Description
Instructions:
Submit a 6-8 page research addressing a recent police department scandal. It is expected that at least three outside sources in addition to the textbook will be utilized. Some good examples would be the Rampart Scandal, Boston Police cocaine trafficking or the Bay Area Sex Scandal. You must have a title and reference pages which do not count toward the 6-8 page requirement. You will need to address the following:
- A summary of the incident
- Identify the major players involved in the scandal
- Provide at least two ways the scandal affected law enforcement’s relationship with the community
- Explain how the use of police discretion contributed the scandal
- Identify the changes that were made in the department because of the scandal
Make sure to incorporate any feedback you received on your Week 3 Law Enforcement Scandal Paper Outline.
The paper will be typed double spaced in Arial using 12-point font with 1” margins in APA format. Save your paper as a .doc with your name and the assignment name in the file, using Clere_Law Enforcement Scandal Paper.
Unformatted Attachment Preview
Purchase answer to see full attachment
Explanation & Answer
Find attached
Outline
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
References
Running Head: Rampart Law Enforcement Scandal
Rampart Law Enforcement Scandal
Carlos A. Clere
CJCU 403
Brandman University
November 18, 2018
1
Rampart Law Enforcement Scandal
2
1. Introduction
The adverse impacts of scandals have resulted in a detrimental impact on the
Los Angeles Police Department (L.A.P.D). The Rampart scandal of the Los Angeles
police organization is one of the scandals which negatively impacted on the reputation
of the Los Angeles department (Barker, 2011). The paper will carry out an evaluation of
the Rampart police scandal and its impact on the law enforcement of the entire police
service. The paper will also expound on the major players of the scandal and how the
scandal affected the relationship of the police to the community. It will also explore how
the police discretion practices resulted in the scandal. The changes that were made
following the scandal are also explored in the paper.
2. Analysis
2.1. Summary of the Law Enforcement Scandal
Rampart Scandal was a law enforcement scandal that involved officers in the
Rampart division of the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department). Rampart Division was
located in the downtown of Los Angeles, Rampart was the most populous in Los
Angeles. The division was also the busiest in terms of criminal activity and service. In
the 1970s and 1980s, the violent crime rate in the division increased exponentially. The
violent crimes that were prominent in the area were drugs dealings, gangs, and
weapons. This increase in crime rate in the division provided the basis of forming
anticrime units that were famously called CRASH (Community Resources Against
Street Hoodlums). CRASH was constituted by Daryl Gates, the then head of LAPD.
According to Bricker (2008), the kind of officers who were chosen to undertake these
Rampart Law Enforcement Scandal
3
tasks were those were brave enough to talk to the gangs. The intention of Gates was to
form a unit where the officers could mix freely with the gang members with an aim to
gather intelligence pertaining the violent groups which would be used to prevent or
mitigate the crime.
Bricker (2008) notes that CRASH was successful in containing crime in Rampart
Division. The CRASH officers were happy because they were not receiving calls of
service and they were not supposed to wear unif...