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COPLEY NEWS SERVICE 1... :·: .. :,N_ :~i>l;)•r 1 ·9 ,. 11
With the Los Angeles Police
Department's reputation devastated
by ~he brutal beating of a
black motorist at the hands of
1 white officers, a civilian review
; board has been charged with
the responsibility of ferreting
out patterns of racism and brutality
and restoring public confidence
in the force.
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Law enforcement analysts
~laim many high-profile pollee
pursuits end in assault .
and even death./A3 -~·:·:-·.
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Chief Daryl F. 'Gates vi deb~ ·
tapes a message for police
department officers./A3 ..
Although the Police Commis- The panel also laid down ne~
sion has been relatively passive rules limiting police use of ~s
. in its. oversight of the depart- in the wake of the Eulia !A~
. ment m recent years, its role in shooting in 1979 and ordei'M
controversial matters is not for- the abolishment of the Public
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~ suspects - an issue that got lie concerns about the saviyte
the chief in trouble when he pummeling last week of Rodtiey
3 said blacks reacted differently G. King, Mayor Tom Bradley
~ to the chokeholds than "normal has directed the commission to
people." ~ Cariy out the wide-ranging investi8-ation
.-and recommend any needed changes. '
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Titte· POLICE COIY".!MISSION ONCE
'AGAIN ASKED TO RESTORE
CONFIDENCE
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IDS ANGELES
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{ ·"We have agreed it is clear that we
need to take quick and immediate action
to reassure our residents that our
Police Department is there to protect
and to serve everyone eqwilly," Bradley
told the panel. · · r ed. '
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I' chosen to take the matter to the Los
. Angeles County grand jury beginning tof
day, a procedure that could speed the
• ultimate criminal proceedings and also
t could result in criminal charges against
~ t~e others for aiding and abetting.
~ Garcia said the panel would review
~ "as much information as anybody would
f want to see if there is a pattern" t;Q the
~ lawsuits, complaints and disciPI_inary
~ problems. · ~
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"We also will examine if there are any
institutionalized reforms needed to develop
a. system that gets rid of the bad
apples/' Garcia said.
A full report ready for commlSSion
·action and public hearings should be
available by early April, Garcia predict-
"With your leadership, I am confident In a related development, Garcia said
we can restore the luster to our Police he and fellow commissioner Melanie Lo­
Department's badge of honor."
max -plan to attend a hearing Tuesday
D~ · ~m:cia, an influential lobbyist by the City ·council's Public Safety
and c1vil rights attorney appointed by , Co~ttee into the police policies on
Bradley to the panel last November f· ex~e~s1ve force and the adequacy of
said the commission's staff was asked . tr~mg programs to prevent brutality •
• Friday morning to begin a comprehen- . -Coincidentally, the City Attorney's
sive analysis of racial factors in lawsuits Office released a ·report Friday that
i, and abuse complaints over the past de- showed the legal cost of Los Angeles
·cade.
police abuse cases has escalated dramat-
As ·a result of the recent beating ically since 1972.
Gates has recommended the three offi~ • Th_e city paid out at least $553,340 in
cers accused of clubbing and kicking
"lung while he hunched to the ground
·should be charged with assault and the
other 12 at the scene face disciplinary
..actions for failing to stop it.
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