Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León speaks while holding copper wire at a news conference. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) Eighty-two arrests have been made in a recent escalation to ...

The Los Angeles City Council has dedicated an additional $200,000 toward the copper wire task force, tripling the funds focused on curtailing the theft of metal from public infrastructure. Peter Brown ...

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In a massive downtown raid, members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Heavy Metal Task Force arrested 82 people and seized 2,000 pounds of stolen copper wire, city leaders announced Tuesday.

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.

Several people have been arrested and tens of thousands of pounds of copper recovered as part of a crackdown by Los Angeles police and staff on thieves and rogue recyclers that at times have left the ...

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.

The city of Los Angeles has recovered about 2,000 pounds of stolen copper wire and made dozens of arrests in connection with the thefts since launching a task force dedicated to combating the crime, ...

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 ...

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 ...