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Spotlight: Public Safety

Veteran detectives identify death investigation’s key mistakes

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Two experienced homicide detectives identify six errors in how the Office of Protective Services investigated a patient's death. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Basic police work ignored in autistic patient’s suspicious death

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Dead at 50 with a severely broken neck, Van Ingraham’s injuries looked suspicious. But police took the word of a blind man over three medical experts.  + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Q&A with police training sergeant

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
A training officer with the Los Angeles Police Department explains how to investigate crimes against the developmentally disabled. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Document: Ingraham case file

February 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
Read how police investigated the death of a 50-year-old patient found with a broken neck. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Sloppy investigations leave abuse of disabled unsolved

February 23, 2012, 5:55 AM
At California’s institutions for the developmentally disabled, a poorly trained and hamstrung police force bungles investigations into physical abuse.  + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

State agency’s police chiefs lack law enforcement experience

February 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Despite warnings a decade ago, state officials hired police chiefs without experience in law enforcement or criminal investigations. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Who is accountable for suspected abuse at developmental centers?

February 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Command of the state’s developmental centers begins with the governor’s office and ends with technicians working with patients. Find out who’s in control and how to contact them. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

CIR sues public health agency over abuse investigation files

February 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
The Center for Investigative Reporting sues the state to unlock thousands of censored records about alleged patient abuse. + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

How we analyzed abuse and injury cases at developmental centers

February 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
California Watch included in our analysis only substantiated cases of “patient abuse” and “injuries of unknown origin.” + read more
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Data: Public Safety

Explore data on abuse and unexplained injuries at Calif. developmental centers

February 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
Five institutions in California house nearly 1,800 patients with developmental disabilities, including those with cerebral palsy, mental retardation and severe autism. This population is at a high risk for physical abuse and injury. The Office of Protective Services and the state Department of... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Traffic officials following the few checkpoint rules that exist, auditor finds

February 17, 2012, 12:05 AM
California traffic safety officials have followed the few rules that exist for overseeing sobriety checkpoints set up by hundreds of police departments, the state auditor reported yesterday. No federal law or state statute governs what happens at the roadway operations, according to the... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Fatal shooting highlights struggle to regulate replica guns

January 13, 2012, 8:36 AM
The fatal police shooting earlier this month of a Texas middle school student clutching a BB gun – the latest in a series of incidents involving imitation firearms – spotlights how localities and states have struggled to identify and control both look-alike toys and guns that fire... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Palm Springs sees rise in anti-gay hate crimes

November 16, 2011, 12:05 AM
California hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation bucked a national trend and rose by 25 percent – nearly all of the increase coming from cities. The most dramatic shifts took place in Palm Springs and San Francisco – both cities with significant gay and lesbian populations. ... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Federal police grants will reduce layoffs, cover bare essentials

September 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
Maywood is a small industrial city east of Los Angeles that shut down most of its local government last year, including its police department. No matter: The U.S. Justice Department is giving the city $428,788 to pay for one officer. Maywood’s grant is part of $71.9 million being awarded... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

ACLU: Police use of digital surveillance 'shrouded in secrecy'

August 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
Law enforcement efforts to obtain cell phone location data and Internet records have prompted privacy rights advocates to launch a nationwide investigation. This month, the American Civil Liberties Union of California filed Freedom of Information Act requests asking more than 50 police agencies to... + read more
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