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A look at government policy and the intersection of numerous topics.

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The LAPD plans to use 800 of these Taser Axon body cameras in 2015.| Photo: Courtesy TASER International
The survey asks for input on when and where recordings can take place.
Legislative Leaders and Members of the California Legislative Black Caucus
Non-guilty verdicts and decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of unarmed, black males have prompted widespread protests.
Not all Cuban Americans are enthusiastic about Obama's announcement that he will restore diplomatic relations with the Caribbean island nation. Here, a Cuban flag.
Some Americans may have applauded President Obama's announcement on Wednesday.
A Dec. 1 protest in South L.A. that ended at the spot where Ezell Ford was fatally shot by police last August.
Members of a neighborhood council called on a South L.A.-area city councilman to back a new ballot measure.
The LAPD announced plans to equip its force with the body cameras such as the one shown here.
The LAPD's plans to become the first major urban police force to equip all of its officers with body cameras has brought optimism and other responses.
Lawyers perform a die-in on the steps of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. | Photo: Courtesy Josh Kamensky
Lawyers were strewn across the steps of a courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
Drones are the subject of two recently proposed state bills.
Lawmakers are again asking Gov. Jerry Brown to require law enforcement to obtain a warrant to use drones.
A mural in Historic Filipinotown highlighting the legacy of prominent Filipino American leaders. Larry Itliong is featured at center bottom.
Larry Itliong was a prominent Filipino American farm labor organizer and leader.
The L.A. City Council is seeking cutting edge gun control measures. It's desire to lead the way, though, could spell protracted legal battles.
A proposed bill before the state Legislature would increase requirements for training that law enforcement officers receive to handle service calls involving the mentally ill or disabled. Shown here, LAPD recruits.
A proposed bill before the state Legislature would increase requirements for training that law enforcement officers receive.
Protesters in Palo Alto following the decisions not to indict the police who shot and killed Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
"Black lives matter" has likewise become a sort of unofficial slogan for one L.A. County agency.
Street cuts, seen here in San Francisco, can often be identified as square or rectangular excavations made by workers to access below city streets
Too often, streets in Los Angeles are newly paved only to be sliced into so that work can be performed under them. That weakens the road's surface and the life of the street is shortened.
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