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Law Enforcement Officials Find Booze and Bullets Can Be a Deadly Combinationnew

While it seems like only common sense to remain sober while carrying a loaded weapon, most LA-area police departments don't have policies mandating such behavior.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman  |  06-08-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Pasadena Board Considers Having Cops Patrol Middle Schoolsnew

The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education will debate again whether to place Pasadena police officers on two of its three middle school campuses.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman  |  02-09-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Pasadena Schools Face Alarming Growth in Violent Racial and Girl-on-Girl Incidentsnew

The expulsion of four elementary school students for bringing knives onto campus and a rise in violence involving female African-American students have left city and school officials scrambling for solutions.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman  |  05-20-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Gangbanger Turned Peacemakernew

A former gang member reaches out to local kids to help stop the violence.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman  |  06-15-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Tale of the Videotapenew

Veteran LAPD cop arrested a second time after recording himself pepper-spraying neighbor.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman  |  01-22-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Make-Up Examnew

The defense wants murder suspect John Laurence Whitaker's DNA examined again.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman  |  10-30-2006  |  Crime & Justice

The New Face of Slaverynew

Kidnapping, indentured servitude and torture are the latest hazards of the world's oldest profession.
Pasadena Weekly  |  Andre Coleman and Kevin Uhrich  |  08-01-2006  |  Crime & Justice

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