Title supplied by cataloger. Hollywood Station Captain, Robert Smitson along with dignitaries who worked to get a computer system to the Hollywood station to fight the prostitution crime, speak at the ceremony in front of the police station. The $90,000 computer will be used to keep track of pertinent information of arrested prostitutes who in the past escaped through the system by giving false names. Photograph caption dated July 14, 1983 reads, "Keeping track of streets may be easier for the LAPD's Hollywood division with help from a new computer, donated by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Capt. Robert Smitson speaks at unveiling ceremony. The system will help police retrieve fingerprint records on prostitutes and identity repeat offenders."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 35 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Computers--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Police stations--California--Los Angeles Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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