U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

1.  Introduction

• Section I:  Overview
•  Local Law Enforcement and Minority Communities
•  The Changing Demographics of the Los Angeles Region
•  Language Diversity in the Los Angeles Region
• Section II:  Topical Summary

• Section I:  Los Angeles Police Department-Controls and Monitoring Systems
•  Allegations of Police Brutality and Use of Excessive Force-An Overview
•   The Watts Riots-Findings of the McCone Commission
•   The Eulia Love Shooting
•   LAPD's Use of the Chokehold
•   The 39th Street and Dalton Avenue Drug Raid
•   Public's Perception of Police Brutality
•   The Rodney King Beating
•  The Christopher Commission
•   Background
•   Findings
•    The Relationship Between the Los Angeles Police Commission and the LAPD
•    Problem of Excessive Force
•    Racism and Bias
•    Community Relations/Community Policing
•    Recruitment, Selection, and Psychological Testing
•    Training
•    Personnel Issues
•    Civilian Complaints and Officer Discipline
•    Implementation of Recommendations
• Section II:  Leadership of the Los Angeles Police Department
•  Passage of Amendment F:  The LAPD Receives a New Police Chief
•  Other Developments
•   1993 Los Angeles Hearing
•   LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman's Testimony in the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial
•   The Christopher Commission Reforms:  Five Years Later
•  Efforts to Reform the LAPD
•   Overview-Impact of the Inspector General
•   Implementing Reforms:  Responses by the LAPD and Los Angeles Communities
•    Excessive Force
•     Applicable Guidelines for the Department's Use of Force
•     Responses to the LAPD's Efforts to Eliminate Excessive Force Incidents
•     The Use of Deadly Force
•      Applicable Standards for the Use of Deadly Force
•     Racism and Bias
•     Civilian Complaints and Officer Discipline
•      Background
•      Overview of the Civilian Complaint Process
•      Obtaining and Resolving Civilian Complaints
•      Determining the Volume of Civilian Complaints
•      Employee Discipline
•       Internal LAPD Procedures
•       Is Discipline Equally Distributed?
•     Community Relations/Community Policing
•      Responses to the Department's Community Policing Efforts
•     Recruitment, Retention, and Psychological Testing of Candidates and
  Field Training Officers
•    Personnel Issues
•  The Departure of Chief Williams:  A New Era for the LAPD

• Section I:  Overview
•  Introduction
•  Gender Bias
•  Racial and Ethnic Bias
•  Complaints of Bias
• Section II:  Bias and Employment Issues in the Los Angeles Police Department
•  Recruitment and Hiring
•  Performance of Female Police Officers
•  Affirmative Action
•  Attrition Rates
•  In-Service Training
•  Promotions
•  The Police Protective League
•  Disciplinary System

• Section I:  Overview of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
•  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
•  Kolts Report
•  The Los Angeles Hearings
• Section II:  Current Issues and Reforms in the Los Angeles County
•   Sheriff's Department
•  Accountability
•  Internal Accountability
•   Tracking System
•   Use of Force Reporting and Documentation
•   Administrative Investigations
•   Discipline
•  Accountability to the Public
•   Complaints
•   Failure to Prosecute
•   Office of the Ombudsman
•   Civilian Review
•  State Law Makes False Complaints a Misdemeanor
•  State Law on Unfounded Complaints
•  Excessive Force/Misconduct
•  Racial Implications
•  Treatment of Inmates in Custody
•  Lengthy Custody Assignments
•  LASD Use of Canines
•   Dog Bite Injuries
•   Racial Bias in Canine Deployment
•   Armed Suspects
•   Status of Canine Policy Reforms
•   Canine Announcement
•  Civil Litigation
•  Racial an Gender Diversity
•  Conclusion

 5.  The Relationship of Local Law Enforcement with Los Angeles Immigrant Communities (not available on web)

• Section I:  Overview of Police-Immigrant Relations
•  Introduction
•  Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, Racial and Ethnic Tensions and Police-Immigrant Community Relations
• Section II:  The Relationship of the LAPD and LASD with Los Angeles Immigrant Communities
•  Representative Views of the Immigrant Community-LAPD & LASD Relationships
•  Community Policing Programs
•  Cultural Awareness Training
•  Language Issues
•  Local Law Enforcement Interaction with the INS
•  High Speed Pursuits
•  Criminal Deportation Policy

• Section I: The Federal Government's Role in Patterns of Police Misconduct
•  Introduction
•  Previous Remedies for Police Misconduct
• Section II:  Implementation of Federal Pattern or Practice Legislation
•  Pattern or Practice Authority
•  Implementation
•  Concerns With Pattern or Practice Authority
•  Data Collection
•  Conclusion

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6

Dissenting Statement of Commissioners Carl A. Anderson,  Robert P. George, and Russell G. Redenbaugh

Figures

•  2.1 LAPD K-9 Bites: 1991-June 1996
•  2.2 LAPD Metropolitan Division: K-9 Summary Report for 7/1/95-6/30/96
•  2.3 LAPD Metropolitan Division: K-9 Summary Report for 7/1/95-6/30/96
•  2.4 Male Recruit Graduate Participants: "Arrest and Control Curriculum"
•  2.5 Female Recruit Graduate Participants: "Arrest and Control Curriculum"
•  2.6 IAD Complaint Dispositions for 1992
•  3.1 Gender Bias Complaints in LAPD
•  3.2 Ethnic Remark Complaints in LAPD
•  3.3 LAPD Police Officers Hired by Race or Sex
•  3.4 Percentage of Females Taking LAPD Police Officer Examination
•  3.5 Profile of LAPD Sworn Personnel by Race or Sex
•  3.6 Profile of Attrition Among LAPD Sworn Personnel
•  3.7 Attrition Among LAPD Recruits at Police Academy, July 1993-March 1995
•  3.8 Achievement of LAPD Promotional Goals for Minorities and Females
•  3.9 Police Rank by Race
•  3.10 Police Rank by Gender
•  3.11 Higher Penalties with Respect to Ethnicity

•  1.1 Language Spoken at Home in the Los Angeles Region and Los Angeles County, 1990
  (Population Aged 5 Years and Older)
•  1.2 Language Use in the Home (Population Aged 5 Years and Older)
•  1.3 Percentage Speaking Only English at Home, by Ethnicity and Generation, 1989
  (Selected Ethnic Groups Ages 25-44)
•  1.4 Percentage Both Speaking Ethnic Language at Home and Speaking English Very Well,
  by Ethnicity and Generation, 1989 (Selected Ethnic Groups Ages 25-44)
•  1.5 Percentage Speaking Ethnic Language at Home, by Presence of Foreign Born in Household,
  Los Angeles Region, 1990 (U.S.-born Youth Aged 5-17)
•  2.1 LAPD Pepper Spray Incidents: November 1993-July 1994
•  2.2 1991-1996: "Discrimination," "Gender Bias," "Ethnic Remark" Allegations
•  3.1 Officers' Views on Consent Decree and Affirmative Action