LAPD says thanks with Randal Simmons billboards
July 16, 2008 | 4:45
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The billboard pretty much says it all, a blend of photos of slain SWAT Officer Randal Simmons backed by scenes from his funeral and topped with a thank you note from the LAPD. Simmons was 51 when a gunman shot him to death, and his funeral became one of the largest and most elaborate in LAPD history.
The first of 20 commemorative billboards went up today in Los Angeles on Florence Ave., just west of 5th Ave., and will stay in place for a month. The Los Angeles Police Protective League paid about $5,000 to print them and -- are you sitting down? -- Clear Channel is posting them for free.
-- Veronique de Turenne
