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...cops from the 77th station feel the change too. "Bratton promoted kick-ass take-names people--no more touchy-feely stuff," says Officer Perry Griffith, who has been in the L.A.P.D. for 14 years. "Before, the cops were just not getting out on the streets, and the bad guys knew that." Now, he says, cops have been told not to turn a blind eye when their authority is challenged. "We had someone tell a police officer, 'I'll kill you,' last week in front of a group of people," says Griffith. "Now he is in jail. Before, they would have...
...Bratton has moved quickly to simplify the complaint process. Now a division captain can decide whether or not a charge is unfounded, rather than send every file downtown for a lengthy investigation that could last for months. "I feel I am O.K. to do my job again," says Griffith...
...Griffith's job included fielding complaints from neighbors about drug dealing out of a house seven blocks from the police station. The house had a shed in the back where, they said, crack was sold, and over the summer there were two murders nearby that Griffith thought were linked to the drug trade. He went to the city attorney and the DEA, had some covert surveillance put on the house, served several search warrants and finally found the evidence he needed to evict the drug dealers and send at least three of the ringleaders to jail. After Griffith executed...
Downtown, Bratton is continuing his efforts to make Griffith's job easier. He has replaced all but one of his assistant and deputy chiefs and is installing new technology so cops can access information more quickly while on the street. But Bratton's highest priority is finding money to hire new officers. "The L.A.P.D. has been historically understaffed, and it puts officers at risk," he says, noting that New York City has 36,720 officers, or 1 for every 218 residents, while Los Angeles has 9,320, or 1 for every 429. A request for extra funds was rebuffed...
Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), a former M.D., more or less invented Japanese comics - AKA manga - during the 1950s. Part D.W. Griffith and part Walt Disney, he is revered in Japan and throughout Asia but only recently has his work been appearing in quantity in the United States. His most famous creation, "Astro Boy," a series about a powerful robot who looks like a boy, has been reprinted by Dark Horse (see the TIME.comix review.) "The Phoenix Saga," a multi-volume series considered his life's work has properly begun to appear here courtesy of Viz. Now Vertical...