Blue Ribbon Report On LAPD Rampart; Governor Schwarzenegger's Prison Reform Plan; Israel Marches Into Lebanon and The Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza; The Early History Of The LA County Sheriff's Department
Blue Ribbon Report On LAPD Rampart
A city task force is advising the LAPD that it risks a crisis like the Rampart corruption scandal seven years ago without major reforms.The panel recommended an outside group investigate future police abuse. It also proposed overhauling the police disciplinary system, and expanding the size and independence of the commission's inspector general office, among other reforms.
Governor Schwarzenegger's Prison Reform Plan
Governor Schwarzenegger recently released a three-point-six billion dollar plan to reform the state's prisons. In addition to a proposal to send 5,000 jailed illegal immigrants to prisons in other states, the Governor also recommends that California add another 51-thousand prison beds over the next 15 years. Larry and his guests discuss the pros and cons of the Governor's plan.
Israel Marches Into Lebanon and The Humanitarian Crisis In Gaza
Hezbollah militants moved into Israel and captured two Israeli soldiers. Israel then responded by moving into southern Lebanon with warplanes, tanks and gunboats. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the soldiers' capture is an "act of war." Larry talks about the escalating tensions in the Middle East. Larry also discusses the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The Early History Of The LA County Sheriff's Department
Los Angeles in 1850 was a city rich with gold rush money, Mexican bandits and confederate sympathizers, and boasted the highest homicide rate in America. Larry Mantle talks with Sven Crongeyer, about the early history of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was created to bring law and order to the city in its chaotic early days. From profiles of the frontier-style lawmen hired to stop the initial mayhem to an analysis of the the city's modern sheriff's office-the largest in America-Crongeyer draws comparisons between the uproar of the early days, the racial tensions that erupted during the Watts riots, and the safety issues that preoccupy the police force today. The name of the book is Six Gun Sound: The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.