lots of people from orange county (grew up there) knew about this like 20 years ago.

also i have to add that this isnt just LA, its definitely also san diego and orange county.

just think of the money

why are you limiting this to california cities? yes, you're right, it's not just LA, but pretty much any policing agency of significant size. location doesn't matter. i will gladly accept i'm painting with an overly large brush if someone can show counter evidence of a decent sized police force where similar is NOT occurring.

While i completely agree with you, we should remember that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.