Public Interest
Dec. 4, 2006
To Help the Homeless, Skid Row Needs a Community Court
FORUM COLUMN - By Edmund D. Edelman - The Los Angeles Police Department is making a determined effort to clean up Skid Row by assigning an additional 50 officers to that area.
Forum Column
By Edmund D. Edelman
The Los Angeles Police Department is making a determined effort to clean up Skid Row by assigning an additional 50 officers to that area. These officers, according to Chief William Bratton, will enforce existing laws within the parameters of Jones v. City of Los Angeles, 444 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2006). That case held that the police cannot arrest homel...
To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In