of articles from local newspapers and other sources constitutes but a small percentage of the information available to the community policing and neighborhood activist public. It is by no means meant to cover every possible issue of interest, nor is it meant to convey any particular point of view ...

We present this simply as a convenience to our readership ...

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From the LA Times:

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Ports Called 'Enormous Target'
About 12,000 containers arrive daily in L.A. On average, 43 of them are inspected by hand under the 'layered' system of Homeland Security.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-port26nov26,1,3704469.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Rearrests Run High Under Prop. 36
Thirty-one percent of drug offenders choosing rehab were back in custody within a year.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-drug26nov26,1,7973492.story?coll=la-headlines-california

In This Police Action Series, It's Ready, Aim, Hire
In a new recruitment effort, the LAPD is using short films to reach its target audience.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-onthelaw26nov26,1,2395058.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Students Sow Seeds, Reap Confidence
Young gardeners with special needs learn and have fun as they tend their plants in Descanso Gardens program.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-harvest26nov26,1,5566047.story?coll=la-headlines-california

3 Sought in Fake Crash Scam
Seven other suspects have been arrested in the $2-million Koreatown insurance fraud ring. State seeks public help.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud26nov26,1,163245.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Drug diversion botched
Jail more effective than Prop. 36 rehabilitation program
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2557653,00.html

COST rails against new MTA study
Busway report slanted?
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2558526,00.html

Immigration-reform calls block intelligence overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Southern California lawmakers who helped kill a post-Sept. 11 bill because it was too soft on illegal immigration vowed this week to smother any future intelligence overhaul that fails to control the flow of undocumented aliens.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2558594,00.html

120,000 county inmates freed before terms end
Mass prisoner release figure doubles previous number
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2558695,00.html


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