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dscharged unleee found gdlty by the trid board — three captaina
chosen by lot. Tha authora of tha reviaed eactlon vere Cooke and
Lieutenant William H. Parker, a rising policeman-lawyer. The amendments awarded the depertment complete autonomy over its Intsrnd dlacl»
plinary procedures. Tha feet of independence (extended in 1937 to induce tha chief) produced subsequent unsuccessfd demands thst the
31
public be granted some control over police dsdpllne.
Tha police cossmlsslon's deliberate refueal to aeparate the
depertment from politics dismayed progressives snd police profeeslonds
alike. A widespread belief thst ths mayor ought to run the depertment
encouraged executive intervention into police effdrs. Porter mads no
pretense of dloving the commission formd control over the depertment.
nevertheless, eech commissioner hed greet persond influence within the
department, and critics blamed fragmented lines of authority for the
chaotic state of Steckel's police force. The obvious decline in effidency produced several proposals for reform of the police commission.
August Vollmer, visiting the dty in 1930, suggested that the
department be pieced under a single commissioner responsible directly
to the mayor. Vollmer observed that no chief codd serve five masters
snd thet, in the nature of things, Steckel's tenure wodd be short.
Nothing isssedate came of Vollmer's idea, but the farded trials,
reinstatements, snooper squad scandals and other indscretions produced
further reform recommendations. The dty coundl's legislative com- .
adttee proposed a single, sdaried commissioner to replace the five-
member board, but the coundlmen voted to file the amendment. Council-
Roy Donley then proposed a commissioner and a deputy commissioner
285
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. 299 |
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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 | ssnfsnWenl^^ dscharged unleee found gdlty by the trid board — three captaina chosen by lot. Tha authora of tha reviaed eactlon vere Cooke and Lieutenant William H. Parker, a rising policeman-lawyer. The amendments awarded the depertment complete autonomy over its Intsrnd dlacl» plinary procedures. Tha feet of independence (extended in 1937 to induce tha chief) produced subsequent unsuccessfd demands thst the 31 public be granted some control over police dsdpllne. Tha police cossmlsslon's deliberate refueal to aeparate the depertment from politics dismayed progressives snd police profeeslonds alike. A widespread belief thst ths mayor ought to run the depertment encouraged executive intervention into police effdrs. Porter mads no pretense of dloving the commission formd control over the depertment. nevertheless, eech commissioner hed greet persond influence within the department, and critics blamed fragmented lines of authority for the chaotic state of Steckel's police force. The obvious decline in effidency produced several proposals for reform of the police commission. August Vollmer, visiting the dty in 1930, suggested that the department be pieced under a single commissioner responsible directly to the mayor. Vollmer observed that no chief codd serve five masters snd thet, in the nature of things, Steckel's tenure wodd be short. Nothing isssedate came of Vollmer's idea, but the farded trials, reinstatements, snooper squad scandals and other indscretions produced further reform recommendations. The dty coundl's legislative com- . adttee proposed a single, sdaried commissioner to replace the five- member board, but the coundlmen voted to file the amendment. Council- Roy Donley then proposed a commissioner and a deputy commissioner 285 |
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