Today's LAPD is a far cry from the racist, corrupt and scandal-ridden force of the 1990s.
Taking over the unwieldy and friction-ridden forces of a newly united Germany, he managed to boost morale and forge a more flexible structure while taking budget cuts and slashing the number of troops.
And it's not going to get any less cheery and joyful and guilt-ridden — such is the driving force of many holiday narratives, after all — in the days between now and the new year.
(Criterion Collection, Blu-ray $39.95, DVD $29.95, not rated) FORCE OF EVIL John Garfield stars as a guilt-ridden lawyer working for a crime syndicate in Abraham Polonsky's classic film noir of 1948, now available in a remastered, high-definition edition.
In the final months of China's civil war, communist forces destroyed a force of some 2,000 demoralised Kuomintang troops there as they swept through the disease-ridden rural county about 55km (35 miles) west of Shanghai.
On Tuesday, city officials announced that the military would also take command of the local, corruption-ridden police force as well as transportation and city prisons.
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department and the United States Department of Justice announced a far-reaching agreement on Tuesday to overhaul the city's scandal-ridden police force and improve safety in a city that has had little of it.
However, for the demoralised and disease-ridden English forces, the arrival of the French headed by the boy-king Charles VI was decisive.
Privacy and civil liberties aside, what an insane waste of taxpayers' money in a city that is debt-ridden and forced to raise taxes!
Traditionally, demanding ridden training of Icelandic horses commences at the age of 4 years at the earliest.
Like much of "Manhatta" it's contented rather than angst ridden, open instead of cagey.
