06117nam 2200625 a 450 991077937580332120230802005609.01-4665-7587-50-429-25257-91-4398-9930-4(CKB)2550000000108225(StDuBDS)AH24089292(SSID)ssj0000691109(PQKBManifestationID)11400583(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000691109(PQKBWorkID)10629619(PQKB)10506391(MiAaPQ)EBC981556(Au-PeEL)EBL981556(CaPaEBR)ebr10582650(CaONFJC)MIL584729(OCoLC)899155080(EXLCZ)99255000000010822520120217d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrLos Angeles Police Department meltdown[electronic resource] the fall of the professional-reform model of policing /James LasleyBoca Raton, Fla. CRC Pressc20121 online resource (xix, 271 p. ) illAdvances in police theory and practice series ;14Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-367-86699-4 1-4398-9917-7 Includes bibliographical references.Parker's thin blue line: the professional/reform model of policing (PRM) -- The study: a qualitative analysis of LAPD's organizational dying declarations -- Assessing the meltdown -- The Rodney King incident -- Politicians, special interest groups, and community influences -- Hiring, promotions & affirmative action -- Management and administration -- Quantitative analyses -- Conclusions and policy recommendations.This volume presents a chronicle of the LAPD's fall from grace following the beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. It provides information from a special inside study performed by the author under authority of the LAPD Chief of Police to investigate why the LAPD was disintegrating as an organization.Once considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers' acquittal in 1992. Unique to the literature of policing, management, and policy studies, Los Angeles Police Department Meltdown: The Fall of the Professional-Reform Model of Policing presents what can be considered the first and only existing research document truly explaining the reasons behind the LAPD's demise. The book reveals a special inside study performed by the author under the exclusive authority of LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates to investigate why the department had begun to disintegrate following the Rodney King incident, and how, if possible, it could be salvaged. The findings presented are based on first-hand written accounts of LAPD officer informants who describe their observations of the department's meltdown as it occurred. These accounts explain why the crime-fighting enforcement style of the once highly regarded Professional-Reform Model of policing (coined at the LAPD) was abandoned in police departments across the nation in favor of the less aggressive community-based policing model. Lost for some 20 years under mysterious circumstances after collection and storage at the LAPD, these officer informant materials were recently retrieved and made available for analysis. They are presented in their entirety in this book. In every respect, this work is the final word on why and how the LAPD-a police organization emulated throughout the world-ultimately self-destructed after 41 years of serving and protecting the City of Angels. Once considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers' acquittal in 1992. Unique to the literature of policing, management, and policy studies, Los Angeles Police Department Meltdown: The Fall of the Professional-Reform Model of Policing presents what can be considered the first and only existing research document truly explaining the reasons behind the LAPD's demise. The book reveals a special inside study performed by the author under the exclusive authority of LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates to investigate why the department had begun to disintegrate following the Rodney King incident, and how, if possible, it could be salvaged. The findings presented are based on first-hand written accounts of LAPD officer informants who describe their observations of the department's meltdown as it occurred. These accounts explain why the crime-fighting enforcement style of the once highly regarded Professional-Reform Model of policing (coined at the LAPD) was abandoned in police departments across the nation in favor of the less aggressive community-based policing model. Lost for some 20 years under mysterious circumstances after collection and storage at the LAPD, these officer informant materials were recently retrieved and made available for analysis. They are presented in their entirety in this book. In every respect, this work is the final word on why and how the LAPD-a police organization emulated throughout the world-ultimately self-destructed after 41 years of serving and protecting the City of Angels.Advances in police theory and practice series ;14.Police administrationCaliforniaLos AngelesPoliceCaliforniaLos AngelesPolice corruptionCaliforniaLos AngelesPolice administrationPolicePolice corruption363.209764/94Lasley James R1571430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779375803321Los Angeles Police Department meltdown3845831UNINA