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although proof of officid misdeeds waa not forthcoming.
Davie made no attempt to defend hia of field reporta. Inatead,
averring thet his remarks vere not meant for publication, he dedt
directly with the newspapers and succeeded in quashing the debete. A
peraond letter from Dsvie to Judge Richardson, praising the firm action
in narcotlce caaea that had made lt apperent "that this la no place for
drug pedders or drug users," mollified the judge, who made ho further
public comments. Theresfter, though juddd criticism of the deportment vaa common enough, Davie forebore counterattacks until the laat
son tha of hia admin 1st ration, when he again blamed juddd laxity for
tha prevdence of crime.
Davis* red troubles, of course, eteamed from the men he had,
not from a abort age of personnel. Attacks on the deportment usually
granted thst "ninety percent of the police ere honest," and then villi-
fled the unworthy 10 percent. Whatever the percentage, the point vaa
valid. Though many offlcera occaaionally vere slovenly, rude or incompetent, s notorious few were named repeatedy in brutdlty and dvil rights
complaints and in critlcd newspaper accounts. In 45 months, Davie discharged at least 248 men for bad conduct, but dmost Invariably over-
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looked the smell group that Instigated the worst scandals.
Tha most nefarious policemen led detdla of the vice, vagrancy,
radical and intelligence squads, setting an example and maintdning a
tradition of brutal, unconstitutlond and dshonest law enforcement.
They typified the new definition of "policeman:" an offidd who
breaks 10 laws while enfordng one. Discounting the jdlers and such
men as Captdn J. J. Jones, about a dozen of the unlovely lot deserved
259
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. 273 |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | =ss !•■»—^ e e a although proof of officid misdeeds waa not forthcoming. Davie made no attempt to defend hia of field reporta. Inatead, averring thet his remarks vere not meant for publication, he dedt directly with the newspapers and succeeded in quashing the debete. A peraond letter from Dsvie to Judge Richardson, praising the firm action in narcotlce caaea that had made lt apperent "that this la no place for drug pedders or drug users," mollified the judge, who made ho further public comments. Theresfter, though juddd criticism of the deportment vaa common enough, Davie forebore counterattacks until the laat son tha of hia admin 1st ration, when he again blamed juddd laxity for tha prevdence of crime. Davis* red troubles, of course, eteamed from the men he had, not from a abort age of personnel. Attacks on the deportment usually granted thst "ninety percent of the police ere honest," and then villi- fled the unworthy 10 percent. Whatever the percentage, the point vaa valid. Though many offlcera occaaionally vere slovenly, rude or incompetent, s notorious few were named repeatedy in brutdlty and dvil rights complaints and in critlcd newspaper accounts. In 45 months, Davie discharged at least 248 men for bad conduct, but dmost Invariably over- 84 looked the smell group that Instigated the worst scandals. Tha most nefarious policemen led detdla of the vice, vagrancy, radical and intelligence squads, setting an example and maintdning a tradition of brutal, unconstitutlond and dshonest law enforcement. They typified the new definition of "policeman:" an offidd who breaks 10 laws while enfordng one. Discounting the jdlers and such men as Captdn J. J. Jones, about a dozen of the unlovely lot deserved 259 |
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| Archival file | Volume64/indep-box21-01-01~098.tif |
