Auto Club Offers to Pay for LAPD Detectives

Posted on March 17, 2010 by lmharnisch
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March 17, 1920: This little, nearly illegible item is interesting for several reasons. The Police Department is chronically shorthanded, so the Automobile Club of Southern California volunteers to pay for two detectives if they are assigned exclusively to handle auto thefts. This is an interesting blur of government and a special interest group that raises all sorts of ethical questions. 

More important, this is the sort of work that bombing victim Harry Raymond used to do. 

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