1.   Having a specialized unit will make it possible to pursue more cases, he said.

2.   Also affected are officers who work in the special problems, career criminals and other specialized units.

3.   And detectives from various Valley divisions who lean on the officers from specialized units for undercover work are also disenchanted.

4.   Bostic said field operations like patrol must be given a priority, and he said detective trainees will be replaced by detectives with more experience from specialized units.

5.   Both specialized units would continue to serve citywide needs.

6.   Both specialized units would still serve citywide needs.

7.   Engineer and specialized units are attached to divisional commands.

8.   He stressed the importance of having the specialized units and said taking personnel away from those units would hamper investigations but that the department needed patrol officers even more.

9.   In a series of moves in recent months, LAPD officials have dismantled several specialized units to put more officers on patrol.

10.   In December, the LAPD dismantled several specialized units to put more officers on patrol.