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The '''Los Angeles Police Department''' (LAPD) is the police department of the City of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. With over 9,000 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of 473 square miles with a population of nearly 4 million people, it is the third largest law enforcement agency in the United States (trailing behind the New York Police Department and Chicago Police Department). The LAPD has had a rich history, including occasional incidents of brutality and corruption. The agency is famous world wide and has been heavily fictionalized in numerous movies and television shows.
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Formed in 1869, the '''Los Angeles Police Department''' (LAPD) is the police department of the City of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. The agency is famous world wide and has been heavily fictionalized in numerous movies and television shows.
 
In ''[["CHiPs"]]'', LAPD officers cooperate with the [[CHP]] in pursuing bad guys.  On some occasions, they portray ridiculous roles as in the tenth episode of season 1 where an officer of the LAPD arrests [[Sindy]] assuming she was a thief <ref name="Ep110">{{cite episode | num = 110 | title = Highway Robbery}}</ref> and in the first episode of season 6 when two LAPD officers arrest [[Ponch]] assuming he was impersonating an officer wearing only shorts, socks and his helmet <ref name="Ep601">{{cite episode | num = 601 | title = Meet the New Guy}}</ref>.
 
==Fun Facts==
* In the final episode of the 5th season, [[Bobby]] (before joining the CHP) can be seen as a LAPD officer <ref name="Ep527">{{cite episode | num = 527 | title = Force Seven}}</ref>.
* In season 6 episode [[Fallout]], Harlan announces that he's leaving the CHP to join the LAPD <ref name="Ep610">{{cite episode | num = 610 | title = Fallout}}</ref>. At the end of the episode he turns up to his farewell party and has to confess that he failed the physical due to his eyesight.


For decades, the department has suffered from chronic underfunding. In comparison to most large cities, it has one of the lowest ratios of police personnel to population served; the current chief, William J. Bratton, has made enlarging the force one of his top priorities. (Bratton has been quoted as saying, "You give me 4000 more officers and I'll give you the safest city in the world.")
==External Links==
* [http://www.lapdonline.org LAPD official website]


As a result, Los Angeles residents subscribe heavily to private security services, which in turn are a far more common sight in Los Angeles than in most other cities.
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Latest revision as of 13:25, 29 March 2015

Formed in 1869, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. The agency is famous world wide and has been heavily fictionalized in numerous movies and television shows.

In "CHiPs", LAPD officers cooperate with the CHP in pursuing bad guys. On some occasions, they portray ridiculous roles as in the tenth episode of season 1 where an officer of the LAPD arrests Sindy assuming she was a thief [1] and in the first episode of season 6 when two LAPD officers arrest Ponch assuming he was impersonating an officer wearing only shorts, socks and his helmet [2].

Fun Facts

  • In the final episode of the 5th season, Bobby (before joining the CHP) can be seen as a LAPD officer [3].
  • In season 6 episode Fallout, Harlan announces that he's leaving the CHP to join the LAPD [4]. At the end of the episode he turns up to his farewell party and has to confess that he failed the physical due to his eyesight.

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References

  1. ↑ Episode 110: "Highway Robbery"
  2. ↑ Episode 601: "Meet the New Guy"
  3. ↑ Episode 527: "Force Seven"
  4. ↑ Episode 610: "Fallout"
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