In the midst of what is inevitably one of the busiest nights of the year for law enforcement, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department computer dispatch system crashed, leaving them to handle ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The archaic computer dispatch system for the nation's largest sheriff's department remained out of commission on Thursday after crashing on New Year's Eve, forcing deputies to ...

Since Tuesday night, Dec. 31, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been manually tracking and responding to calls for service, using only their radios, phones, pen and notepad, after the ...

The failure of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s computer-aided dispatch system in its vehicles had left deputies to resort to old methods as they responded to calls. By Kate Christobek After ...