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Appellate Practice

Feb. 4, 2003

Court Upholds Disbanding of Compton Police

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appellate court has upheld a decision two years ago by the crime-plagued community of Compton to disband its 113-member police department and contract law enforcement work to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

A decision to disband
Compton's 113-member police force two years ago has been upheld by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Page 2.
By Pamela A. MacLean
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