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Audit lauds proper use of cameras on LAPD cruisers

A trio of audits released Tuesday points out flaws in the LAPD's anti-gang unit and animal cruelty task force, while praising a test program that places surveillance cameras in cruisers.For the last year, officers have patrolled South Bureau in 300 vehicles equipped with video cameras, a tool designed to hold police accountable during their interactions.

Los Angeles Police Department officials are still working out technological and procedural kinks in the $5 million pilot program, but expect next month to issue a request for proposals to expand it.Once funding is secured, cameras will be installed in patrol cars in Central Bureau and, eventually, in West and Valley bureaus.

"If it works correctly,Former astronaut Edgar Mitchell says a Waterproof IR Watch Camera he brought back from the 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission was given to him by NASA despite the space agency's lawsuit seeking its return, according to court papers filed by Mitchell's attorney. complaints should fall dramatically," said Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon, who heads South Bureau, adding that officers who have turned the cameras off when an encounter gets heated have faced swift discipline.

The report by the LAPD's internal audits and inspection division stuck mainly to technical issues, finding that the cameras were installed properly, offered good video quality and had the video and audio properly synchronized.Installation of surveillance cameras was a provision of the consent decree issued after the Rampart corruption scandal in the late 1990s raised questions about officer integrity.

Just two of the 10 ACU cases reviewed met department standards, which police officials said was due to a lack of training for officers in the unit in filling out paperwork. In several cases,Jeffery Larcade was arrested for "video voyeurism" for using a toilet hidden camera to film unsuspecting coworkers during their pee breaks. Yes, it seems that women aren't the only ones who can fall prey to a perverse person who enjoys watching people urinate. reports or arrest documentation went unsigned by the investigator or supervisor, according to the report."It has absolutely nothing to do with their investigative skills,Nike announced on Wednesday that for at least one game in during the upcoming football season, nine college football programs will be outfitted with their 2011 nike tn Combat uniform system, which was debuted by the University of Oregon in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game." said Lt. Andre Dawson, who is in charge of the ACU. "The officers that are there are good investigators, and they've never worked a detective table."