NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. With over 9,600 sworn officers and 3,000 non-sworn staff, covering an area of 473 square miles (1,230 km²) with a population of more than 3.8 million people, it is the fifth largest law enforcement agency in the United States (behind the New York City Police Department, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Chicago Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The department has been heavily fictionalized in numerous movies and television shows throughout its history. It has also been involved in a number of controversies, mostly racial incidents, perhaps most notably the infamous Rodney King incident and the subsequent 1992 Los Angeles riots. The abbreviation LAPD may refer to: Los Angeles Police Department. ... The Los Angeles General Services Police is a law enforcement agency providing security services to the Los Angeles City Hall, the Los Angeles Central Library, the Los Angeles Zoo, and the citys parks, having similar duties of the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... For other uses, see State (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A governing body is a corporate form of management. ... The Los Angeles City Council meets three times a week in city hall. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Parker Center Parker Center is the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. ... Commissioner is a designation that may be used for a variety of official positions, especially referring to a high-ranking public (administrative or police) official, or an analogous official in the private sector (e. ... William J. Bratton is the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. ... Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a police department, particularly in the United States and Canada. ... Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, usually known as CRASH, was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, Rampart Division, devoted to reduction of gang violence. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... This article is about the U.S state. ... NYPD redirects here. ... California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation patch The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is responsible for the operation of the California state corrections, rehabilitation, and parole systems. ... The Chicago Police Department, also known as the CPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, under the jurisdiction of the mayor of Chicago. ... F.B.I. and FBI redirect here. ... Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American taxi driver who, in 1991 was stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sergeant Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. ... For other uses, see Los Angeles riots (disambiguation). ...

Resources, mobility and technology

The LAPD has vast resources, including the third largest civilian air force in the country^{[citation needed]}. Only the Civil Air Patrol and Office of CBP Air & Marine, commands a larger force . The Los Angeles Police Air Support Division resources include 17 helicopters ranging from 4 Bell 206 Jet Rangers to 12 Eurocopter AS350-B2 AStars, and 1 Bell UH-1 Huey (No longer in service, due to maintenance issues). LAPD also has 1 Beechcraft Kingair A200 and 1 unspecified and undenied drone.^{[citation needed]} // Resources of the Los Angeles Police Department. ... LAPD and L.A.P.D. redirect here. ... The Bell Helicopter Model 206 JetRanger is a two-bladed main rotor, turbine powered helicopter with a conventional, two-bladed tail rotor. ... Civil Air Patrol Corporate seal The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). ... CBP Air and Marine Emblem CBP Air Interdiction Agent Badge CBP Air Blackhawk UAV The stated mission of the Office of CBP Air and Marine is to protect the American people and critical infrastructure by using an integrated and coordinated air and marine force to detect, interdict, and prevent acts... The Bell Helicopter Model 206 JetRanger is a two-bladed main rotor, turbine powered helicopter with a conventional, two-bladed tail rotor. ... The Eurocopter Group is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company formed in 1992 from the merger of the helicopter divisions of French Aérospatiale and German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA). ... This article is about the AStar helicopter. ... The most widely used military helicopter in the world, The Bell UH-1 series Iroquis named after an Native American Indian tribe, but more popularly known as Huey was manufactured by Bell Helicopter Textron in the 1950s to served in the infamous Vietnam War. ...

Main Airship missions are flown out of downtown's Piper Tech center at the Hooper Heliport, located outside of Union Station.The LAPD also houses air units at Van Nuys airport. A view of Union Station familiar to many of downtown Los Angeles visitors. ...

At one time (According to the LA Police Historical Society) the LAPD also had a military submarine in its inventory.^{[citation needed]}

Work environment

The LAPD has a three-day 12-hour and 4 day-10 hour work week schedule. The department have over 250 types of job assignments, and each officer is eligible for such assignments after two years on patrol. LAPD patrol officers almost always work with a partner, unlike suburban departments surrounding Los Angeles, in which many departments deploy officers in one-officer units. Other departments use single-officer patrol cars to maximize police presence, allowing a smaller number of officers to patrol a larger area, while the LAPD prefers to err on the side of caution.^{[citation needed]} Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ...

The department's training division has three facilities throughout the city, including Elysian Park, Ahmanson Recruit Training Center (Westchester), and the Edward Davis Training Center (Granada Hills). Elysian Park can mean: Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California Elysian Park, Hoboken, New Jersey This is a disambiguation page â€” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Pay and benefits, however, are a plus to new LAPD officers, whom are among some of the highest-paid police officers in the country. As of Spring 2007, new recruits could earn money through sign on bonuses ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Sign on bonuses are paid 1/2 after graduation from the academy, and 1/2 after completion of probation. Also, $2,000 could be added for out of town sign ons for housing arrangements.

Limitations

The Los Angeles Police Department has long suffered from chronic underfunding and under-staffing.^{[citation needed]} In contrast to most large cities in the United States, Los Angeles has historically had one of the lowest ratios of police personnel to population served.^{[citation needed]} The present Department Chief, William J. Bratton, has made enlarging the force one of his top priorities (Bratton has been quoted as saying, "You give me 4,000 more officers and I'll give you the safest city in the world.")^{[citation needed]}. The LAPD's own web site illustrates the challenges faced by the department [1]. As a point of comparison, New York City boasts one NYPD officer for every 228 residents. Resulting disadvantages of such a large police force is that advancement within the NYPD is difficult and salary and benefits are severely limited. As of the Spring of 2008, the LAPD was offering as much as $54,475-58,881 to new recruits. The NYPD offers new recruits substantially lower salaries compared to the LAPD, usually ranging from $30,000-$40,000. Further points of comparison include Chicago, which has a ratio of one officer per 216 citizens and Philadelphia, whose officer per citizen ratio is 1 to 219. By contrast, the Los Angeles Police Department protects its city with only one officer for every 426 residents. For Los Angeles to have the same ratio of officers as New York City, the LAPD would need to add nearly 17,000 officers. As of the spring of 2007, the Department is in the middle of a massive recruiting effort, looking to hire an additional 1,500 police officers. They have used a high starting salary ($50,000+) as an incentive. One problem with such a drive is the lack of qualified candidates. Stringent hiring practices instituted by top LAPD brass (following several accusations of corrupt police officers) has led to fewer than 1 in 10 initial applicants actually being hired. Also, the city has four specialized police agencies which are not affiliated with the LAPD: Los Angeles Port Police, Los Angeles Airport Police, Los Angeles General Services Police, and the Los Angeles School Police Department. William J. Bratton is the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The New York City Police Department (NYPD) , the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ... The Los Angeles Port Police is a specialized law enforcement agency at the Port of Los Angeles, under the control of the Los Angeles Harbor Department (WorldPort LA). ... The Los Angeles Airport Police [1] (sometimes referred to as LAWAPD or LAXPD) Los Angeles Airport Police Division is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County, with more than 1100 law enforcement, security and staff personnel. ... The Los Angeles General Services Police is a law enforcement agency providing security services to the Los Angeles City Hall, the Los Angeles Central Library, the Los Angeles Zoo, and the citys parks, having similar duties of the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety. ... The Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) is a school police department that was established in August of 1948 that serves the Los Angeles Unified School District. ...

Force composition

During the Parker-Davis-Gates period, the LAPD was overwhelmingly white, and much of it lived outside of the city. In 1980, only 20% of the force was minority officers.^{[citation needed]} Simi Valley, the Ventura County suburb that later became infamous as the site of the state trial that immediately preceded the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has long been home to a particularly large concentration of LAPD officers, almost all of them white. A 1994 ACLU study of officer's home zip codes, concluded that over 80% of police officers lived outside city boundaries.^[1] Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in the extreme southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles in the Greater Los Angeles Area. ... Ventura County . ... For other uses, see Los Angeles riots (disambiguation). ... The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) consists of two separate non-profit organizations: the ACLU Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization which focuses on litigation and communication efforts, and the American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)(4) organization which focuses on legislative lobbying. ...

Hiring quotas began to change this during the 1980s, but it was not until the Christopher Commission reforms that substantial numbers of black, Hispanic, and Asian officers began to join the force. Minority officers can be found in both rank-and-file and leadership positions in virtually all precincts, and the LAPD is starting to reflect the general population. As of 2002, 13.5% of the LAPD was black, 34.2% was Latino, and 6.9% was Asian or Pacific Islander.^{[citation needed]} In February 2008, the number of Hispanic police officers surpassed the number of white officers.^{[citation needed]} The Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, informally known as the Christopher Commission, was formed in July 1991, in the wake of the Rodney King beating, by then-mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley. ...

The LAPD hired the first female police officer in the United States in 1910, Ms Alice Stebbins Wells.^[2] Since then, women have been a small, but growing part of the force. Up through the early 1970s, women were classified as "policewomen" on the LAPD. Through the 1950s, their duties generally consisted as working as matrons in the jail system, or dealing with troubled youths working in detective assignments. Rarely did they work any type of field assignment and they were not allowed to promote above the rank of sergeant. However, a lawsuit (Fanchon Blake) by a policewoman from that period instituted court ordered mandates that the Department begin actively hiring and promoting women police officers in its ranks. The Department eliminated the rank of "Policeman" from new hires at that time along with the rank of "Policewoman." Anyone already in those positions were grandfathered in, but any new hires were classified instead as "Police Officers", which continues to this day.

In 2002, women made up 18.9% of the force. Women have made significant strides within the ranks of the Department since the days of the Fanchon Blake lawsuit. The highest ranking woman on the Department today is Assistant Chief Sharon Papa, who came to the LAPD as a commander from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Transit Police Department in 1997. Chief Papa was the last Chief of Police for the MTA.^{[citation needed]}

The LAPD also hired the first known black police officer in America. In 1886, the Department hired its first two African-American officers, Robert William Stewart and Roy Green. ^[3]

According to the US Department of Justice, the LAPD was 82% male in 2000. Forty-six percent of the department was white, 33% of the department was Hispanic/Latino, 14% was African-American, and 7% was Asian.^[4]

Organization

The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners is a five-member body of appointed officials which oversees the LAPD.^[5] The board is responsible for setting policies for the department and overseeing the LAPD's overall management and operations. The chief of police reports to the board, but the rest of the department reports to the chief. The headquarters for the LAPD is the Parker Center, named after former chief William Parker. A new headquarters building is currently being constructed. Image File history File linksMetadata Parkercenter. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Parkercenter. ... Parker Center Parker Center is the headquarters for the Los Angeles Police Department, and is located in Downtown LA. It is named for former LAPD chief William H. Parker. ... This article is about the jazz bassist. ...

Office of Operations

The majority of the LAPD's 9800 officers are located within the Office of Operations, located in the Parker Center. An assistant chief commands the office, and reports directly to the chief of police. The LAPD is composed of 19 stations, known officially as "Areas" but commonly referred to as "Divisions". The 19 stations are then grouped geographically into four command areas, each known as a "Bureau". There are two additional bureaus, the Detective Bureau and the Special Operations Bureau. Two more areas, "Olympic" and "Northwest", will be added in 2008.

Detective Bureau

The detective bureau, which now reports to the Chief of Police, is responsible for investigating reported crimes.

COMPSTAT Unit

The computer statistics unit (COMPSTAT), reports directly to the Chief of Detectives. The COMPSTAT unit maintains statistical crime data and hold weekly meetings with the Chief of Police to review the data. COMPSTAT is the LAPD's version of the NYPD CompStat unit, which was originally developed in 1994 by current LAPD Chief William Bratton, while he was still the NYPD Police Commissioner.^[6] When Bratton became chief of the LAPD in 2002, he immediately implemented the CompStat system in the LAPD.^[7] CompStat - or COMPSTAT - (short for COMPuter STATistics or COMParative STATistics) is the name given to the New York City Police Departments accountability process. ... CompStat - or COMPSTAT - (short for COMPuter STATistics or COMParative STATistics) is the name given to the New York City Police Departments accountability process. ... William J. Bratton is currently the police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. ... The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. ...

Special Operations Bureau

The Special Operations Bureau provides the Los Angeles Police Department specialized tactical resources in support of operations during daily field activities, unusual occurrences, and especially during serious disturbances and elevated terrorism threat conditions.

Structure of the Special Operations Bureau

Central Bureau

The Central Bureau is responsible for downtown Los Angeles and East Los Angeles, and is the most densely populated of the four patrol bureaus. It consists of five patrol divisions and a traffic division, which handles traffic-related duties such as accident investigation and the issuing of citations/tickets. Image File history File linksMetadata Centralmetrofront. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Centralmetrofront. ... Skyline of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. ... East Los Angeles, California (unincorporated community) East Los Angeles (region) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Central Division

The Central Area (#1) station serves the vast majority of downtown Los Angeles, including Los Angeles City Hall, the Los Angeles Convention Center, the Staples Center, the Fashion District, and the Financial District.^[8] Skyline of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. ... Los Angeles City Hall is the center of government in the city of Los Angeles, California. ... The Los Angeles Convention Center is a convention center in Los Angeles. ... Staples Center is a multipurpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles, California adjacent to the LA Live development. ... People in the Fashion District The Fashion District is a design, warehouse, and distribution nexus of the clothing, accessories and fabric industry in Downtown Los Angeles. ... The Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles as viewed from Bunker Hill The centerpoint of Downtown Los Angeles, the Financial District was built adjacent to and parallel with the redevelopment of Bunker Hill. ...

Hollenbeck Division

The Hollenbeck Area (#4) community police station serves the easternmost portions of the city of Los Angeles, including the communities of Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, and El Sereno.^[9] The station house is located at 2111 East 1st Street, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. The station will be replaced by a modern police station, to replace the current police station, which was designed and built during the 1950's, when LAPD police stations were not open to the public. Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Boyle Heights is a district just east of Downtown Los Angeles on the East Side of Los Angeles, California, USA. The neighborhood was once known for its diverse demographics, including large Jewish American, Japanese American & Mexican American populations, as well as Russian American and Yugoslav populations. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... El Sereno (pronounced in English, from the Spanish IPA: the tranquil) is a district in Northeastern Los Angeles, California. ... Boyle Heights is a district just east of Downtown Los Angeles on the East Side of Los Angeles, California, USA. The neighborhood was once known for its diverse demographics, including large Jewish American, Japanese American & Mexican American populations, as well as Russian American and Yugoslav populations. ...

Newton Division

The Newton Area (#13) serves part of downtown Los Angeles, including part of the Fashion District. ^[10] Skyline of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. ... People in the Fashion District The Fashion District is a design, warehouse, and distribution nexus of the clothing, accessories and fabric industry in Downtown Los Angeles. ...

Northeast Division

The Northeast Area (#11) is responsible for parts of central Los Angeles including Elysian Park (Dodger Stadium) and Silver Lake, along with the easternmost parts of Los Feliz and Hollywood.^[11] Located next to Chavez Ravine where Dodger Stadium is located Elysian Park is mostly a hillside community that is home to the Los Angeles Police Department Academy. ... Dodger Stadium is a large outdoor baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California at ChÃ¡vez Ravine. ... Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. ... Contemporary view of L.A. from behind the Griffith Observatory in Los Feliz. ... Hollywood redirects here. ...

Rampart Division

The Rampart Area (#2) serves regions to the west and northwest of Downtown Los Angeles including Echo Park, Pico-Union and Westlake, all together designated as the Rampart Division's patrol area. The name is derived from Rampart Boulevard, one of the main highways in the region.^[12] The Rampart Division of the Los Angeles Police Department serves communities to the west and northwest of Downtown Los Angeles including Echo Park, Pico-Union and Westlake, all together designated as the Rampart patrol area. ... The Rampart Scandal refers to widespread corruption of the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (C.R.A.S.H.) anti-gang unit of the LAPD Rampart Division in the late 1990s. ... The Rampart Division of the Los Angeles Police Department serves communities to the west and northwest of Downtown Los Angeles including Echo Park, Pico-Union and Westlake, all together designated as the Rampart patrol area. ... Skyline of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. ... The lake in Echo Park. ... The intersection of Pico and Union Pico-Union is a district in Los Angeles, California. ... Alvarado Street, looking north from just southwest of the Wilshire Boulevard intersection. ...

South Bureau

The South Bureau oversees South Los Angeles with the exception of Inglewood, Torrance and Compton, which are all seperate cities that maintain their own law enforcement agencies (in Compton's case, a contract with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department). The South Bureau consists of four patrol divisions and a traffic division, which handles traffic-related duties such as accident investigation and the issuing of citations/tickets. South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. ... Nickname: Location of Inglewood in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Established 1888 Incorporated February 14, 1908 Government - Mayor Roosevelt F. Dorn Area - Total 9. ... Motto: A Balanced City Location of Torrance in the County of Los Angeles Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Government - Mayor Frank Scotto Area - Total 20. ... Nickname: Location of Compton in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Government - Mayor Eric Perrodin Area - Total 10. ... This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriffs Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police Memorial to fallen deputies. ...

77th Street Division

The 77th Street Area (#12) serves a portion of South Los Angeles, roughly in an area south of Vernon Avenue, west of the Harbor Freeway, north of Manchester Avenue and points west to the city limits, including the Crenshaw region. A section of South Central Los Angeles that borders Florence, Central and Manchester Avenues to the Harbor Freeway is also part of this division. ^[13] South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. ... The Harbor Freeway goes under many bridges as it passes through downtown Los Angeles The Harbor Freeway is one of the principal north-south freeways in Los Angeles County, California. ... For a list of currently routed California State Routes, please see List of California State Routes. ... Crenshaw Boulevard exit sign on the Santa Monica Freeway. ... South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. ... The Harbor Freeway goes under many bridges as it passes through downtown Los Angeles The Harbor Freeway is one of the principal north-south freeways in Los Angeles County, California. ...

Harbor Division

The Harbor Area (#5) serves all of San Pedro and the Harbor Gateway annex south of Artesia Boulevard. This division often works with the Port of Los Angeles Police.^[14] San Pedro is the Spanish language form of Saint Peter. ... The Los Angeles Port Police is a specialized law enforcement agency at the Port of Los Angeles, under the control of the Los Angeles Harbor Department (WorldPort LA). ...

Southeast Division

The Southeast Area (#18), like the 77th Street Division, patrols a part of South Central L.A.. Their area extends to the city limits north of Artesia Boulevard, includes Watts, and areas south of Manchester Avenue. ^[15] South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural portion lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. ... Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles, California. ... For a list of currently routed California State Routes, please see List of California State Routes. ...

Southwest Division

The Southwest Area (#3) serves all of the city limits south of the Santa Monica Freeway, west of the Harbor Freeway, south of Vernon Avenue, and east of the Culver City/Lennox/Baldwin Hills area. This section also includes the University of Southern California and Exposition Park. ^[16] Culver City sign near the intersection of the 405 and the 90. ... Baldwin Hills is a district in southwestern Los Angeles, California, in South Los Angeles. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Exposition Park is the name of more than one place: Exposition Park (Los Angeles) Exposition Park (Pittsburgh) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Valley Bureau

The Valley Bureau is the largest of the four patrol bureaus in terms of size (about 221 suare miles), and oversees operations within the San Fernando Valley. It consists of seven patrol divisions and a traffic division, which handles traffic-related duties such as accident investigation and the issuing of citations/tickets. San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ...

Mission Division

The Mission Area (#19) community police station began operations in May 2005. This was the first new station to be created in more than a quarter of a century. The Mission Area covers the eastern half of the old Devonshire and the western half of the Foothill Areas in the San Fernando Valley.^[17]

Devonshire Division

The Devonshire Area (#17) is responsible for parts of the San Fernando Valley, including parts of Northridge^[18] San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ... Northridge is the name of some places in the United States of America: the Northridge community of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley Northridge, Ohio This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

Foothill Division

The Foothill Area (#16) patrols parts of the San Fernando Valley, inclding the Sun Valley region.^[19] San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ... Sun Valley is the name of several places in the United States of America: Sun Valley, Idaho, a ski area and resort community in central Idaho Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley Sun Valley, Nevada, a suburb north of Reno Sun Valley, El Paso, Texas, a...

North Hollywood Division

The North Hollywood Area (#15) is responsible for Studio City and the North Hollywood region.^[20] The North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily-armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips, Jr. ... Studio City is a district in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. ...

Van Nuys Division

West Valley Division

The West Valley Area (#10) is responsible for parts of the San Fernando Valley, including parts of Northridge and Reseda, where it is based.^[22] San Fernando Valley from its southwestern edge. ... Northridge is the name of some places in the United States of America: the Northridge community of Los Angeles, California in the San Fernando Valley Northridge, Ohio This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Reseda refers to the following: The plant genus Reseda; see Mignonette The Los Angeles, California suburb named after the plant; see Reseda, Los Angeles, California This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Nortwest Division

The Northwest Area (#21) community police station is currently under construction and is due to be operational by October 2008.^[23]

West Bureau

The West Bureau's operations cover most of the well-known areas of Los Angeles, including Hollywood, the Hollywood Hills area, the UCLA campus and Venice. This does not include Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, which are seperate from Los Angeles and maintain their own law enforcement agencies. The West Bureau consists of five patrol divisions and a traffic division, which handles traffic-related duties such as accident investigation and the issuing of citations/tickets. ... The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to Pacific Coast... University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university located in the residential area of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ... Beverly Hills redirects here. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ...

Hollywood Division

The Hollywood Area (#6) community police station serves the Hollywood region, including the Hollywood Hills and the Sunset Strip.^[24] Hollywood redirects here. ... The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to Pacific Coast... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Wilshire Division

The Wilshire Area (#7) community police station serves the Mid-Wilshire region, including Koreatown, Mid-City, Carthay, and the Fairfax District.^[25] Mid-Wilshire is a region in west-central Los Angeles, California. ... For other Koreatowns, see Koreatown. ... Mid-City is a district in west-central Los Angeles, California. ... Carthay is a large residential district in western Los Angeles, California. ... The Fairfax District is an area of neighborhoods in the City of Los Angeles, California, that is roughly bordered by West Hollywood on the north, La Brea Avenue on the east, West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on the west and Wilshire Boulevard on the south. ...

Pacific Division

The Pacific Area (#14) community police station serves the southern portion of West Los Angeles, including Venice Beach, Palms, Mar Vista, Venice, Del Rey, Westchester, and Playa del Rey. Some officers assigned to the Pacific Division are commonly assigned to work with the Los Angeles Airport Police at the Los Angeles International Airport.^[26] West Los Angeles (West L.A. in the short form) or the Westside is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California and its suburbs that lies east of the Pacific Ocean, west of La Cienega Boulevard (or, occasionally, Fairfax or even La Brea Avenue), south of the... Palms is a district on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. ... Mar Vista is a large district on the West Side of Los Angeles, California. ... Venice Beach and Boardwalk Venice, California, is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Del Rey is a small neighborhood in Los Angeles, California located between Playa Vista and Culver City. ... Westchester is a neighborhood in western Los Angeles, California. ... Playa del Rey (Spanish for Beach of the King or Kings beach) is a community of the City of Los Angeles, California. ... The Los Angeles Airport Police [1] (sometimes referred to as LAWAPD or LAXPD) Los Angeles Airport Police Division is the fourth largest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County, with more than 1100 law enforcement, security and staff personnel. ... LAX and KLAX redirect here. ...

West Los Angeles Division

The West Los Angeles Area (#8) community police station serves the northern portion of the West Side.^[27] Communities within its service area include Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Westwood, West Los Angeles, Rancho Park, Beverlywood, and Cheviot Hills. The station house is at 1663 Butler Avenue in West Los Angeles. West Los Angeles (West L.A. in the short form) or the Westside is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California and its suburbs that lies east of the Pacific Ocean, west of La Cienega Boulevard (or, occasionally, Fairfax or even La Brea Avenue), south of the... For the 1997 TV series, see Pacific Palisades (TV series). ... This article is about the neighborhood in Los Angeles. ... High-rise buildings line Wilshire Boulevard through the Westwood area Another view of the Westwood skyline Westwood is a district in western Los Angeles, California, not to be confused with Westwood, California. ... West Los Angeles is a district in western Los Angeles, California. ... Rancho Park is a small neighborhood in western Los Angeles, California. ... The copper-topped bell tower of Hamilton High School is a neighborhood landmark. ... Cheviot Hills is a small residential district on the West Side of Los Angeles, California. ...

Mid-City Division

The Mid-City (Olympic) Area (#20) community police station is currently under construction and is due to be operational by November 2008.^[28]

Structure

Organizational notes

The Real-Time Analysis & Critical Response Division began operations in March 2006. It is composed of the Department Operations Section, which includes the Department Operations Center Unit, Department Operations Support Unit and the Incident Command Post Unit; Detective Support Section and the Crime Analysis Section.

History

The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing County forces. The Rangers were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group. Neither force was particularly efficient and Los Angeles became known for its violence, gambling and "vice". Parker Center-LAPDs Headquarters The first specific Los Angeles police force was founded in 1853 as the Los Angeles Rangers, a volunteer force that assisted the existing County forces. ... Gamble redirects here. ... Vice is a practice or habit that is considered immoral, depraved, and/or degrading in the associated society. ...

LAPD also had the first SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team in America. Officer John Nelson and inspector Daryl Gates created the program in 1965 to deal with threats from organized factions such as the Black Panther Party and other radical groups operating during that time. LAPD's SWAT team is considered by many in the business to be the premier unit of its kind. This article is about Special Weapons And Tactics. ... Daryl F. Gates was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 until 1992. ...

Riots of 1992

The riots of 1992 began after four LAPD officers were acquitted of charges that they used excessive force when arresting Rodney King. Following the riots, the Christopher Commission was formed in July 1991. The attorney Warren Christopher investigated the LAPD's hiring practices, as well as their handling of excessive force complaints. For other uses, see Los Angeles riots (disambiguation). ... Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an African-American taxi driver who, in 1991 was stopped and then beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers (Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Briseno and Sergeant Stacey Koon) after being chased for speeding. ... The Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, informally known as the Christopher Commission, was formed in July 1991, in the wake of the Rodney King beating, by then-mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley. ... Warren Minor Christopher (born October 27, 1925) is an American diplomat and lawyer. ...

Rampart scandal and consent decree

Following the Rampart Division C.R.A.S.H. scandal of the late 1990's - early 2000's, the United States Department of Justice entered into a consent decree with the LAPD regarding numerous civil rights violations.^[29] Mayor Richard J. Riordan and the Los Angeles city council agreed to the terms of the decree on November 2, 2000. The federal judge formally entered the decree into law on June 15, 2001. The consent decree is legally binding and will last until at least 2009.^[30] However, if any judge finds the LAPD in violation of the decree, federal oversight of the LAPD could be extended beyond this current deadline. The Rampart Scandal refers to widespread corruption of the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (C.R.A.S.H.) anti-gang unit of the LAPD Rampart Division in the late 1990s. ... DECREE - The judgment or sentence of a court of equity which corresponds to the judgment of a court of law. ... Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, usually known as CRASH, was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, Rampart Division, devoted to reduction of gang violence. ... Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, Washington, D.C. For animal rights group, see Justice Department (JD) The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the...

The Rampart scandal mainly surrounded the unethical actions of the LAPD's anti-gang unit, Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH). By 2001, the resulting investigations would lead to more than 75 officers being investigated or charged and over 100 crinimal cases being overturned due to perjury or other forms of misconduct To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The Consent Decree includes several recommendations from the Rampart Board of Inquiry, and several Consent Decree provisions mandate the Department to continue existing policies. Some of the more complex or major provisions in the Decree call for the following:

There are several stakeholders in the LAPD Consent Decree compliance process. At the Federal level, stakeholders include:

As the Consent Decree is a binding agreement between the City and the DOJ, the following City entities are key stakeholders: Seal of the United States Department of Justice The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. Â§ 503) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ...

The Consent Decree Bureau is the LAPD bureau charged with overseeing this process. Since 2003, The Commanding Officer of the Consent Decree Bureau, a civilian appointed by the Chief of Police, is Police Administrator Gerald L. Chaleff.[2]

Other controversies

Other controversies include detective Mark Fuhrman's role in the Nicole Simpson/Ron Goldman murder investigation (1994), the arrest of Stanley Miller (2004), the Javier Ovando scandal, and the LAPD's reaction to illegal immigrant rallies (2007). In 1962, the LAPD shooting of 7 unarmed members of the Nation of Islam resulted in the death of Ronald Stokes.^{[citation needed]} In 1972, Elmer Pratt was framed by the LAPD and FBI, and his conviction was overturned on appeal on February 18, 1999.^[31] Mark Fuhrman in Jacksonville, NC (2008) Mark Fuhrman (born February 5, 1952) is a book author, conservative talk radio host, and former detective in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) who found the bloody glove at the scene of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. ... The O.J. Simpson murder case was a highly-publicized U.S. criminal trial in which former American football star for the National Football League (NFL) and actor O. J. Simpson was charged with the murder of his ex-wife and her friend, Ronald Goldman. ... Photograph by Robert Yager/SIPA Press for The New York Times Javier Ovando became a central figure in the LAPD Rampart Scandal when he was shot and framed by corrupt Rampart officers Rafael PÃ©rez and Nino Durden. ... The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and social/political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930 with the self-proclaimed goal of resurrecting the spiritual, mental, social, economic condition of the black man and woman of America and belief that God will bring... Geronimo Pratt (born 13 September 1947), also known as Geronimo ji-Jaga, was a high ranking member of the Black Panther Party. ...

Rank structure and insignia

Rank insignia for Lieutenant I through Chief is worn on the collars of the shirt and the shoulders of the jacket. Rank insignia for Police Officers/Detectives and Sergeant I and II is worn on the upper sleeves.

Tenured officers will have silver-gray hash-marks on the lower left side of their long-sleeved shirts. Each mark represents five years of service.

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Chiefs of Police

Service Weapons

LAPD patrol officers were all armed with Beretta92s until 2002, chief William Bratton, the former chief of NYPD came into the office. He let his officers to choose between .40S&W Glock22s and Beretta92s. Some plain coats detectives carry revolvers as their service weapons and some other special units are allowed to carry .45 Glock21s. The LAPD SWAT team decided to go with the Kimber Custom II TLE in 2002 and they renamed their Kimbers:LAPD SWAT Custom II. Before that, LAPD SWAT carried 1911 and Colt Government pistols. These weapons were made special modifications by the LAPD armory and all the 1911 handguns carried by LAPD SWAT are mounted with Surefire 610R flashlights.

Fallen Officers

Since the establishment of the Los Angeles Police Department, 199 officers have died in the line of duty. ^[32]

LAPD awards, commendations, citations and medals

The department presents a number of medals to its members for meritorious service.[3] The medals the LAPD awards are as follows:

Bravery

The Los Angeles Police Department Medal of Valor is the highest law enforcement medal awarded to officers by the Los Angeles Police Department. The Medal of Valor is an award for bravery, usually awarded to officer for individual acts of extraordinary bravery or heroism performed in the line of duty at extreme and life-threatening personal risk.

Service

Unit Citations

Ribbons

Given to any LAPD officer who saw service during the 1984 Summer Olympics from July 28 to August 12, 1984.[4] Music sample: Olympic Fanfare and Theme composed by John Williams for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Problems listening to the file? See media help. ...

Given to LAPD officers whom were used during the September 1987 pastoral visit of Pope John Paul II.[5] John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: , Polish: ) born IPA: ; 18 May 1920 â€“ 2 April 2005) reigned as the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from 16 October 1978, until his death, almost 27 years later. ...

Given to any LAPD officer who saw service during the 1992 Los Angeles riots from April 29 to May 4, 1992.[6] For other uses, see Los Angeles riots (disambiguation). ...

Given to any LAPD officer who saw service during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake from January 17 to January 18, 1994.[7] The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:30:55 am Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. ...

The LAPD in popular media

The LAPD is well-represented in popular media. Several prominent representations include Adam-12, Dragnet, Crash, the Lethal Weapon series, and the The Shield series. The television series LAPD: Life On the Beat provided a more accurate depiction of the LAPD. This article is about the guitarist. ... Dragnet was a long-running radio and television police procedural drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. ... Crash is a drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... Lethal Weapon is a 1987 action film, the first in a series of American movies that were released in 1987, 1989, 1992, and 1998, all directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of LAPD detectives. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

The independently iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station. -LAPD Badge 714 Detective Sergeant Joe Friday was a fictional character created and played by American actor, television producer, and writer Jack Webb (1920-1982) on Dragnet. ... John Randolph Jack Webb (April 2, 1920 â€“ December 23, 1982) was an American actor, television producer, director, and writer who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet. ...

Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD chief Parker "became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation." In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the black community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.^[33] This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Thomas Reddin was a LAPD chief 1967-1969. ...

It has also been the subject of several novels, probably the most famous of which is L.A. Confidential, a novel by James Ellroy that was made into a film of the same name. Both chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) "represent the choices ahead for the LAPD": assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a "straight arrow" approach.^[34] L.A. Confidential is a crime novel by James Ellroy published in 1990 that was adapted into a 1997 feature film. ... James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is an American writer. ... This article is about the film. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

L.A. Confidential is part of a modern trend of more negative portrayals of the department that started with the Rodney King beating and subsequent riots. There was, however, much tension in LA prior to the riots, as evidenced by songs such as Fuck Tha Police by N.W.A. The Closer is a contemporary example of a neutral portrayal which has been missing in recent media coverage of the LAPD. For other uses, see Los Angeles riots (disambiguation). ... This article is about the N.W.A. song. ... This article is about the hip-hop group. ... The Closer is an American television police drama series. ...

A Native-American cop from the LAPD is also featured in the novel Picture Perfect (novel) by Jodi Picoult. Picture Perfect (1995) is a novel by Jodi Picoult about a female anthropologist and the history of abuse she receives from her celebrity husband. ... Jodi Picoult Jodi Picoult (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born 1966) is an American author. ...

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