Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Theft of copper wire from transit tracks has become a growing issue for counties across California, leading to service disruptions ...

For a city as vast and infrastructure-heavy as Los Angeles, public safety is often shaped by highly specific problems. Few examples captured that reality quite like the LAPD’s “Heavy Metal Task Force, ...

Police have warned that the theft of copper cables poses a serious national threat.

Theft of copper wire from transit tracks has become a growing issue for counties across California, leading to service disruptions and thousands of dollars in damage, as new legislation looks to ...