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  2. Los Angeles Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. [6] With 8,832 officers [6] and 3,000 civilian staff, [2] it is the third-largest municipal police department in the United States, after the New York City ...

  3. Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums - Wikipedia

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    Southeast. The Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) was a specialized gang intelligence unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) tasked with combating gang -related crime between 1979 and 2000. The unit was established in the South Central district of Los Angeles, California, United States, to combat rising gang violence ...

  4. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was founded in 1850, was the first professional police force in the Los Angeles area. The all-volunteer, Los Angeles-specific Los Angeles Rangers were formed in 1853 to assist the LASD. They were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group.

  5. History of the Los Angeles Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The entrance gates of the Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park, established in 1925. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was formed in 1869, and has since become the third-largest law enforcement agency in the United States. They have been involved in various events in history, such as the Black Dahlia murder, the Watts riots, the ...

  6. LAPD Metropolitan Division - Wikipedia

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    LAPD Metropolitan Division. Metropolitan Division, commonly referred to as Metro Division or just Metro, is an elite division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) under its Special Operations Group. Metropolitan Division is responsible for managing the LAPD's specialized crime suppression, K-9, mounted, and SWAT units, named "platoons".

  7. LAPD Air Support Division - Wikipedia

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    LAPD Air Support Division. The Air Support Division (ASD) is the police aviation division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). It is the largest municipal airborne law enforcement organization in the United States [2] and operates from the LAPD Hooper Heliport. While originally devoted to aerial traffic enforcement, the ASD has grown to ...

  8. California Highway Patrol - Wikipedia

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    chp.ca.gov. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the principal state police agency for the U.S. state of California. The CHP has primary patrol jurisdiction over all California highways and roads and streets outside city limits, and can exercise law enforcement powers anywhere within the state. The California Highway Patrol can assist local ...

  9. Law enforcement in Los Angeles County - Wikipedia

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    University of California Police Departments; California State University Police Department; California Exposition Park Public Safety; California State Hospital Police; California State Park Peace Officer (Ranger) California Department of Motor Vehicles Investigations Division.