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Police Chief and Central California Towns Police Force

central California towns police force: Calif. One-third of a central California towns police force was taken off duty after several officers were arrested in a scheme to take for themselves the impounded cars of some poor Hispanic residents, authorities said, according to The Chronicle Herald. Four King City officers including the recently retired police chief and the acting chief have been arrested in the scheme, and two others were also arrested Tuesday on unrelated charges, Flippo said. The officers have been placed on paid administrative leave, TV reported and In the scheme, vehicles were impounded and towed, and when the car owners couldnt pay the fees, the vehicles were sold or given away for free to some officers, Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo said Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.