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PERSONNEL COMPLAINT, LA. No. 8 6-600
Page 134
helmet. Karlson thought the helmet was for Ramirez, because he
had dropped so many flyballs during the unit's baseball games.
Karlson denied ever hearing Lieutenant Hall tease or belittle or
say anything regarding Ramirez' involvement in the altercation.
Karlson denied ever hearing Lieutenant Massey say to Ramirez,
"How's the little Mexican asshole doing?", and he also denied
hearing Ramirez say to Lieutenant Massey, "I'm not an asshole,
Mexican, yes. Now what about it?" Karlson said that he could
unequivocally say that he had' never heard Lieutenant Massey make
any statements like those.
Detective Karlson was interviewed on June 6, 1989, at 0900
hours, at Robbery-Homicide Division by Lieutenant II
Stephen Coker, Serial No. 20195 and Sergeant I Marty Cotwright,
Serial No. 20132, Operations-Headquarters Bureau. Present at the
interview and acting as Detective Karlson's employee
representative was Sergeant I Harry Ryon, Serial No. 17718,
Hollywood Division.
Detective Karlson stated that he was first assigned to the O.I.S.
Section in March 1982, and has been so assigned since that time.
Karlson said he was brought in to replace Tortorici who. left the
unit to go to Detective Support Division.
Karlson stated that he never heard Lieutenant Higbie say "We
don't need a nigger or broad here. We already have a Mexican,
right Chico." He denied ever hearing Lieutenant Higbie express a
sentiment that no "nigger" would ever work in the O.I.S. Section
as long as he (Higbie) was in charge.
He never heard Lieutenant Higbie make any threats to use physical
force against any member of the O.I.S. Section. When Lieutenant
Higbie made the statement that he would "rip lips off", he would
make it in a joking manner.
Karlson stated that in May 1982, Vannatter, Muldrew and he were
partners and he (Karlson) understood that Muldrew was due to
leave the unit because he could not perform the duties of an
O.I.S. investigator as per Lieutenant Higbie's instructions, he
did not know why Salkeld left the unit.
Karlson stated that he had no personal knowledge that Pellegrino
ever worked excessive overtime nor received compensation for
overtime for which he was not entitled. He denied ever hearing
Captain Gartland, Lieutenant Hall or Lieutenant Higbie counsel
Pellegrino regarding his overtime. He recalled that both Captain
Gartland and Lieutenant Hall had said that Pellegrino was at his
maximum allowance for overtime and should take time off.
Karlson stated at no time between the period from late 1983 or
early 1984, or at any other time did he ever observe Pellegrino
Object Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD (1 of 2), [after 1989-09] |
| Description | Operations Headquarters Bureau, Los Angeles Police Department (Stephen C. Coker and Marty Cotwright), memorandum, to Detective Services Group, Los Angeles Police Department (J. Bova), re I.A. no. 86-600: Department complaint alleging unbecoming conduct against Detective III Elmer Pellegrino (serial no. 12470), Detective III Wallace Montgomery (serial no. 16136), Detective III Carlos Ramirez (serial no. 13427), Lieutenant II Charles Massey (serial no. 11880), and an unknown officder, Robbery Homicide Division (RHD); Department complaint alleging unbecoming conduct and neglect of duty against Lieutenant II William Hall (serial no. 13726, RHD. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1981-03/1989-08-16 |
| Creator |
Coker, C. Cotwright, Marty Los Angeles Police Department. Operations Headquarters Bureau |
| Contributor |
Bova, J., recipient Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Services Group, recipient |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | [after 1989-09] |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 241 p. |
| Format (aat) | memorandums |
| 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 | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Complaints, suggestions, and support |
| Box and folder | box 23, folder 5 |
| 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-box23-05 |
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| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD (1 of 2), [after 1989-09], p. 131 |
| 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 | PERSONNEL COMPLAINT, LA. No. 8 6-600 Page 134 helmet. Karlson thought the helmet was for Ramirez, because he had dropped so many flyballs during the unit's baseball games. Karlson denied ever hearing Lieutenant Hall tease or belittle or say anything regarding Ramirez' involvement in the altercation. Karlson denied ever hearing Lieutenant Massey say to Ramirez, "How's the little Mexican asshole doing?", and he also denied hearing Ramirez say to Lieutenant Massey, "I'm not an asshole, Mexican, yes. Now what about it?" Karlson said that he could unequivocally say that he had' never heard Lieutenant Massey make any statements like those. Detective Karlson was interviewed on June 6, 1989, at 0900 hours, at Robbery-Homicide Division by Lieutenant II Stephen Coker, Serial No. 20195 and Sergeant I Marty Cotwright, Serial No. 20132, Operations-Headquarters Bureau. Present at the interview and acting as Detective Karlson's employee representative was Sergeant I Harry Ryon, Serial No. 17718, Hollywood Division. Detective Karlson stated that he was first assigned to the O.I.S. Section in March 1982, and has been so assigned since that time. Karlson said he was brought in to replace Tortorici who. left the unit to go to Detective Support Division. Karlson stated that he never heard Lieutenant Higbie say "We don't need a nigger or broad here. We already have a Mexican, right Chico." He denied ever hearing Lieutenant Higbie express a sentiment that no "nigger" would ever work in the O.I.S. Section as long as he (Higbie) was in charge. He never heard Lieutenant Higbie make any threats to use physical force against any member of the O.I.S. Section. When Lieutenant Higbie made the statement that he would "rip lips off", he would make it in a joking manner. Karlson stated that in May 1982, Vannatter, Muldrew and he were partners and he (Karlson) understood that Muldrew was due to leave the unit because he could not perform the duties of an O.I.S. investigator as per Lieutenant Higbie's instructions, he did not know why Salkeld left the unit. Karlson stated that he had no personal knowledge that Pellegrino ever worked excessive overtime nor received compensation for overtime for which he was not entitled. He denied ever hearing Captain Gartland, Lieutenant Hall or Lieutenant Higbie counsel Pellegrino regarding his overtime. He recalled that both Captain Gartland and Lieutenant Hall had said that Pellegrino was at his maximum allowance for overtime and should take time off. Karlson stated at no time between the period from late 1983 or early 1984, or at any other time did he ever observe Pellegrino |
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