It may be shocking to learn that Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers are involved in about one motor vehicle accident a day. According to The Los Angeles Times, after an increase of injury and fatality car accidents in California involving LAPD officers, officials have reevaluated the way the department conducts investigations of accidents in
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At the center of many lawsuits, hogtying, a highly controversial restraint practice also referred to as appendage restraint procedure, was banned in the late 1990s. However, law enforcement officers throughout Los Angeles are permitted to tie a suspect’s feet to detain him or her under certain circumstances. A recent Los Angeles Times article reports that
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A school bus crash in Texas on January 17 took place around 7:30 a.m. when a tractor-trailer hardware truck reportedly ran a stop sign. A Huffington Post article states that as a result of the truck clipping the school bus, the bus was flipped onto its side. The bus was transporting approximately 38 students from
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been asked by a federal advisory committee to reduce the threshold for diagnosing lead poisoning among kids. A New York Times story reports that this is the first proposal of its kind in 20 years. As such, hundreds of thousands more children are expected to meet
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A serious big rig accident in Buellton has left a truck driver dead and a mother, a 10-week-old child, and a 10-year-old child with injuries. According to a Santa Barbara Independent article, the collision occurred when the large truck and the BMW transporting the woman and children crashed along Highway 101 northbound lanes around 2:45
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Swiss drug manufacturer Novartis is recalling some bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin, and Gas-X due to the possibility of broken and chipped pill contaminants from other medications in addition to incorrect bottle packaging that could lead to pills getting mixed up. A USA Today article reports that the drug recall comes after the drug maker’s
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A recent San Diego pedestrian accident in Hillcrest has left a mother and her 3-year-old daughter with serious injuries. Although the accident is still being investigated, the crash occurred around 11 a.m. on January 8 after a male motorist struck the mother and toddler when he was making a turn at the intersection of University
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While the answer to this question is likely to reveal itself with more court hearings in the future, according to a Huffington Post article, several complaints were made to California medical authorizes and federal law enforcement before Dr. Julio Diaz, also referred to as “The Candy Man,” was arrested for federal drug trafficking. Diaz reportedly
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An auto accident in California near the Pechanga Resort and Casino has left 14 individuals with injuries, two of which are reportedly in critical condition. According to a Huffington Post article, the crash took place near Temecula around 8 p.m. on December 31. Fire department officials stated that aside from the two people who suffered
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