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Pasadena police ramp up for Occupy the Rose Parade PASADENA - In response to the planned demonstration by Occupy, the Pasadena Police Department has doubled down on the number of law enforcement agents that will patrol the streets and skies during the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 2, police Lt. Phlunte Riddle said. The exact number of additional police officers, sheriff's deputies, California Highway Patrol officers and federal agents remains secret. "We have partnered with federal, state and local agencies and have sufficient coverage for the Rose Parade," Riddle said. "We have increased staffing this year but...

Joseph Wambaugh solves the great UC Davis pepper-spraying incident Forget hiring Bill Bratton. You can learn all you need to know by reading the papers. In light of the terrible financial crisis at our California universities, I feel the need to rescue UC Davis, whose administrators are, according to The Times, negotiating a price with the Kroll security firm in New York for none other than former LAPD Chief Bill Bratton to fly West and tell us what went wrong on the day that students were pepper sprayed. I can save the university a hefty Kroll consulting fee by suggesting...