Susan Ferriss

Reporter  iWatch

Susan Ferriss is a reporter with wide experience at home and abroad. She has investigated a range of issues, from military toxic waste and real-estate fraud to police corruption and international drug trafficking. She covered California state government and politics for several years, and was a prize-winning foreign correspondent in Latin America, where her reports included stories on child labor, child migration and transnational gangs.

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Public radio, the Center report on L.A. school police ticketing that federal education officials are now scrutinizing.

Los Angeles schools have the largest school police force in the nation, with officers issuing thosands of tickets every year to students.

As concerns over student-police relations rise nationally, data shows 40 percent of LA school police citations go to kids 14 and under.

California lawmakers want to stem tide of suspensions, expulsions; lawyer featured in Center story testifies about boy's case

Obama administration clashes with immigrant advocates over deportations of parents, and the definition of criminal immigrants.

Report on Kern County's student expulsion patterns informs debate on reform proposals before California legislators.

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