Policing the Streets of Los Angeles
Controversies, Change, and Continuity
Series: Policing Perspectives and Challenges in the Twenty-First Century;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 20 August 2026
- ISBN 9781666976458
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages234 pages
- Size 228.6x152.4 mm
- Language
- Illustrations 2 b/w illustrations; 19 tables; 1 textbox 700
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Short description:
This book explores how LAPD has sought to regulate officer conduct in the face of repeated controversies over 60 years. It provides important insights into LAPD's successes and failures, and makes recommendations for ways in which improvement in policing transparency and accountability can be made permanent.
MoreLong description:
This book takes an in-depth look at the LAPD over a 60-year period, exploring the ways in which the use of force, particularly deadly force, has been controlled (or not) by internal and external forces.
The Department has been at the center of numerous controversies, including the killing of Eula Love (1977), the beating of Rodney King (1991), the riots that followed the acquittal of officers in the King beating (1992), the Rampart scandal (1999), questionable officer-involved shootings (OISs), and the complaints of over-policing during the George Floyd protests (2020). At the same time, however, the Department has been at the forefront of change and innovation. It continuously revises its policies regarding use of force, implements new training curricula, and has developed an extensive accountability process. Some of these changes have occurred voluntarily, others have been imposed or mandated upon them. Yet, despite these changes, the LAPD and its officers continue to be embroiled in issues regarding controversial shootings, charges of racial bias, and questionable tactics during social justice protests. The book is grounded in data, analysis, historical documents, and personal observations by the author. It provides details about each of the controversies and solutions that occurred, and, most significantly, it includes recommendations about how to make these positive changes permanent.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Context
Chapter 3: Controversy and Change: The Eula Love Incident
Chapter 4: Controversy and Change: Rodney King, Riots and Ramifications
Chapter 5: Controversy and Change: The Rampart Scandal and Consent Decree
Chapter 6: Change: Preventing Officer Misconduct Through an Early Intervention System
Chapter 7: Changing the Culture: Reducing Critical Events in the LAPD
Chapter 8: Change and Continuity: The Effects of the George Floyd Demonstrations on the LAPD
Epilogue: Does Reform Last?
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
