Research Catalog

Title

Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department.

Author

Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Dept.

Publication

[Los Angeles, Calif.] : The Commission, c1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Christopher, Warren.

Description

1 v. (various pagings) : ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

The videotaped beating of Rodney G. King by three uniformed officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, in the presence of a sergeant and with a large group of other officers standing by, galvanized public demand for evaluation and reform of police procedures involving the use of force. In the wake of the incident and the resulting widespread outcry, the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department was created. The Commission sought to examine all aspects of the law enforcement structure in Los Angeles that might cause or contribute to the problem of excessive force. The report is unanimous. Full implementation of this report will require action by the mayor, the City Council, the Police Commission, the police department, and ultimately the voters. To monitor the progress of reform, the City Council should require reports on implementation at six month intervals from the mayor, the Council's own human resources and labor relations committee, the Police Commission, and the police department. The commission should reconvene in six months to assess the implementation of its recommendations and to report to the public.

Subject

• King, Rodney, 1965-2012
• Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
• Police > California > Los Angeles
• Police > Complaints against > California > Los Angeles
• Police brutality > California > Los Angeles

Note

• Cover title.
• Warren Christopher, Chair.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Letter of transmittal -- Commission and staff -- Foreword -- Summary of report -- Chapter 1. The Rodney King beating and the questions it has raised -- Chapter 2. Los Angeles and its police department -- Chapter 3. The problem of excessive force in the LAPD -- Chapter 4. Racism and bias affecting the use of excessive force -- Chapter 5. LAPD culture, community relations, and "community policing" -- Chapter 6. Recruitment, selection and psychological testing -- Chapter 7. Training -- Chapter 8. Promotion, assignment and other personnel issues -- Chapter 9. Complaints and discipline -- Chapter 10. Structural issues : the Police Commission and the chief of police -- Chapter 11. Implementation -- Appendix I. Mayor's charge to the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department -- Joint statement of Warren Christopher and Justice John Arguelles : April 4, 1991 -- The ten-point plan announced by Chief of Police Daryl Gates -- Appendix II. Commission and staff activities.

OCLC

• 24049394
• SCSB-10221123

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library