this is LA, after all

Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 09:15PM

By Eric Richardson

Just heard from the loudspeaker of the LAPD helicoptor circling just on the other side of Vermont:

Surrender now, or the dog will be used. You have one minute to surrender.

There was a little bit more that I didn't catch, but that was the gist of it. The helicoptor is still circling with the spotlight on a couple minutes later. Now back to writing about law enforcement...