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Refusal to Disclose Finances Puts LAPD Gang Unit at Risk
Advances like a 11.1 percent drop in crime could be at risk as highly trained officers in the LAPD Gang Unit have refused to disclose financial records as required by a federal consent decree. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, vivid descriptions of today's violence in Cairo.
By Warren Olney • • 26m ListenAdvances like a 11.1 percent drop in crime could be at risk as highly trained Los Angeles Police officers in the LAPD Gang Unit have refused to comply with financial disclosure rules required by a federal consent decree. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, vivid descriptions of today's violence in Cairo.
Banner image: Police officers look over a car attacked with gunfire during in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles, California. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
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2 storiesLAPD Gang Officers Won't Disclose Their Finances
Here in the gang capital of the nation, the Los Angeles Police Department has been making progress, with an 11.1 percent drop in gang-related crime last year alone. But advances like that could be at risk because so many highly trained officers have dropped out of specialized gang units.
Read the story14 minPeaceful Protests Turn Violent in Egypt
After nine days of peaceful protest in Cairo, Tahrir Square erupted in violence today, just hours after President Hosni Mubarak said he would not run for re-election. At 2 in the afternoon, pro-Mubarak forces attacked anti-government demonstrators in Tahrir Square.
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