Criminal
Aug. 2, 2001
Deputies Should Hit Pavement
Using civilian custody assistants would help the county of Los Angeles get its deputies out of staffing the jails and back on the streets.
Yet again, crime in Los Angeles is on the rise. According to preliminary figures from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, crime was up 7 percent in 2000. Ironically, nearly 2,500 of Los Angeles' deputy sheriffs, the people on whom we rely to keep our streets safe, are sitting behind bars, ...
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