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m ,i ■Mini
yalkup aeneed tha altuatlon and aummoned detectlvea. The plotters
apparently intended to coerce Wdkup'a conaent to certain changes in
the vice dvielon. The girl's teetimony convicted a taxi company executive, but his mysterious confederates escaped. The coincidentd disappearance of Mosher's aaeietent rdaed queetlona that received an ember-
raaaing anaver in mid-1932. Police found the aaaodate in Texas, living
on tha money aent each month by Walla Moaher. In feet, Moaher kept
laaa than half of hia police captdn-'e salary. His former eaalatant got
the greater pert aa the price for eilence. Mosher's indictment for the
attempted entrapment of the police commissioner further illumined the
16
seamy underside of the church in politics.
Tha aeheme to influence personnel matters through Commiaeloner
Walkup emphasized the extenaive powers delegeted to governing commissions under the city charter. Normally, police commissioners concerned
themselves with granting or withholding business licenses and passing on
contracts for police department supplies. (Enterprising commissioners
codd turn such mundane duties to highly lucrative account; frequent
pointed allusions Issued from businessmen to' the dty coundlmen.)
However, the charter placed the generd manager of the department completely under the commission's control. Reformers snd police professionals opposed day-to-day dedaion making by commissioners. Viewing "nonprofessional interference" aa a serious hindrance to effident administration, the experts preferred that the chief be granted complete dla-
cratlon within broad guidelines of policy ldd down by the commission.
Porter's commissioners reversed the professional ided. They
made no major policy dedalons, but dd meddle In everyday adndnlatration.
278
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. 292 |
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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 | m ,i ■Mini yalkup aeneed tha altuatlon and aummoned detectlvea. The plotters apparently intended to coerce Wdkup'a conaent to certain changes in the vice dvielon. The girl's teetimony convicted a taxi company executive, but his mysterious confederates escaped. The coincidentd disappearance of Mosher's aaeietent rdaed queetlona that received an ember- raaaing anaver in mid-1932. Police found the aaaodate in Texas, living on tha money aent each month by Walla Moaher. In feet, Moaher kept laaa than half of hia police captdn-'e salary. His former eaalatant got the greater pert aa the price for eilence. Mosher's indictment for the attempted entrapment of the police commissioner further illumined the 16 seamy underside of the church in politics. Tha aeheme to influence personnel matters through Commiaeloner Walkup emphasized the extenaive powers delegeted to governing commissions under the city charter. Normally, police commissioners concerned themselves with granting or withholding business licenses and passing on contracts for police department supplies. (Enterprising commissioners codd turn such mundane duties to highly lucrative account; frequent pointed allusions Issued from businessmen to' the dty coundlmen.) However, the charter placed the generd manager of the department completely under the commission's control. Reformers snd police professionals opposed day-to-day dedaion making by commissioners. Viewing "nonprofessional interference" aa a serious hindrance to effident administration, the experts preferred that the chief be granted complete dla- cratlon within broad guidelines of policy ldd down by the commission. Porter's commissioners reversed the professional ided. They made no major policy dedalons, but dd meddle In everyday adndnlatration. 278 |
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