Eight months in Homicide, the issue had never come up.

You know that, even if you've never worked in Homicide.

There was more than a 25 percent increase in homicides.

I spent most of last night talking to my old boss in Homicide.

Over the next decade, the city saw a major increase in total homicides.

But she wants to work in homicide, not just routine crime.

There has been a 70 percent drop in homicides since 1993.

"That's about where we usually called in Homicide," my father said with a smile.

Los Angeles, which has a population of 3.7 million, led the nation in homicides last year, with 653.

The most striking difference was in homicides among black men.