LAPD PROBE GROWS BEYOND RAMPART

The Los Angeles police-corruption probe has expanded beyond the
poverty-stricken zone where it began and now includes allegations of
wrongdoing in at least three other neighborhoods, the Los Angeles
Times reported Friday.

The newspaper also said a high-level immigration official has charged
that many Hispanics arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department were
falsely accuse of belonging to gangs and handed over to immigration
officials.

The Times said authorities are now investigating officers at the
Central, 77th Street and Southeast stations in addition to the Rampart
station where the scandal began.

Posted By Allan Wilkinson