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Table 2. RPD Officer-Involved Shootings 2001 - 2008
Year Number
2001 3
2002 5
2003 8
2004 4
2005 3
2006 3
2007 2
2008 (ytd) 1
Source: Riverside Police Department
RPD officers spent eight hours attempting to bring the man off the roof to
arrest him, using a variety of faulty tactics. For example, they had the Riverside Fire
Department spray water on him several times. They also recklessly deployed tasers
and less lethal projectiles. At some point, the subject was finally arrested. A
thorough investigation of the incident showed that the man was sprayed with water
intermittently for a total of over an hour during the eight-hour period, was tasered
four times, and was hit with at least 36 less lethal projectiles out of a total of 68 that
were deployed. The supervisors on the scene also discussed the use of several
unconventional tactics such as using tranquilizer darts, lassos, and drop nets.
The man was taken to the hospital critically injured with hypothermia caused
from the water, 36 contusions consistent with less lethal strikes, and multiple
lacerations and abrasions. The injuries were all over his body, including his head.
Object Description
| Title | Policing accountability: an empirical investigation of state-sponsored police reform in Riverside, California |
| Author | Gomez, Jose Adolfo |
| Author email | jagclash@yahoo.com; jgomez@treasurer.ca.gov |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-01 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 13 Oct. 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Newland, Chester A. Wong, Janelle S. |
| Abstract | The police have the ability to detain, arrest, and use force when necessary. Police accountability is thus of paramount concern to the public. Numerous examples of police misconduct, including cases of excessive force, brutality, and corruption, appear regularly via the news media. These incidents often evidence systemic organizational problems in law enforcement agencies. Scholars have observed that attempts at police reform have placed too much emphasis on individuals behaving badly, rather than on the systemic problems of the police department.; Beginning in the second half of the 1990s, federal and state Attorneys General began employing institutional reform litigation, in the form of consent decrees, to reform law enforcement agencies and enhance police accountability. The consent decrees were crafted to address systemic organizational dysfunction in local police departments. The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) conducted most of these reform interventions. However, a notable exception was the settlement agreement between the Attorney General of the State of California and the City of Riverside, California.; There has been little research on the efficacy of these efforts to rehabilitate law enforcement agencies. This analysis is a case study of the effectiveness of the institutional reform intervention by the California Attorney General into the Riverside Police Department (RPD). The detailed examination revealed that the intervention produced constructive changes in the way the RPD conducts its business. The RPD became more professional, effective, transparent and accountable as it implemented the provisions of the consent decree, demonstrating that institutional reform litigation can result in meaningful police reform. The shadow of the law was ever present, encouraging an ethos of cooperation and exerting pressure for meaningful organizational change. The Riverside experience suggests that a facilitative oversight style produces constructive collaboration between the parties, improving the likelihood of durable police reform. Moreover, consent decrees to correct systemic police misconduct should not be the exclusive purview of the USDOJ. State Attorneys General can effectively initiate police reform and in some cases state intervention is a more appropriate alternative. |
| Keyword | institutional reform; police reform; police accountability; state attorney's general; police misconduct; organizational change; consent decrees |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Riverside |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage date | 1993/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1664 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Gomez, Jose Adolfo |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Gomez-2358 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Gomez-2358.pdf |
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| Title | Page 140 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 128 Table 2. RPD Officer-Involved Shootings 2001 - 2008 Year Number 2001 3 2002 5 2003 8 2004 4 2005 3 2006 3 2007 2 2008 (ytd) 1 Source: Riverside Police Department RPD officers spent eight hours attempting to bring the man off the roof to arrest him, using a variety of faulty tactics. For example, they had the Riverside Fire Department spray water on him several times. They also recklessly deployed tasers and less lethal projectiles. At some point, the subject was finally arrested. A thorough investigation of the incident showed that the man was sprayed with water intermittently for a total of over an hour during the eight-hour period, was tasered four times, and was hit with at least 36 less lethal projectiles out of a total of 68 that were deployed. The supervisors on the scene also discussed the use of several unconventional tactics such as using tranquilizer darts, lassos, and drop nets. The man was taken to the hospital critically injured with hypothermia caused from the water, 36 contusions consistent with less lethal strikes, and multiple lacerations and abrasions. The injuries were all over his body, including his head. |
