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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two Los Angeles City Council members are calling for the creation of a police task force to crackdown on copper wire thefts that have impacted neighborhoods throughout the city.

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AND JAMIE, HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS THIS? RICK. VICKY, THE MAYOR SAYS THOSE COPPER WIRE THEFTS ARE HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE ACROSS THE STREET FROM LYNN FAMILY STADIUM. YOU CAN ...

Copper wire thefts have plagued Los Angeles for years, posing safety hazards and costing the city millions of dollars. The incidents have surged this last year, according to city officials, who in the ...

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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to establish a reward program for individuals who report information regarding copper wire thefts, and to create a task force that will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a massive downtown raid, members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Heavy Metal Task Force arrested 82 people and seized ...

ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS. COPPER WIRE THEFT IS DOWN IN SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY THANKS TO A DEDICATED TASK FORCE AT THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, AND THE TEAM HAS NUMBERS TO BACK UP ITS PROGRESS. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

Eighty-two arrests have been made in a recent escalation to combat the “growing epidemic” of copper wire thefts, city officials announced Tuesday. City Councilmembers Kevin de León and Traci Park ...