A Look at the LAPD's New Home Base

Getting out of the Midwest for a moment, we turn to the first major review of the new Los Angeles Police Department‘s headquarters by local top critic, Christopher Hawthorne. If you’ve seen any film or television show involving any sort of policing in the past half-century (like Dragnet for example), you’re likely familiar with the previous headquarters, the iconic Parker Center in downtown Los Angeles. This weekend marked the move from that building to one just down the street, a new “Parker Center” (though that name transfer hasn’t been entirely agreed upon just yet), marking as LA Times writer Ruben Vives says “ends