It's been more than 40 years since Serge Gainsbourg, France's "dirty old man of pop" music, released his controversial album Histoire de Melody Nelson.

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The 400 or so officers at Rampart are mostly newcomers since the time Mr Perez was at his dirty work, thanks to the rapid turnover in the division.

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Since then she has played roles in films including Dirty Laundry and Malcolm X and in the TV series Clueless.

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