vice squad
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In a 2019 mini-documentary, Cordova claimed that the 5 Star had been targeted by the Los Angeles Police Department’s vice squad for hosting punk rock bands and bringing in the accompanying crowd.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025
He was met instead by police who arrested him and threw him into a cell belonging to the vice squad.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023
But he kept his job after a brief unpaid suspension for illegally posting the plaques on public property, and was later promoted to captain and head of the vice squad.
From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2020
Mostly, it was Detective Samaniego from the vice squad.
From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018
And I knew how to keep moving about so as not to attract the attention of any vice squad plainclothes- men or uniformed cops.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
