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LAPD Chief Wants Britney to 'Stay Home'

Posted Feb 22, 08 5:01 PM CST in Gossip    Editor's Choice

(Newser) – The LA police chief says proposed legislation regulating paparazzi would be unnecessary if celebrities stayed away from photographers rather than the other way around, the Huffington Post reports. “What we need is Britney Spears to stay home instead of traipsing all over town,” William Bratton said on KPCC radio. “That would solve the problem. We don't need additional laws.”

“I've got laws coming out my ears to deal with this issue,” Bratton said. And he didn't stop at Spears: "What you have is several young women in this town and several young men basically making fools of themselves and tying up not only my resources but the resources of the media that would do better covering legitimate stories instead of a bunch of airheads running around out there."

Source Huffington Post

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Photographers try to photograph through the back window of a Los Angeles City Fire Department ambulance carrying entertainer Britney Spears, as it leaves her residence,in this Jan. 3, 2008, file photo...   (Associated Press)
Singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles in this Dec. 1, 2007, file photo. LAPD chief William Bratton ridiculed the singer and other young celebrities...   (Associated Press)
Los Angeles Police Department Chief William Bratton and wife Rikki Kleiman arrive for the Fulfillment Fund STARS 2007 benefit gala Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bratton ridiculed Britney...   (Associated Press)
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton discusses changes in the LAPD's command staff and accountability measures'' taken in the aftermath of the May Day immigration rights rally at MacArthur Park,...   (Associated Press)
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