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Editorial: Homeless people are dumped all the time — Burbank Police just got caught

Do cops leave people lying on the sidewalk? That was the question a member of Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian’s staff heard from a security guard who walked into the North Hollywood district office Thursday. The reason for the query soon became clear. The guard had security-camera video of a Burbank Police Department vehicle pulling up to the curb outside Krekorian’s office ...
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Do cops leave people lying on the sidewalk?

That was the question a member of Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian’s staff heard from a security guard who walked into the North Hollywood district office Thursday.

The reason for the query soon became clear. The guard had security-camera video of a Burbank Police Department vehicle pulling up to the curb outside Krekorian’s office on Lankershim Boulevard earlier that morning. In the footage, the officers can be seen getting out and

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