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Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 18, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1389AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Police Department's non-emergency business telephone numbers have been changed to the following: Front desk, 570-5150; Administrative offices, 574-5178; Investigation division, 574-5160. The change is due to the switch to Pacific Bell Centrex System which gives priority to emergency services in the event of an emergency.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2205AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia now has two patrol wagons that will be used to transport prisoners from the scene of the arrest to the station. The wagons can pick up several prisoners and book them all at once, allowing officers to spend more time in the field.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: November 9, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2193AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia students will begin to learn about AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases through a program starting next February. The Board of Education will establish a committee to come up with the curriculum on the subject.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 31, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 31, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: School Board

Item ID: 2477AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia police are investigating a claim by Ken Wright, an Altadena man, that a plainclothes Arcadia officer followed him to Pasadena and, without identifying himself, shot at him at least 5 times. Wright will file a claim for damages against the officer and the Arcadia police department.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1981

Pages: p. C-3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 12, 1981

Pages: p. C-3

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2196AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia's Police Department has received $384,025 from the federal government as its share of drug money confiscated in various arrests in the past few years.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 23, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2202AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Police arrested two men who allegedly bilked five people of $20 to $100 with a phony bail scheme.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 5, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Crime and Criminals

Item ID: 1391AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Arcadia Police, alerted that a home was being burglarized, wound up confiscating 23 kilos of cocaine valued at $500.000 and arresting two men on suspicion of drug trafficking.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 25, 1988

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: Drug Trafficking

Item ID: 1477AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The two new Arcadia City Council members were briefed on Target Department Store proposal and other items during study session.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 29, 1984

Pages: p. A-2

Subjects: City Council 1980 - 1989

Item ID: 1017AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Services were held Wednesday for George Robert Secrest, a retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department, who died June 9. Secrest had been a law enforcement officer for 26 years. Recently he had been employed by Huntington Bank.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 17, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police - Secrest, George Robert

Item ID: 2223AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Two men were killed in a head-on auto collision at California and Vaquero St. in Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 28, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Traffic Accidents

Item ID: 3400AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The police department has been authorized to employ four new officers which will increase sworn personnel to 73. The department is purchasing three vehicles for parking control. Also authorized was the purchase of two narcotic sniffing dogs trained for the full range of police dog work.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2195AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

One hundred stuffed teddy bears were donated to the police department. All of the squad cars will carry the bears and give them to children who have been involved in accidents or other traumatic incidents.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1989

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2203AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Jean Voznick's discrimination fight goes on.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 19, 1982

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Subjects: Schools - Employees - Voznick, Jean

Item ID: 2888AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Lt. David Hinig was traded to the Culver City Police Department so that their Officer Tere Acune could work undercover at the Arcadia High School, an operation that led to several arrests. Hinig describes his experiences in Culver City.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 25, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: Police - Hinig, David

Item ID: 2214AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The police department is using two dogs trained to attack to search out narcotics and to search buildings and yards for burglars. Each dog has four handlers, so they can be available on call 24 hours.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 10, 1981

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2197AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The Arcadia Police Department donated their old tan uniforms to the Tijuana Police Department after receiving new blue uniforms.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 8, 1987

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police

Item ID: 2199AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

At a brief ceremony in front of the Arcadia Police Station city officials unveiled a brass plaque dedicating the police building to the late Police Chief, Charles Mitchell.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 19, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 19, 1986

Pages: p. A-1 photos

Subjects: Police Station

Item ID: 2277AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Biographical notes on Arcadia Police Officer Louise Smiderle. She is the first and only woman police officer to ride solo in an Arcadia police unit.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 25, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 25, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Police - Smiderle, Louise

Item ID: 2224AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Sound barriers closer to reality. Following the last City Council meeting, well-attended by embattled residents, Mayor Dennis Lojeski said he had scheduled a meeting on the subject with Assemblyman Dick Mountjoy, R-Arcadia.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 14, 1983

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Foothill Freeway - (210)

Item ID: 1633AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia police, working with other law enforcement agencies, uncovered a major auto theft ring operating in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Two men were arrested and four cars were recovered from a warehouse in Arcadia.

Arcadia now has two patrol wagons that will be used to transport prisoners from the scene of the arrest to the station. The wagons can pick up several prisoners and book them all at once, allowing officers to spend more time in the field.

Arcadia students will begin to learn about AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases through a program starting next February. The Board of Education will establish a committee to come up with the curriculum on the subject.

Arcadia police are investigating a claim by Ken Wright, an Altadena man, that a plainclothes Arcadia officer followed him to Pasadena and, without identifying himself, shot at him at least 5 times. Wright will file a claim for damages against the officer and the Arcadia police department.

Arcadia's Police Department has received $384,025 from the federal government as its share of drug money confiscated in various arrests in the past few years.

Police arrested two men who allegedly bilked five people of $20 to $100 with a phony bail scheme.

Arcadia Police, alerted that a home was being burglarized, wound up confiscating 23 kilos of cocaine valued at $500.000 and arresting two men on suspicion of drug trafficking.

The two new Arcadia City Council members were briefed on Target Department Store proposal and other items during study session.

Services were held Wednesday for George Robert Secrest, a retired police sergeant of the Arcadia Police Department, who died June 9. Secrest had been a law enforcement officer for 26 years. Recently he had been employed by Huntington Bank.

Two men were killed in a head-on auto collision at California and Vaquero St. in Arcadia.

The police department has been authorized to employ four new officers which will increase sworn personnel to 73. The department is purchasing three vehicles for parking control. Also authorized was the purchase of two narcotic sniffing dogs trained for the full range of police dog work.

One hundred stuffed teddy bears were donated to the police department. All of the squad cars will carry the bears and give them to children who have been involved in accidents or other traumatic incidents.

Jean Voznick's discrimination fight goes on.

Lt. David Hinig was traded to the Culver City Police Department so that their Officer Tere Acune could work undercover at the Arcadia High School, an operation that led to several arrests. Hinig describes his experiences in Culver City.

The police department is using two dogs trained to attack to search out narcotics and to search buildings and yards for burglars. Each dog has four handlers, so they can be available on call 24 hours.

The Arcadia Police Department donated their old tan uniforms to the Tijuana Police Department after receiving new blue uniforms.

At a brief ceremony in front of the Arcadia Police Station city officials unveiled a brass plaque dedicating the police building to the late Police Chief, Charles Mitchell.

Biographical notes on Arcadia Police Officer Louise Smiderle. She is the first and only woman police officer to ride solo in an Arcadia police unit.

Sound barriers closer to reality. Following the last City Council meeting, well-attended by embattled residents, Mayor Dennis Lojeski said he had scheduled a meeting on the subject with Assemblyman Dick Mountjoy, R-Arcadia.