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LAPD Parker Center Closes For Good

A spokesperson for the LAPD said that the department's former headquarters at Parker Center has closed for good.

Elected officials and top ranking members of the department gathered outside of the building on Tuesday afternoon.   Several hundred other LAPD employees joined them in watching Chief Charlie Beck symbolically chain and padlock the doors.   Parker Center had been the home of police operations from 1955 until 2009.  The once headquarters had been named after chief William Parker, who had transformed the LAPD from a corrupt institution to a finely-tuned machine.

Hollywood producers frequently used the building as a backdrop for television and …

By |January 17th, 2013|Los Angeles Bail Bonds|Comments Off on LAPD Parker Center Closes For Good
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Inside the New LAPD Metro Center Jail

New $74-Million LAPD Jail Remains Locked
The LAPD began construction of the new 172,000 square-foot Metropolitan Detention Center four years ago with $70-million in public funds. However, today it's still not being used.

The Los Angeles Police Department is still using the run-down and overpopulated Parker Center jail located in downtown LA. Due to the lack of funds, they are unable to hire jailers to run this five-floor structure, which is one of the largest structures of its kind.

The new Metropolitan Detention Center is equipped with surveillance equipment, automatic doors, and electronic fingerprinting stations. In order to provide greater monitoring of …

By |June 22nd, 2010|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on Inside the New LAPD Metro Center Jail
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City Fiscal Crisis Holds Up Much Needed Los Angeles Metro Jail

Although the very much needed, new Los Angeles Police Department Jail in downtown Los Angeles was supposed to be opening soon, progress may be halted by staffing and fiscal shortages.

The new jail was originally slated to open in March of 2008; however, there have been several construction delays. Now scheduled to open by February 1st, 2010, the new Metro Center Jail would need at least double the amount of officers of what’s currently needed at the existing Parker Center Jail in Los Angeles.

On any given shift at the new Metro facility, at least 62 detention officers would be required …

By |October 21st, 2009|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on City Fiscal Crisis Holds Up Much Needed Los Angeles Metro Jail
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