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Los Angeles Sheriff?s Deputies Had An ?Arrest Contest?

By Neil Shous, Esq.

A recent Los Angeles Times article uncovered a strange kind of contest in the Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department. It was not a friendly type of sports contest between police departments or even within the department. Rather it was a competition among deputies ? a game ? to see who could make the most number of arrests in one day. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Times , this internal game show was called ?Operation Any Booking.? The goal of this contest was to arrest the most people possible in a specific 24-hour period. There wasn?t just one contest, but several ?themed? games such as how many vehicle impounds deputies could accomplish in a day or how many gang members and other suspected criminals they could stop and question in a 24-hour period...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on October 30, 2007 (boomark / email).