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' mil mm I. I rn n ——Mil
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Mayor Porter kept the "independent" commissioners subservient to himself ss s matter of policy. Their resignetione, subdtted prior to
appointment, insured sgslnet maverick lmpdsea toward eutonomy. The
commission kept Steekel under close supervision, pssslng on reinstete-
ments, promotions snd transfers, reorgsnisstlon plsns snd budget pol-
ldes. The chief's suthorlty roe ted on en unstable foundation. Ha
appointed two officers to be acting chiefe during the night and morning
watch a e and "decentralized" the 15 police detricts into three areas
eosseanded by inspectors, both rather inalgnlfleant procedural changes.
Tha commission's acceptance of Steckel'a promotion schedde protected
seniority by inhibiting the rise of departmental echolare and politicians, aa wall aa ineurlng that aufficlent time wee aerved in eech rank
to learn lta dutlee. However, the commission codd ebolieh the changes
18
overnight.
Chief Stickel apparently accepted the severe restrictions on
his suthorlty. At hie lnltld press conference, the nev chief hsd
promised to take no action without conadting the mayor and the police
commission. Porter insured consdtation by moving Steekel*s office
from centrd jdl to s room adjoining his own sdte in city hdl. The
existence of s buzzer to summon the chief to the mayor's office generated considerable levity. One observer predicted the appearance of
calloueea on Steckel'a forehead from kowtowing to Mayor Porter. Nevertheless, given the sad state of the department when Davia left office,
carefd scrutiny of police procedure by public officlds codd be justified if the commission intended to reform the department. But no substantive reform occurred; Porter's police commission conducted its
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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. 293 |
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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 | ' mil mm I. I rn n ——Mil -i il Mayor Porter kept the "independent" commissioners subservient to himself ss s matter of policy. Their resignetione, subdtted prior to appointment, insured sgslnet maverick lmpdsea toward eutonomy. The commission kept Steekel under close supervision, pssslng on reinstete- ments, promotions snd transfers, reorgsnisstlon plsns snd budget pol- ldes. The chief's suthorlty roe ted on en unstable foundation. Ha appointed two officers to be acting chiefe during the night and morning watch a e and "decentralized" the 15 police detricts into three areas eosseanded by inspectors, both rather inalgnlfleant procedural changes. Tha commission's acceptance of Steckel'a promotion schedde protected seniority by inhibiting the rise of departmental echolare and politicians, aa wall aa ineurlng that aufficlent time wee aerved in eech rank to learn lta dutlee. However, the commission codd ebolieh the changes 18 overnight. Chief Stickel apparently accepted the severe restrictions on his suthorlty. At hie lnltld press conference, the nev chief hsd promised to take no action without conadting the mayor and the police commission. Porter insured consdtation by moving Steekel*s office from centrd jdl to s room adjoining his own sdte in city hdl. The existence of s buzzer to summon the chief to the mayor's office generated considerable levity. One observer predicted the appearance of calloueea on Steckel'a forehead from kowtowing to Mayor Porter. Nevertheless, given the sad state of the department when Davia left office, carefd scrutiny of police procedure by public officlds codd be justified if the commission intended to reform the department. But no substantive reform occurred; Porter's police commission conducted its 279 |
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