Hey nobody's perfect. Mistakes happen. The LAPD said they were sorry. What more do you people want, a cake or something. The cops that shot at those people are very upset over this thing. They'll be taking some paid time off and getting ready for their promotions. These cops don't need you guys adding to their stress. They need our love and support right now. Lets say you made the same mistake, wouldn't you want people to give you some space? So we should treat these cops like we would treat anyone else in the same situation with love, respect, and paid time off.
Hey nobody's perfect. Mistakes happen. The LAPD said they were sorry. What more do you people want, a cake or something. The cops that shot at those people are very upset over this thing. They'll be taking some paid time off and getting ready for their promotions. These cops don't need you guys adding to their stress. They need our love and support right now. Lets say you made the same mistake, wouldn't you want people to give you some space? So we should treat these cops like we would treat anyone else in the same situation with love, respect, and paid time off.
I guess we're all just waiting for the victims to apologize.
Paleocon wrote:Interesting OpEd regarding abolishing IAD's and instituting civilian oversight.
The solution? Abolish internal affairs units and outsource their work to external civilian agencies.Sadly even that doesn't work out so well.
Doesn't sound like they abolished internal affairs though. "Charlotte’s board stands out because it only looks into appeals after a police Internal Affairs investigation."
Remember the two women who were shot by the LAPD during the manhunt? Well, they just got paid $2.1 million each.
Here's to hoping that an incident that will likely cost LA taxpayers more than $5 million once all the various lawsuits are settled will result in actual reform of the LAPD.
Remember the two women who were shot by the LAPD during the manhunt? Well, they just got paid $2.1 million each.
Here's to hoping that an incident that will likely cost LA taxpayers more than $5 million once all the various lawsuits are settled will result in actual reform of the LAPD.
Paid by the city, unless that comes out of the LAPD's budget, I suspect not much will change.
LAPD survey in wake of Dorner rampage finds bias complaints [LA Times]
Los Angeles Police Department review of its discipline system prompted by the Christopher Dorner rampage found widespread concerns among officers and civilians that the agency discriminates based on gender, ethnicity and rank, according to a report reviewed by The Times.Focus group sessions held with more than 500 department employees found that many of those interviewed believed internal investigations were unfair and that punishments were subjective, the document said. Among the complaints were that the department overlooks misconduct by high-ranking officials, that discipline is influenced by public and media pressures and that nepotism infects the disciplinary process.
Well, at least they're accurately reporting the results.
Whether anything will actually change, however, is an entirely different, and much harder question.
But they've admitted to the problem, which actually surprises me a little. I would have expected that to be whitewashed into meaninglessness.
It's no accident that Dorner died. Even if he surrendered, he would have still died 'in a firefight with officers'.
edit: you know, personally, I'd believe Dorner a lot less if they'd taken him alive. Not killing him would, in my mind at least, have been a powerful argument that he was full of sh*t.
LAPD has changed a lot since the 1930's, but that only goes to show how bad they were, because they still have a huge way to go.
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