Los Angeles Police Department 218985 226115075 2008-07-16T21:52:36Z Iridescent 937705 Cleanup/[[WP:AWB/T|typo fixing]], typos fixed: seperate → separate (2) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Redirect2|LAPD|L.A.P.D.|LAPD}} {{Distinguish|Los Angeles General Services Police}} {{Infobox Law enforcement agency | agencyname = Los Angeles Police Department | abbreviation = LAPD | patch = | patchcaption = | logo = LAPD Seal.jpg | logocaption = Seal of the Los Angeles Police Department | badge = LAPDpolicebadge.jpg | badgecaption = | flag = | flagcaption = | motto = ''"To protect and to serve"'' | mottotranslated = | formed = 1869 | preceding1 = | employees = 13,036 | volunteers = | budget = | country = United States | divtype = State | divname = California | subdivtype = City | subdivname = Los Angeles | map = | mapcaption = | sizearea = 1,230 km² | sizepopulation = 3.8 million | legaljuris = City of Los Angeles | governingbody = Los Angeles City Council | overviewbody = Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners | constitution1 = | police = | local = Yes | headquarters = [[Parker Center]] | sworntype = Officer | sworn = 9,733 | unsworn = 3,303 | electeetype = [[Commissioner]] | minister1name = Anthony Pacheco | minister1pfo = President | minister2name = John Mack | minister2pfo = Vice-President | minister3name = Andrea Ordin | minister3pfo = | minister4name = Robert M. Saltzman | minister4pfo = | minister5name = Alan J. Skobin | minister5pfo = | chief1name = [[William J. Bratton]] | chief1position = [[Chief of Police]] | parentagency = | child1agency = | unittype = Division | unitname = {{collapsible list |title=19 | Emergency Services | Major Crimes | Special Operations Support | Metropolitan | [[Los Angeles Police Air Support Division|Air Support]] | Emergency Operations | Robbery-Homicide | Commercial Crimes | Jail | Juvenile | Detective Support | Vice | Narcotics | Scientific Investigations | LAX Field Services | Central Traffic | South Traffic | Valley Traffic | West Traffic}} | officetype = Bureau | officename = {{collapsible list |title=6 | Central | South | Valley | West | Detective | Special Operations}} | provideragency = | uniformedas = | stationtype = Area | stations = {{collapsible list |title=19 | Central | Hollenbeck | Newton | Northeast | [[Rampart Division|Rampart]] | 77th Street | Harbor | Southeast | Southwest | Devonshire | Mission | Foothill | North Hollywood | Van Nuys | West Valley | Hollywood | Pacific | West Los Angeles | Wilshire}} | lockuptype = Jail | lockups = | vehicle1type = | vehicles1 = | boat1type = Police Boat | boats1 = 2 | aircraft1type = Helicopter | aircraft1 = 26 | aircraft2type = Plane | aircraft2 = 3 | animal1type = | animals1 = | website = http://www.lapdonline.org/ | footnotes = }} The '''Los Angeles Police Department''' ('''LAPD''') is the [[police]] department of the City of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]. With over 9,600 sworn officers and 3,000 non-sworn staff, covering an area of {{convert|473|sqmi|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 [[Los Angeles riots of 1992|1992 Los Angeles riots]]. ===Resources, mobility and technology=== {{main|Los Angeles Police Department resources}} [[Image:LAPD Bell 206 Jetranger.jpg|left|thumb|An LAPD [[Bell 206]] JetRanger]] The LAPD has vast resources, including the third largest civilian air force in the country<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.alea.org/public/airbeat/back_issues/jan_feb_2005/LAPD_Maintenance.htm|title= LAPD Maintenance|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref>. Only the [[Civil Air Patrol]] and [[Office of CBP Air|Office of CBP Air & Marine]] command a larger force. The [[Los Angeles Police Air Support Division]] resources include 17 helicopters ranging from 4 [[Bell 206]] Jet Rangers to 12 [[Eurocopter]] [[Eurocopter Ecureuil| AS350-B2]] AStars, and 1 [[Bell UH-1]] Huey (No longer in service, due to maintenance issues). The LAPD also has 1 Beechcraft Kingair A200 and 1 unspecified and undenied drone.<ref>[http://www.alea.org/public/airbeat/back_issues/jan_feb_2005/LAPD_Maintenance.htm]</ref> Main Airship missions are flown out of downtown's Piper Tech center at the Hooper Heliport, located outside of [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]]. The LAPD also houses air units at Van Nuys airport.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/1179|title=Air Support Division|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> ===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.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} 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). 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.<ref name="LAPD Announces Crime Down Again in 2005">{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/january_2006/news_view/3729|title=LAPD Announces Crime Down Again in 2005|accessdate=2008 07 13}}</ref>. 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.<ref name="LAPD Announces Crime Down Again in 2005"/> 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.")<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdauthors.com/los_angeles_police_department_history.html|title=LAPD Authors|accessdate=2008 07 13}}</ref>. The LAPD's own web site illustrates the challenges faced by the department As a point of comparison, [[New York City]] boasts one [[NYPD]] officer for every 228 residents.<ref name="LAPD Announces Crime Down Again in 2005"/> 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.<ref name="LAPD Announces Crime Down Again in 2005"/> By contrast, the Los Angeles Police Department protects its city with only one officer for every 426 residents.<ref name="LAPD Announces Crime Down Again in 2005"/> 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, including the [[Rampart scandal]]) 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]]. ===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.{{Fact|date=April 2008}}<!--<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/42/cops-pelisek3.php |title=Unknown |accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> BROKEN LINK--> [[Simi Valley, California|Simi Valley]], the [[Ventura County, California|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 [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]] study of officer's home zip codes, concluded that over 80% of police officers lived outside city boundaries.<ref>Newton, Jim. "ACLU Says 83% of Police Live Outside L.A." ''Los Angeles Times'' 29 March 1994: B1.</ref> 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.{{Fact|date=April 2008}}<!--<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.laweekly.com/ink/02/42/cops-pelisek3.php |title=LA Weekly |accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> BROKEN LINK--> In February 2008, the number of Hispanic police officers surpassed the number of white officers.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} The LAPD hired the first female police officer in the United States in 1910, Ms [[Alice Stebbins Wells]].<ref>{{Cite web| url= http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/833| title= Women in LAPD| accessdate = 2007-09-21}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/lapd_command_staff/comm_bio_view/7652|title=Sharon Papa| accessdate=2008-07-13}}</ref> Chief Papa was the last Chief of Police from the MTA, and is now in charge of the Office of Support Services. <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/6501|title=Office of Support Services| accessdate=2008-07-13}}</ref> The LAPD also hired the first two known black police officers in the United States. In 1886, the Department hired its first two African-American officers, Robert William Stewart and Roy Green. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1107|title=The LAPD: 1850-1900|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/lemas00.pdf |title=Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 2000: Data for Individual State and Local Agencies with 100 or More Officers| accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> ==Organization== [[Image:Parkercenter.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Parker Center - LAPD's Headquarters]] The '''Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners''' is a five-member body of appointed officials which oversees the LAPD.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/police_commission| title=Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/834]</ref> The headquarters for the LAPD is the [[Parker Center]], named after former chief [[William Parker]]. A new headquarters building is currently being constructed.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-building31dec31,0,1943095.story?coll=la-home-center| title=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> ===Office of Operations=== The majority of the LAPD's 9800 officers are located within the Office of Operations, located in the Parker Center.<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/6370]</ref> 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 also commonly referred to as "Divisions".<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/inside_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1063]</ref> The 19 stations are then grouped geographically into four command areas, each known as a "Bureau".<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/inside_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1063]</ref> 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 directly to the Chief of Police, is responsible for investigating reported crimes.<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/detective_bureau]</ref> It consists of:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/detective_bureau|title=Detective Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> *COMPSTAT *Investigative Analysis Section *Tactical Technology Unit *Robbery-Homicide Division *Commercial Crimes Division *Detective Support and Vice Division *Juvenile Division *Narcotics Division *Gang and Operations Support Division *Real-Time Analysis and Critical Response Division ====COMPSTAT Unit==== {{seealso|COMPSTAT}} 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 [[New York City Police Commissioner|NYPD Police Commissioner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/HL573.cfm|title=heritage.org|accessdate= 2008-07-06}}</ref> When Bratton became chief of the LAPD in 2002, he immediately implemented the CompStat system in the LAPD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/inside_the_lapd/content_basic_view/6364|title=heritage.org|accessdate= 2008-07-06}}</ref> ===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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/special_operations_bureau|title=Special Operations Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> ====Structure of the Special Operations Bureau==== *[[Los Angeles Police Air Support Division|Air Support Division]] *Emergency Operations Division *[[LAPD Metropolitan Division|Metropolitan Division]] **(2) Crime Suppression **Special Weapons and Tactics ([[SWAT]]) **Mounted unit **K-9 ===Central Bureau=== [[Image:Centralmetrofront.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Central Facilities Building]] The Central Bureau is responsible for [[downtown Los Angeles]] and [[East Los Angeles]]<ref name="LAPD - About Central Bureau">{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/central_bureau/content_basic_view/1908|title=About Central Bureau |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref>, and is the most densely populated of the four patrol bureaus.<ref name="LAPD - About Central Bureau"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/central_bureau| title=Central Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> =====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, Los Angeles, California|Fashion District]], and the [[Financial District, Los Angeles, California|Financial District]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/central_community_police_station |title=Central Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Hollenbeck Division===== The ''Hollenbeck Area'' (#4) community police station serves the easternmost portions of the city of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], including the communities of [[Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California|Boyle Heights]], [[Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California|Lincoln Heights]], and [[El Sereno, Los Angeles, California|El Sereno]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/hollenbeck_community_police_station |title=Hollenbeck Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Newton Division===== The ''Newton Area'' (#13) serves part of [[downtown Los Angeles]], including part of the [[Fashion District, Los Angeles, California|Fashion District]]. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/newton_community_police_station |title=Newton Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Northeast Division===== The ''Northeast Area'' (#11) is responsible for parts of central Los Angeles including [[Elysian Park, Los Angeles, California|Elysian Park]] ([[Dodger Stadium]]) and [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California|Silver Lake]], along with the easternmost parts of [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California|Los Feliz]] and [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/northeast_community_police_station |title=Northeast Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Rampart Division===== {{main|LAPD Rampart Division}} {{seealso|Rampart scandal}} The [[LAPD Rampart Division|''Rampart Area'']] (#2) serves regions to the west and northwest of [[Downtown Los Angeles]] including [[Echo Park, Los Angeles, California|Echo Park]], [[Pico-Union]] and [[Westlake, Los Angeles, California|Westlake]], all together designated as the Rampart Division's patrol area.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/rampart_community_police_station |title=Rampart Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> ===South Bureau=== The South Bureau oversees [[South Los Angeles]] with the exception of [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]]<ref>[http://www.inglewoodpd.org/]</ref> and [[Compton, California|Compton]], which are both separate cities that maintain their own law enforcement agencies (in Compton's case, a contract with the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]]).<ref>[http://www.lasd.org/stations/for2/compton/]</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/south_bureau| title=South Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> =====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 [[California State Route 42|Manchester Avenue]] and points west to the city limits, including the [[Crenshaw, Los Angeles, California|Crenshaw]] region. A section of [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]] that borders Florence, Central and Manchester Avenues to the [[Harbor Freeway]] is also part of this division. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/77th_street_community_police_station |title=77th Street Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Harbor Division===== The ''Harbor Area'' (#5) serves all of [[San Pedro, California|San Pedro]] and the Harbor Gateway annex south of Artesia Boulevard. This division often works with the [[Los Angeles Port Police|Port of Los Angeles Police]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/harbor_community_police_station |title=Harbor Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Southeast Division===== The ''Southeast Area'' (#18), like the 77th Street Division, patrols a part of [[South Los Angeles|South Central Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/southeast_community_police_station |title=Southeast Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> Their area extends to the city limits north of Artesia Boulevard, includes [[Watts, Los Angeles, California|Watts]], and areas south of [[California State Route 42|Manchester Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/southeast_community_police_station/content_basic_view/1752 |title=About Southeast Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-07-15}}</ref> =====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, Los Angeles, California|Lennox]]/[[Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles, California|Baldwin Hills]] area.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/southwest_community_police_station |title=Southwest Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> This section also includes the [[University of Southern California]] and [[Exposition Park]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/southwest_community_police_station/content_basic_view/1639|title=Southwest Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-07-15}}</ref> ===Valley Bureau=== The Valley Bureau is the largest of the four patrol bureaus in terms of size (about 221 square miles)<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/valley_bureau/content_basic_view/1921]</ref>, and oversees operations within the [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/valley_bureau/content_basic_view/1921]</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/valley_bureau| title=Valley Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> =====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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/mission_community_police_station |title=Mission Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Devonshire Division===== The ''Devonshire Area'' (#17) is responsible for parts of the [[San Fernando Valley]], including parts of [[Northridge]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/devonshire_community_police_station |title=Devonshire Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Foothill Division===== The ''Foothill Area'' (#16) patrols parts of the [[San Fernando Valley]], inclding the [[Sun Valley]] region.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/foothill_community_police_station |title=Foothill Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====North Hollywood Division===== {{seealso|North Hollywood shootout}} The ''North Hollywood Area'' (#15) is responsible for [[Studio City]] and the North Hollywood region.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/north_hollywood_community_police_station |title=North Hollywood Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Van Nuys Division===== The ''Van Nuys Area'' (#9) serves the Van Nuys district.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/van_nuys_community_police_station |title=Van Nuys Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/west_valley_community_police_station |title=West Valley Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Nortwest Division===== The ''Northwest Area'' (#21) community police station is currently under construction and is due to be operational by October 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/news_view/36684 |title=Press release regarding the new LAPD stations| accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> ===West Bureau=== The West Bureau's operations cover most of the well-known areas of Los Angeles, including [[Hollywood]], the [[Hollywood Hills]] area, the [[University of California-Los Angeles|UCLA]] campus and [[Venice]].<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/west_bureau/content_basic_view/1869]</ref> This does not include [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]]<ref>[http://www.beverlyhills.org/services/police/default.asp]</ref> and [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]],<ref>[http://www.santamonicapd.org/]</ref> which are separate 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/west_bureau| title=West Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> =====Hollywood Division===== The ''Hollywood Area'' (#6) community police station serves the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]] region, including the [[Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood Hills]], [[Hollywood Boulevard]] and the [[Sunset Strip]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/hollywood_community_police_station |title=Hollywood Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Wilshire Division===== The ''Wilshire Area'' (#7) community police station serves the [[Mid-Wilshire]] "Miracle Mile" region, including [[Koreatown, Los Angeles, California|Koreatown]], [[Mid-City, Los Angeles, California|Mid-City]], [[Carthay, Los Angeles, California|Carthay]], and the [[Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California|Fairfax District]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/wilshire_community_police_station |title=Wilshire Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====Pacific Division===== The ''Pacific Area'' (#14) community police station serves the southern portion of [[West Los Angeles (region)|West Los Angeles]], including [[Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California|Venice Beach]], [[Venice, California|Venice]] and [[Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California|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]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/pacific_community_police_station |title=Pacific Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> =====West Los Angeles Division===== The ''West Los Angeles Area'' (#8) community police station serves the northern portion of the [[West Los Angeles (region)|West Side]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/west_la_community_police_station |title=West Los Angeles Community Police Station |accessdate= 2008-04-02}}</ref> Communities within its service area include [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California|Pacific Palisades]], [[Brentwood, Los Angeles, California|Brentwood]], [[Westwood, Los Angeles, California|Westwood]], [[West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California|West Los Angeles]] and [[Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, California|Cheviot Hills]]. [[UCLA]] and [[Twentieth Century Fox]] are both located here.<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/1871]</ref> =====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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/news_view/36684 |title=Press release regarding the new LAPD stations| accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> ===Structure=== {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable" ![http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/ocbprof.pdf Central Bureau] ![http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/osbprof.pdf South Bureau] ![http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/ovbprof.pdf Valley Bureau] ![http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/owbprof.pdf West Bureau] |- |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/cntprof.pdf Central Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/sstprof.pdf 77th Street Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/devprof.pdf Devonshire Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/hwdprof.pdf Hollywood Area] |- |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/hbkprof.pdf Hollenbeck Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/hrbprof.pdf Harbor Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/fthprof.pdf Foothill Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/pacprof.pdf Pacific Area] |- |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/nwtprof.pdf Newton Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/soeprof.pdf Southeast Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/msnprof.pdf Mission Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/wlaprof.pdf West Los Angeles Area] |- |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/noeprof.pdf Northeast Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/sowprof.pdf Southwest Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/nhdprof.pdf North Hollywood Area] |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/wilprof.pdf Wilshire Area] |- |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/rmpprof.pdf Rampart Area] | |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/vnyprof.pdf Van Nuys Area] | |- | | |[http://www.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/wvaprof.pdf West Valley Area] | |} ===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== {{main|History of the Los Angeles Police Department}} The first specific [[Los Angeles Police Department|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]]". LAPD also had the first [[SWAT]] (Special Weapons and Tactics) team in America. Officer [[John Nelson (police 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. ===Riots of 1992=== {{main|Los Angeles 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. ===Rampart scandal and consent decree=== {{main|Rampart scandal}} {{seealso|consent decree}} Following the [[Rampart Division]] C.R.A.S.H. scandal of the late 1990s - early 2000s, the [[United States Department of Justice]] entered into a consent decree with the LAPD regarding numerous civil rights violations.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/928 |title= Consent Decree Overview: Civil Rights Consent Decree| accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lapdonline.org/consent_decree|title= Consent Decree Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-05}}</ref> 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 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 The DOJ-LAPD Consent Decree places emphasis on the following nine major areas: *Management and supervisory measures to promote Civil Rights Integrity; *Critical incident procedures, documentation, investigation and review; *Management of Gang Units; *Management of Confidential Informants; *Program development for response to persons with mental illness; *Training; *Integrity Audits; *Operations of the Police Commission and Inspector General; and, *Community outreach and public information 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: *Development of a Risk Management System (TEAMS II); *Creation of a new division to investigate all Uses of Force formerly investigated by Robbery Homicide Division and Detective Headquarters Division; *Creation of a new division to conduct audits Department-wide; *Creation of a Field Data Capture System to track the race, ethnicity or national origin of the motorists and pedestrians stopped by the Department; *Creation of an Ethics Enforcement Section within Internal Affairs Group; *Transfer of investigative authority to IAG of all serious personnel complaint investigations; *A nationwide study by an independent consultant of law enforcement agencies’ protocols for dealing with the mentally ill. The study will serve as the Department’s foundation for refining its own system; *A study by an independent consultant of the Department’s training programs; and, *Creation of an Informant Manual and database There are several stakeholders in the LAPD Consent Decree compliance process. At the Federal level, stakeholders include: *The [[United States Attorney General]] *the DOJ Civil Rights Division *the United States District Court of Jurisdiction *the Independent Monitor As the Consent Decree is a binding agreement between the City and the DOJ, the following City entities are key stakeholders: *Office of the Mayor *City Council *Office of the City Attorney *Office of the Chief Legislative Analyst; *Office of Administrative and Research Services *The Los Angeles Police Department, including the Board of Police Commissioners and the Inspector General 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.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lapdonline.org/home/comm_bio_view/7588|title= About the Consent Decree Bureau|accessdate=2008-07-09}}</ref> ===Other controversies=== Other controversies include detective [[Mark Fuhrman]]'s role in the [[O. J. Simpson murder case|Nicole Simpson/Ron Goldman]] murder investigation (1994), the [[Stanley Miller arrest controversy|arrest of Stanley Miller]] (2004), the [[Javier Ovando]] scandal, and the LAPD's [[MacArther Park rallies controversy|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]].{{Fact|date=April 2008}} In 1972, [[Geronimo Pratt|Elmer Pratt]] was framed by the LAPD and FBI, and his conviction was overturned on appeal on February 18, 1999.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/feb1999/prat-f18.shtml |title=Framed Black Panther leader Geronimo Pratt wins appeal |accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref>In 1988, retired Baseball Hall of Famer [[Joe Morgan]] was detained at [[Los Angeles International Airport]], after falsely being accused as a drug dealer. <ref>{{citeweb|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n6_v85/ai_14808422 |title=Joe Morgan settles 5-year lawsuit against city of L.A - ex-baseball star to receive $800,000 for being assaulted by police officers}}</ref> He was released when the LAPD realized their mistake in identity. Morgan filed a civil suit when he was denied the opportunity to file a formal complaint against the LAPD and was awarded $800,000 in 1993 by the Los Angeles City Council. ==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. {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse:collapse;" class="wikitable" !Title !Insignia |- |Chief |[[Image:US-O10 insignia.svg|center|100px]] |- |Assistant Chief - Deputy Chief II |[[Image:US-O9 insignia.svg|center|70px]] |- |Deputy Chief - Deputy Chief I |[[Image:US-O8 insignia.svg|center|50px]] |- |Commander |[[Image:US-O7 insignia.svg|center|27px]] |- |Captain I/Captain II/Captain III |[[Image:US-O3 insignia.svg|center|50px]] |- |Lieutenant I/Lieutenant II |[[Image:US-OF1A.svg|center|20px]] |- |Detective III |[[Image:LAPD Detective-3.jpg|center|50px]] |- |Sergeant II |[[Image:LAPD Sergeant-2.jpg|center|50px]] |- |Detective II |[[Image:LAPD Detective-2.jpg|center|50px]] |- |Sergeant I |[[Image:LAPD Sergeant-1.jpg|center|50px]] |- |Detective I |[[Image:LAPD Detective-1.jpg|center|50px]] |- |Police Officer III+1/Senior Lead Officer |[[Image:LAPD Police Officer-3+1 - Senior Lead Officer.jpg|center|50px]] |- |Police Officer III |[[Image:LAPD Police Officer-3.jpg|center|50px]] |- |Police Officer II |- |Police Officer I |} ==Chiefs of Police== {{see|List of Los Angeles Police Department Chiefs of Police}} ==Service weapons== LAPD patrol officers were all armed with [[Beretta 92]]s until chief William Bratton, the former chief of NYPD, came into office in 2002. He allowed his officers to choose between the Berettas and the .40 S&W [[Glock 22]]s. Some plain clothes detectives carry revolvers as their service weapons and some other special units are allowed to carry .45 [[Glock 21]]s. The LAPD SWAT team decided to go with the Kimber Custom II TLE in 2002, renaming it the Kimbers LAPD SWAT Custom II. Before that, LAPD SWAT carried 1911 and Colt Government pistols. These weapons are equipped with special modifications by the LAPD armory and all the 1911 handguns carried by LAPD SWAT are mounted with Surefire 610R flashlights. ==Fallen officers== {{main|List of Los Angeles Police Department officers killed in the line of duty}} Since the establishment of the Los Angeles Police Department, 199 officers have died in the line of duty. <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.odmp.org/agency/2221-los-angeles-police-department-california |title=The Officer Down Memorial Page |accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> ==LAPD awards, commendations, citations and medals== The department presents a number of medals to its members for meritorious service.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1127|title=History}}</ref> The medals the LAPD awards are as follows: ===Bravery=== *'''[[Los Angeles Police Medal of Valor|Medal of Valor]]''' (Solid blue and white bar):[[Image:Medalofvalor.JPG|right|50px]] 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 officers for individual acts of extraordinary bravery or heroism performed in the line of duty at extreme and life-threatening personal risk.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/search_results/content_basic_view/27313|title=Medal of Valor}}</ref> *'''Liberty Award''': The Liberty Award, an award for bravery, was created in 1990 and has only been awarded once in the Department's history. It is a medal for police canines who are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty. The award is named after ''Liberty'', a [[LAPD Metropolitan Division|Metropolitan Division]] K-9 who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Liberty's handler received the Medal of Valor for the same incident.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.libertylib.com/lapd-swat.shtml|title=Liberty Medal}}</ref> *'''Police Medal for Heroism''': [[Image:Policemedal.JPG|right|50px]] The Police Medal is an award for bravery, usually awarded to officers for individual acts of heroism in the line of duty, through not above and beyond the call of duty, as is required for the Medal of Valor. *'''Police Star''': [[Image:Policestar.JPG|right|50px]] The Police Star is an award for bravery, usually awarded to officers for performing with exceptional judgment and/or utilizing skillful tactics in order to diffuse dangerous and stressful situations. *'''Police Life-Saving Medal''': [[Image:Lifesavingmedal.JPG‎|right|50px]] The Police Life-Saving Medal is an award for bravery, usually awarded to officers for taking action in order to rescue or attempt the rescue of either a fellow officer or any person from immenent danger. ===Service=== Police Distinguished Service Medal [[Image:Pdsm.JPG|right|50px]] Police Meritorious Service Medal [[Image:PMSM.JPG|right|50px]] Police Meritorious Achievement Medal [[Image:PMAM.JPG|right|50px]] Police Commission Distinguished Service Medal [[Image:Pcdsm.JPG|right|50px]] Community Policing Medal [[Image:Cpm.JPG|right|50px]] Human Relations Medal [[Image:Humanrelations.JPG|right|50px]] ===Unit Citations=== Police Commission Unit Citation [[Image:Pcuc.JPG|right|50px]] Police Meritorious Unit Citation [[Image:Pmuc.JPG|right|50px]] ===Ribbons=== *'''1984 Summer Olympics Ribbon''': [[Image:1984medal.JPG|right|50px]] Given to any LAPD officer who saw service during the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] from July 28 to August 12, 1984.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1130|title=1984 Summer Olympics}}</ref> *'''1987 Papal Visit Ribbon''': [[Image:1987pv.JPG|right|50px]] Given to LAPD officers who were used during the September 1987 pastoral visit of [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1131|title=1987 Papal Visit}}</ref> *'''1992 Civil Disturbance Ribbon''': [[Image:92riots.JPG|right|50px]] Given to any LAPD officer who saw service during the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]] from April 29 to May 4, 1992.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1132|title=1992 Civil Disturbance}}</ref> *'''1994 Earthquake Ribbon''': [[Image:1994quake.JPG|right|50px]] Given to any LAPD officer who saw service during the [[1994 Northridge Earthquake]] from January 17 to January 18, 1994.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.lapdonline.org/history_of_the_lapd/content_basic_view/1133|title=1994 Earthquake}}</ref> *'''Reserve Service Ribbon''': Annually awarded to the LAPD Reserve Officer of the Year ==The LAPD in popular media== The LAPD is well-represented in popular media. Several prominent representations include ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'', ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'', ''[[The Terminator]]'', ''[[Die Hard]]'', 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 is not a list of every media mention of the LAPD. Only representations that demonstrate special interest in the LAPD or contribute to popular understanding of the department, preferably with reliable sources, should be included here.--> 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. Due to ''Dragnet'''s popularity, LAPD chief [[William H. Parker (police officer)|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.<ref>* Michael J. Hayde, ''My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb'', Cumberland House, 2001, ISBN 1-581-82190-5, quote at p. 192.</ref> 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 [[L.A. Confidential (film)|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.<ref>Roger Ebert, [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19970919/REVIEWS/709190306/1023 L.A. Confidential] (review), ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', September 19, 1997.</ref> ''L.A. Confidential'' is part of a modern trend of more negative portrayals of the department that started with the [[1992 Los Angeles riots|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. A Native-American cop from the LAPD is also featured in the novel [[Picture Perfect (novel)|Picture Perfect]] by [[Jodi Picoult]]. ==See also== {{portal|California|WPCF.svg}} {{Portal|Law enforcement/Law enforcement topics}} *[[Los Angeles General Services Police]] *[[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] {{clear}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist|2}} ==References== *Bentley, Brian (1997). <cite>One Time: The Story of a South Central Los Angeles Police Officer.</cite> Los Angeles:Cool Jack Publishing. ISBN 1-890632-00-7. *Corwin, Miles (1997). <cite>The Killing Season </cite>. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-684-80235-X. *Corwin, Miles (2003). <cite>Homicide Special: A Year With the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit</cite>. New York: Henry Holt and Co. ISBN 0-8050-6798-1. *Domanick, Joe (1994). <cite>To Protect and to Serve: The LAPD's Century of War in the City of Dreams</cite>. New York: Pocket Books. ISBN 0-9727625-5-8. *Gates, Daryl F. (1992). <cite>Chief: My Life in the LAPD</cite>. New York: Bantam. ISBN 0-553-56205-3. *Sjoquist, Art R. (1984). <cite>History of the Los Angeles Police Department</cite>. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club. *Starr, Kevin (2004). <cite>Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003.</cite> New York: Knopf. *Stoker, Charles (1951). <cite>Thicker'n Thieves</cite>. Sutter. *Wambaugh, Joseph (1973). <cite>The Onion Field</cite>. Delacorte. *Webb, Jack (1958). <cite>The Badge: The Inside Story of One of America's Great Police Departments</cite>. 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