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Health and Welfare | Public Safety

Prosecutions of elder abuse cases decline under Jerry Brown

August 21, 2010, 4:05pm | Christina Jewett
Josefina Herrera, an L.A. County public health nurse, went undercover for the attorney general's office to investigate a
The office of Attorney General Jerry Brown has dismissed an increasing number of criminal cases against defendants suspected of elder abuse, while cutting back on surprise inspections to investigate violence and neglect in nursing homes.
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Public Safety

Unsupervised city workers accused of brazen theft, cheating taxpayers

Bored and unsupervised, five highly paid electricians working for the city of San Francisco spent years allegedly stealing from taxpayers during a...
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Health and Welfare | Public Safety

Marijuana delivery services evade bans on dispensaries, spreading across California

Hundreds of marijuana delivery services are circumventing bans on storefront dispensaries, bringing marijuana directly to people’s homes, offices...
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Money and Politics | Public Safety

Homeland Security marked by waste, lack of oversight

Communities across California had difficulty managing millions in anti-terrorism grants handed out after Sept. 11. Paperwork went missing and rules...
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Public Safety

LA sheriff's newest defense in violent jails: ray guns

August 30, 2010, 12:05am
This Assault Intervention Device transmits a focused heat ray which causes an intolerable burning sensation on skin.
Fifty years ago, guards fired shotguns loaded with sawed-off broom handles to control threatening inmates. Then came wooden and rubber bullets as a means to keep inmates under control without killing those on the receiving end. Stun guns emerged...
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State may be heading for record year of pot seizures

August 30, 2010, 12:05am
Marijuana seizures in California could eclipse last year’s record haul of seven million pot plants, according to law enforcement officials and local reports from ongoing eradication operations. With the major fall pot harvest fast approaching...
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Schwarzenegger calls for 50,000 Border Patrol agents

August 26, 2010, 12:05am
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has called for more than doubling the number of Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border – from the current level of around 18,000 to 50,000. "We have to secure our borders and stop all the mayhem, illegal...

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