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DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-40589
title: History of balance of power, 1992-07-04

description: A research memorandum that discusses the history of the Los Angeles City Charter in terms of provisions and amendments that have affected the Mayor, City Council, the Chief of Police, and the Police Commission, 1992 July 4. PART OF SERIES: In addition to analyzing the 1992 riots as a whole, the Webster Commission also divided into several smaller task forces and study groups, each of which addressed one specific aspect of the civil disturbance. The series consists of reports and appendices produced by five of these groups: the Chronology Team, the Public Officials and Community Team, the LAPD Team, the Comparisons Study Group, and the Inter-Agency Team. Also included are two copies of Webster Scope, a report that interprets the riots and their cumulative effects primarily through graphs, charts, statistics, and figures, and several research memoranda that discuss the legality of several riot-response tactics. PART OF SUBSERIES: Research memoranda about various topics related to the 1992 Rodney King riots.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-40694
title: Webster scope

description: A report that assesses the 1992 riots using a wide variety of socioeconomic indicators. PART OF SERIES: In addition to analyzing the 1992 riots as a whole, the Webster Commission also divided into several smaller task forces and study groups, each of which addressed one specific aspect of the civil disturbance. The series consists of reports and appendices produced by five of these groups: the Chronology Team, the Public Officials and Community Team, the LAPD Team, the Comparisons Study Group, and the Inter-Agency Team. Also included are two copies of Webster Scope, a report that interprets the riots and their cumulative effects primarily through graphs, charts, statistics, and figures, and several research memoranda that discuss the legality of several riot-response tactics.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-38677
title: Structure and history of Los Angeles city government, 1992-07-24

description: A research memorandum that discusses the history of the Los Angeles City government with an emphasis on the Mayor, City Council, the Chief of Police, and the Police Commission, 1992 July 24. PART OF SERIES: In addition to analyzing the 1992 riots as a whole, the Webster Commission also divided into several smaller task forces and study groups, each of which addressed one specific aspect of the civil disturbance. The series consists of reports and appendices produced by five of these groups: the Chronology Team, the Public Officials and Community Team, the LAPD Team, the Comparisons Study Group, and the Inter-Agency Team. Also included are two copies of Webster Scope, a report that interprets the riots and their cumulative effects primarily through graphs, charts, statistics, and figures, and several research memoranda that discuss the legality of several riot-response tactics. PART OF SUBSERIES: Research memoranda about various topics related to the 1992 Rodney King riots.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-33697
title: Correspondence, interviews, 1992-05/1992-09

description: Correspondence and memoranda from several sources about conducting interviews in regards to the 1992 riots; surveys about the practices and policies of police departments in regards to planning for and responding to outbreaks of civil disturbance, 1992 May-September. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-38674
title: Structure and history of Los Angeles city government, 1992-07-24

description: A research memorandum that discusses the history of the Los Angeles City government with an emphasis on the Mayor, City Council, the Chief of Police, and the Police Commission, 1992 July 24. PART OF SERIES: In addition to analyzing the 1992 riots as a whole, the Webster Commission also divided into several smaller task forces and study groups, each of which addressed one specific aspect of the civil disturbance. The series consists of reports and appendices produced by five of these groups: the Chronology Team, the Public Officials and Community Team, the LAPD Team, the Comparisons Study Group, and the Inter-Agency Team. Also included are two copies of Webster Scope, a report that interprets the riots and their cumulative effects primarily through graphs, charts, statistics, and figures, and several research memoranda that discuss the legality of several riot-response tactics. PART OF SUBSERIES: Research memoranda about various topics related to the 1992 Rodney King riots.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35349
title: Rita Walters, interview, 1992-08-06

description: Interview of Rita Walters, Los Angeles City Councilwoman, about the root causes of the civil disturbance, the Los Angeles Police Department's preparedness to handle a major civil disturbance, the management and political climate within the Los Angeles Police Department prior to the disturbance, and the adequacy of the Los Angeles Police Department's response to the violence, 1992 August 6. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35355
title: Rita Walters, interview, 1992-08-06

description: Interview of Rita Walters, Los Angeles City Councilwoman, about the root causes of the civil disturbance, the Los Angeles Police Department's preparedness to handle a major civil disturbance, the management and political climate within the Los Angeles Police Department prior to the disturbance, and the adequacy of the Los Angeles Police Department's response to the violence, 1992 August 6. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35249
title: Troy Smith, interview, 1992-07-10

description: Interview of Troy Smith, Director of the Greater Watts Justice Center, about the root causes of the civil disturbance, the Los Angeles Police Department's preparedness to handle a major disturbance, and recommendations for preventing this type of violence from occurring in the future, 1992 July 10. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35251
title: Marlin Warkentin, interview, 1992-06-20

description: Interview of Marlin Warkentin, Lieutenant for the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division, about the Rampart Division's preparedness to handle a major civil disturbance, and the adequacy of the Division's response to the Los Angeles disturbance, 1992 June 20. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-33627
title: Stanley Sheinbaum, interview, 1992-07-06

description: Interview of Stanley Sheinbaum, President of the Los Angeles Police Commission, about the root causes of the civil disturbance, the Los Angeles Police Department's preparedness to handle a major civil disturbance, the Commission's oversight of and relationship with the Los Angeles Police Department, and the adequacy of theLos Angeles Police Department's response to the unrest, 1992 July 6. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35353
title: Rita Walters, interview, 1992-08-06

description: Interview of Rita Walters, Los Angeles City Councilwoman, about the root causes of the civil disturbance, the Los Angeles Police Department's preparedness to handle a major civil disturbance, the management and political climate within the Los Angeles Police Department prior to the disturbance, and the adequacy of the Los Angeles Police Department's response to the violence, 1992 August 6. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35319
title: Robert C. Thrasher, interview, 1992-06-24

description: Interview of Robert C. Thrasher, the Adjutant General for the California National Guard (CNG), about the role and resources of the CNG; its preparedness to respond to a major civil disturbance; its pre-planning activities with regard to the Los Angeles civil disturbance; the interface between the CNG and other law enforcement agencies; the activities of the CNG during the Los Angeles disturbance; and the effect of "federalization" on CNG troops, 1992 June 24. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-82614
title: Southeast area, activities reports, 1991-03-27/1991-11-05

description: Los Angeles Police Department, Southeast area, activities reports, 1991 March 27 - November 5. PART OF SERIES: The series contains records related to the Webster Commission's Discovery Request, which aimed to delve into the internal activities and operations of the Los Angeles Police Department in the months before and during the Rodney King riots. Materials within this series generally fall into one of four categories of records requested by the Commission: activities reports; meeting agendas and minutes; itineraries of Department-led training sessions; and roll call deployment period reports from these sessions. PART OF SUBSERIES: Items related to the activities of each geographic area with the LAPD Office of operation's South Bureau between February, 1991 and June, 1992. Included are activities reports; agendas and minutes from staff meetings and supervisor meetings; and materials related to training sessions held in each Area, including itineraries and roll call deployment worksheets.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-9490
title: The Big Six: Policing America's Largest Cities, Antony Pate and Edwin E. Hamilton, 1991

description: "The Big Six: Policing America's Largest Cities", Antony Pate and Edwin E. Hamilton of the Police Foundation. A comparative analysis of police operations in the nation's [then] six largest cities: Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia, 1991. PART OF SERIES: Materials in the series pertain to the relationship between police officials and the communities they serve in the context of riot prevention and control. Included are interviews and roundtable discussions with law enforcement personnel from several major cities, pamphlets and newsletters produced by the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, several reports and studies pertaining to civil disorder, and a series of articles about community-based policing reproduced by the Traffic Institute. PART OF SUBSERIES: Pamphlets and newsletters about community-based policing published by Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-9731
title: Police Riot Control Standards, National Institute of Justice, 1992-05-15

description: "Police Riot Control Standards", National Institute of Justice, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 1992 May 15. PART OF SERIES: Materials in the series pertain to the relationship between police officials and the communities they serve in the context of riot prevention and control. Included are interviews and roundtable discussions with law enforcement personnel from several major cities, pamphlets and newsletters produced by the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, several reports and studies pertaining to civil disorder, and a series of articles about community-based policing reproduced by the Traffic Institute. PART OF SUBSERIES: Pamphlets and newsletters about community-based policing published by Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-80040
title: After action reports for the April-May riots, recap of arrests, Foothill Area, 1992-06-19

description: After action reports for the April-May riots; watch commander's daily reports; recap of arrests report, Foothill Area, 1992 June 19. PART OF SERIES: The series contains records related to the Webster Commission's Discovery Request, which aimed to delve into the internal activities and operations of the Los Angeles Police Department in the months before and during the Rodney King riots. Materials within this series generally fall into one of four categories of records requested by the Commission: activities reports; meeting agendas and minutes; itineraries of Department-led training sessions; and roll call deployment period reports from these sessions. PART OF SUBSERIES: An after-action report and analysis commissioned by the LAPD regarding its planning, preparation, and response to the 1992 riots. Included are interviews with LAPD personnel, a report issued by the Office of the Chief of Police, and critiques and reports from each of the bureaus and major divisions within the Department. Also included are crime investigation worksheets regarding weapons stolen during the riots.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-9304
title: Preventing Civil Disturbances: A Community Policing Approach, 1989

description: "Preventing Civil Disturbances: A Community Policing Approach", by the National Center for Community Policing, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, Community Policing Series No. 18. Overviews of urban riots, specifically in Detroit. PART OF SERIES: Materials in the series pertain to the relationship between police officials and the communities they serve in the context of riot prevention and control. Included are interviews and roundtable discussions with law enforcement personnel from several major cities, pamphlets and newsletters produced by the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University, several reports and studies pertaining to civil disorder, and a series of articles about community-based policing reproduced by the Traffic Institute. PART OF SUBSERIES: Pamphlets and newsletters about community-based policing published by Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-34957
title: Correspondence, interviews, 1992-05/1992-09

description: Correspondence and memoranda from several sources about conducting interviews in regards to the 1992 riots; surveys about the practices and policies of police departments in regards to planning for and responding to outbreaks of civil disturbance, 1992 May-September. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35352
title: Rita Walters, interview, 1992-08-06

description: Interview of Rita Walters, Los Angeles City Councilwoman, about the root causes of the civil disturbance, the Los Angeles Police Department's preparedness to handle a major civil disturbance, the management and political climate within the Los Angeles Police Department prior to the disturbance, and the adequacy of the Los Angeles Police Department's response to the violence, 1992 August 6. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35369
title: Peter Vanson, interview, 1992-07-06

description: Interview of Peter Vanson, Senior Field Sergeant of the Los Angeles Police Department's Southeast Division, about his recollection of the civil disturbance, his opinion of the Los Angeles Police Department's preparedness to respond to a major disturbance, and his impression of the adequacy of the Los Angeles Police Department's response to the violence and unrest, 1992 July 6. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-38682
title: Structure and history of Los Angeles city government, 1992-07-24

description: A research memorandum that discusses the history of the Los Angeles City government with an emphasis on the Mayor, City Council, the Chief of Police, and the Police Commission, 1992 July 24. PART OF SERIES: In addition to analyzing the 1992 riots as a whole, the Webster Commission also divided into several smaller task forces and study groups, each of which addressed one specific aspect of the civil disturbance. The series consists of reports and appendices produced by five of these groups: the Chronology Team, the Public Officials and Community Team, the LAPD Team, the Comparisons Study Group, and the Inter-Agency Team. Also included are two copies of Webster Scope, a report that interprets the riots and their cumulative effects primarily through graphs, charts, statistics, and figures, and several research memoranda that discuss the legality of several riot-response tactics. PART OF SUBSERIES: Research memoranda about various topics related to the 1992 Rodney King riots.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-35391
title: Ted Starr, interview, 1992-07-30

description: Interview of Ted Starr, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Assistant Commissioner, about the activities of the CHP in providing logistical support for CHP operations in Southern California and elsewhere, both before and during the civil disturbance, 1992 July 30. PART OF SERIES: After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met of a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along of the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the interviewee.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-84651
title: Wilshire division, meetings, 1992-03/1992-07

description: Los Angeles Police Department, Wilshire division, attendance rosters, agendas, and minutes for meetings, 1992 March - July. PART OF SERIES: The series contains records related to the Webster Commission's Discovery Request, which aimed to delve into the internal activities and operations of the Los Angeles Police Department in the months before and during the Rodney King riots. Materials within this series generally fall into one of four categories of records requested by the Commission: activities reports; meeting agendas and minutes; itineraries of Department-led training sessions; and roll call deployment period reports from these sessions. PART OF SUBSERIES: Records related to the activities of the LAPD Office of Operation's West bureau and its constituent areas between March, 1991 and July, 1992.
DOI: 10.25549/webster-c100-80062
title: After action reports for the April-May riots, recap of arrests, Foothill Area, 1992-06-19

description: After action reports for the April-May riots; watch commander's daily reports; recap of arrests report, Foothill Area, 1992 June 19. PART OF SERIES: The series contains records related to the Webster Commission's Discovery Request, which aimed to delve into the internal activities and operations of the Los Angeles Police Department in the months before and during the Rodney King riots. Materials within this series generally fall into one of four categories of records requested by the Commission: activities reports; meeting agendas and minutes; itineraries of Department-led training sessions; and roll call deployment period reports from these sessions. PART OF SUBSERIES: An after-action report and analysis commissioned by the LAPD regarding its planning, preparation, and response to the 1992 riots. Included are interviews with LAPD personnel, a report issued by the Office of the Chief of Police, and critiques and reports from each of the bureaus and major divisions within the Department. Also included are crime investigation worksheets regarding weapons stolen during the riots.