This is one operation in which L.A....

This is one operation in which L.A. police officers will be encouraged to elbow, stomp, shove or take down any people they confront.

It’s Super Police Bowl I, a battle of the badges pitting the LAPD Centurions football team against the Magnum Force of Miami, Fla., in a charity game at the Coliseum on Feb. 3.

It’s the latest chapter in the rivalry between these two cities, both of which have been called the Cocaine Capital of the U.S. This match, of course, will be contested between the white lines.

Unlike our local NFL entry, the L.A. Lambs, the Centurions had a big day in Northern California last weekend, qualifying for the Super Police Bowl by overcoming a team of Solano County prison guards, 27-6, in Vallejo.

LAPD spokesman Tom Hazleton says the department is looking for sponsors to buy tickets ($5 and $10) so that needy kids can attend the game, which will benefit several medical facilities.

Hazleton points out that the Centurions, with former Nebraska Cornhuskers star Randy Garcia at quarterback, may well be the best police team in the nation.

After all, the Centurions beat Miami and New York last year. And, so far, they haven’t even had to resort to their short yardage secret weapon: the police battering ram.

Don’t hold your breath for the publication of a book entitled “The Wit and Wisdom of Art Agnos.”

The San Francisco mayor, visiting City Hall here to discuss mutual earthquake preparations, couldn’t help but gloat over the 49ers’ 30-3 victory Sunday over the aforementioned Lambs. He quipped to Mayor Bradley:

“I don’t think you have to worry about the Big One anymore. It happened on Sunday in Candlestick.”

As a joke, it measured about 1.2 on the Rickles Scale.

No one seems to know why that Philadelphia armored truck robber who made off with $651,000 would write a letter saying he wants to surrender Saturday at the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce headquarters on Bixel Street.

But the Downtown News has a theory.

“Maybe the guy’s just a little confused, thanks to the number of times the movie industry has used the chamber offices to stand in for a police station,” the newspaper said, ticking off such credits for the building as “Lethal Weapon 2” and “Night Stalker.”

“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” also comes to mind.

Speaking of crime, you can’t be too careful in fast-moving L.A.

A man snatched three tapes off the counter of a video store in West Los Angeles the other night and raced out the door. A clerk gave chase. The pursuit ended when the alleged tape-snatcher ran into the middle of the street and was hit by a car.

Police plan to ask the city attorney to file shoplifting charges but say they’ll overlook the jaywalking violation. And he did avoid a late return fee on the films.

You might not have guessed it at the outset, but the race for the Democratic nomination for state attorney general has inspired a couple of colorful nicknames that seem certain to go down in history along with “Old Hickory,” “Old Rough and Ready” and “Give ‘Em Hell Harry.”

The other day, Sam Singer, the campaign manager of L.A. County Dist. Atty. Ira Reiner, disclosed to a Times reporter that he refers to his boss as the “Silver Eagle” because of “his silver hair and steady eyes.” (It has nothing to do with Reiner’s beak.)

The staff of Reiner’s chief opponent, San Francisco Dist. Atty. Arlo Smith, naturally felt pressured to retaliate.

So, spokesman Marc Dann sent out a press release declaring, “I have a nickname for Arlo Smith. I call him ‘First-Rate Lawyer.’ ”