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ftgookmaksra told me if 1 didn't qdt arresting them I would be trana-
ferred. Chief Jones tranaferred me the next day. Ha didn't tell my
fhy, end' x didn't esk him."46
Thia sort of testimony, which left Cryer eeverel times "gaping
in amazement," codd not be permitted to continue. The police commissioners rded thst Everlngton fdled to eubstantlete chargee that the
man were derelict in their duty. The diedssed captdn had considerably
lass bedgn testimony in hia behalf than the lieutenant, and tdk paaaed
of s comprodse, retaining the lieutenant and letting the cepteln go.
After some thought, the cossetsslon restored both men end the mayor admitted embarrassment et Everlngton's fdlure to prove his charges. This
47
severely rebuked the colonel, who reected in his usual manner.
Tha chief of police wee a passionate man of a few thousand ill-
chosen words. The mayor and the commissioners, he edd, were "spineless
jellyfieh," "weak-kneed creatures of expediency," end other things. As
for the reformers, "the aoft-hesds snd saps who have showered me with
resolutions," they had "fdlen down on me at the last minute. I have
told them all to go to hell." Hia earlier prophesy had proved correct:
"the present apparent interest on the part of the great, normdly
epethetlc, buck-passing, let-George -do-it mass of voters will de out
six months sfter we accomplish the little we can after the brief spasm
m m 48
of reform.
What more evidence codd be reqdred, he asked. Policemen, up
to the highest ranks, admitted that they acted, or did not act, on the
chief's orders as they saw fit. Officers asserted that gamblers cdled
the turn, and codd have someone transferred if he pressed them too
134
Object Description
| Title | The progressives and the police, 1973 |
| Description | Joseph Gerald Woods. The progressives and the police: urban reformers and the professionalization of the Los Angeles police. University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D., history), 1973. Published by University Microfilms International (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA), 1982. PART OF A SERIES: A critical component of the Commission's investigation centered on the idea that governance of the LAPD was shared between the Office of the Chief of Police, an administrative body, and the Board of Police Commissioners, a citizen body. To better understand the dynamic between these two entities, the staff of Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe researched the history of the Los Angeles City Charter, focusing primarily on its provisions regarding the distribution of power and the structure and organization of the LAPD. Included in the series are reproductions of reports, dissertations, article clippings, excerpts from city documents, and charter amendments related to the charter's conception and development over time. The series also includes several summaries of expert witness interviews regarding the effectiveness of this structure. |
| Creator | Woods, Joseph Gerald, 1930- |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of California, Los Angeles; University Microfilms |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date issued | 1973; 1982 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 669 p. |
| Format (aat) |
doctoral dissertations catalog cards |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe |
| File | The progressives and the police: urban reformers and the professionalization of the Los Angeles police, by Joseph Gerard Woods, 1973 |
| Box and folder | box 20, folder 24; box 21, folders 1-3 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box20-24 |
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| Title | The progressives and the police, 1973, p. 148 |
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| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | ftgookmaksra told me if 1 didn't qdt arresting them I would be trana- ferred. Chief Jones tranaferred me the next day. Ha didn't tell my fhy, end' x didn't esk him."46 Thia sort of testimony, which left Cryer eeverel times "gaping in amazement," codd not be permitted to continue. The police commissioners rded thst Everlngton fdled to eubstantlete chargee that the man were derelict in their duty. The diedssed captdn had considerably lass bedgn testimony in hia behalf than the lieutenant, and tdk paaaed of s comprodse, retaining the lieutenant and letting the cepteln go. After some thought, the cossetsslon restored both men end the mayor admitted embarrassment et Everlngton's fdlure to prove his charges. This 47 severely rebuked the colonel, who reected in his usual manner. Tha chief of police wee a passionate man of a few thousand ill- chosen words. The mayor and the commissioners, he edd, were "spineless jellyfieh," "weak-kneed creatures of expediency," end other things. As for the reformers, "the aoft-hesds snd saps who have showered me with resolutions," they had "fdlen down on me at the last minute. I have told them all to go to hell." Hia earlier prophesy had proved correct: "the present apparent interest on the part of the great, normdly epethetlc, buck-passing, let-George -do-it mass of voters will de out six months sfter we accomplish the little we can after the brief spasm m m 48 of reform. What more evidence codd be reqdred, he asked. Policemen, up to the highest ranks, admitted that they acted, or did not act, on the chief's orders as they saw fit. Officers asserted that gamblers cdled the turn, and codd have someone transferred if he pressed them too 134 |
| Filename | indep-box20-24-01~148.tif |
| Archival file | Volume64/indep-box20-24-01~148.tif |
