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city hope-could serve as a model for a truly<br />

independent city police commission. This crisis<br />

has shown that the current Police Commission-as<br />

constituted under outmoded City<br />

Charter provisions-is woefully under-funded<br />

and inadequately staffed to .fully perform its<br />

task. Even when faced with its current assign- ·<br />

ment to investigate the Rodney King case, the<br />

Police Commission must depend on the LAPD<br />

to provide a small staff and minuscule budget.<br />

THE GOAL: <strong>The</strong> fallout from the King<br />

beating unfairly 'has tarnished all police <strong>officers</strong> ·<br />

locally and nationally. To reduce those suspicions,<br />

the citizens commission must be prepared<br />

to stand up to the LAPD, the Police Commission,<br />

the City Council and even the m!lyor.<br />

<strong>The</strong> citizens commission must be accountable<br />

only to the public in its quest to ge~ at the truth<br />

of the strengths and of the problems that need<br />

correcting within the LAPD. In so doing the<br />

commission can restore full confidence in . a<br />

proud department. It's a task of the utmost<br />

importance not only to the Los Angeles Police<br />

· Department, but to all of Los Angeles.<br />

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