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A proposal put to the City Council on Friday would allow police to investigate the immigration status of gang members so those in the country illegally can be reported to federal authorities. Councilman Dennis Zine's proposal comes about a month after a high school football player was fatally shot, allegedly by an illegal immigrant gang member who had just been released from jail. Zine's motion would amend a Police Department policy that bars officers from asking people about their immigration status in many situations. Advocates of the policy say the change would make immigrants fearful of police.

Officer sues to be beauty contestant Off-duty rights are at issue, union says By Mark Arner STAFF WRITER March 30, 2007 CHULA VISTA – A Chula Vista police officer is suing the Police Department and the city, alleging her supervisors pressured her to stop competing in beauty pageants. Officer Deanna Mory, hired in 2005, says police administrators began pressuring her a year ago to stop competing in pageants. The Chula Vista Police Officers' Association, the police union, has filed two lawsuits on her behalf against the city and the department. Mory, 23, said the dispute began when she told her...

Already strapped for resources, the Los Angeles Police Department does not have the money to provide the extensive training required by its new policy barring officers from shooting at moving vehicles, officials said Thursday. In adopting the policy Wednesday in response to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Devin Brown, the Police Commission acknowledged that the success or failure of the new policy rests on training. But Assistant Chief Sharon Papa, who is in charge of training and other support services, said it will be costly to train all 9,100 sworn officers, starting with the 3,400 patrol officers who are most...