Los Angeles Police Department meltdown
Subtitle: the fall of the professional-reform model of policing
By: James Lasley
Series: Advances in police theory and practice series -- 14
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781439899175
Subjects: Police administration; Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept.; Police; Police corruption; Los Angeles (Calif.).
Description: Once considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers' acquittal in 1992. This book reveals a special inside study performed under the exclusive authority of LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates. The officers' accounts explain why the crime-fighting enforcement style was abandoned in police departments across the nation in favor of the less aggressive community-based policing model.--Back Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Parker's thin blue line: the professional/reform model of policing (PRM); title: The study: a qualitative analysis of LAPD's organizational dying declarations; title: Assessing the meltdown; title: The Rodney King incident; title: Politicians, special interest groups, and community influences; title: Hiring, promotions & affirmative action; title: Management and administration; title: Quantitative analyses; title: Conclusions and policy recommendations.