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In five pages this paper examines the infamous LAPD Rampart Area scandal of 2000 in an overview of police deviance that focuses on brutality and falsification of evidence (not only within the Los Angeles Police Department but also within the New Orleans and Detroit Police Departments), the reasons for such deviance, and what can be done about it. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.
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File: TG61_TGpoldev.rtf
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history of U.S. law enforcement. The anti-gang crime unit known as CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) was assigned to west Los Angeles Rampart district, and given "wide latitude
to aggressively fight gangs" (City of Los Angeles, 2000). Although gang-related crimes in the area declined considerably, the subculture that emerged within the members of CRASH developed a collective
attitude that "the ends justified the means" (City of Los Angeles, 2000). Officers repeatedly thumbed their noses at LAPD procedures, and often the departmental hierarchy ignored the flagrant misconduct
due to inequities in leadership and supervision. The result was widespread corruption that included such deviant acts as police brutality and falsification of evidence and crime reports. Specifically,
in February 1998, Officers Brian Hewitt and Daniel Lujan detained two gang members for reputed parole violations, and when one of the members refused to cooperate, Officer Hewitt reportedly choked
and beat the man, which was not reported by either Officer Lujan or another Officer Ethan Cohan. Furthermore, the victim was released from police custody without any officers seeking
medical treatment for him. Five months later, Officer Rafael Perez was arrested for cocaine possession, Grand Theft, and forgery. Perez offered to cooperate with LAPD officials in exchange
for a five-year prison term. Perez charged that several members of the CRASH unit engaged in misconduct and criminal activities because of a shared belief that because they were
members of the Los Angeles Police Department, "They could do whatever they wished" (City of Los Angeles, 2000). This included perjury, planting evidence, and filing false police reports.
These repeated incidences of deviance resulted in a massive internal investigation by an independent review panel, the findings and recommendations of which were released in November 2000. Unfortunately, deviance within
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