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ftnidlf aa the department codd obtdn equipment. Among other advancce,
completion of the new Lincoln Heights jdl dlevisted some of the worst
abuses of the dty pond system. The Hollywood dvielon moved to e nev
headquarters. By happy chance, the U. S. Olympic Committee, preperlng
for the 1932 games, chose the police range in Elyslsn Park as site for
a
the platol matches snd brought the facility up to vorld atandarda.
Tha dty coundl, ignoring popdation growth, rejected dl re-
quests for addtiond policemen. The police budget, lergeet in hietory
in 1930, dedined annually until 1936. To combst the rising rste of
crime, Steekel redloceted his personnel. He lncreeaed the number of
sen aaeigned to foot patrol by 16 percent, motor patrol by 50 percent
and station reserves by 80 percent. The overall increase of men "on the
streets" vas 33 percent, s rise to 68 percent from 51 percent of the
totd manpower. The records, vice, jdls, and administretive detdla
vera stripped to supply the extre patrolmen. The early success of his
"sdentific" reorganization pleased the chief. In April 1930, he
announced e eix percent decrease in crime; in Jdy, he asserted that
Los Angelee hed fever crime problems than any other large cities. But
his triumph was shortlived. Thereafter, Steekel faced a deteriorating
situation, aa crime and anti-police critidam increased relentlessly
v 10
year by year.
To suppress gambling, bootlegging and prostitution, Steekel
again decentralized the vice squad, making the dvisiond commanders
responsible for their district. He dso organized e small "administrative vice detdl" under his own drectlon to provide supervision over
the dvisiond vice squads. In theory, this foredosed the possibility
275
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. 289 |
| 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 | nn— uiiffia- i ^m'mmmmmmmWmWmm ftnidlf aa the department codd obtdn equipment. Among other advancce, completion of the new Lincoln Heights jdl dlevisted some of the worst abuses of the dty pond system. The Hollywood dvielon moved to e nev headquarters. By happy chance, the U. S. Olympic Committee, preperlng for the 1932 games, chose the police range in Elyslsn Park as site for a the platol matches snd brought the facility up to vorld atandarda. Tha dty coundl, ignoring popdation growth, rejected dl re- quests for addtiond policemen. The police budget, lergeet in hietory in 1930, dedined annually until 1936. To combst the rising rste of crime, Steekel redloceted his personnel. He lncreeaed the number of sen aaeigned to foot patrol by 16 percent, motor patrol by 50 percent and station reserves by 80 percent. The overall increase of men "on the streets" vas 33 percent, s rise to 68 percent from 51 percent of the totd manpower. The records, vice, jdls, and administretive detdla vera stripped to supply the extre patrolmen. The early success of his "sdentific" reorganization pleased the chief. In April 1930, he announced e eix percent decrease in crime; in Jdy, he asserted that Los Angelee hed fever crime problems than any other large cities. But his triumph was shortlived. Thereafter, Steekel faced a deteriorating situation, aa crime and anti-police critidam increased relentlessly v 10 year by year. To suppress gambling, bootlegging and prostitution, Steekel again decentralized the vice squad, making the dvisiond commanders responsible for their district. He dso organized e small "administrative vice detdl" under his own drectlon to provide supervision over the dvisiond vice squads. In theory, this foredosed the possibility 275 |
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| Archival file | Volume64/indep-box21-01-01~114.tif |
