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LAPD Gangster Squad
Former anti-organized crime unit of the Los Angeles Police Department / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gangster Squad, later known as the Organized Crime Intelligence Division (OCID), was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) formed in 1946 to keep the East Coast Mafia and organized crime elements out of Los Angeles, California, United States.[1]
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