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Doctor Complains
Police Used Mace
on Bound Patient
"By CLAIRE SPIEGEL,
f Times Staff Writer
- - ■ i
__ _The chief of the emergency *
department at UCLA Medical Cen" *
ter said he made a complaint
Tuesday against s Los Angeles
' police officer who sprayed Mace in
the face of a defenseless patient
! under treatment in the hospital's
emergency room.
Dr. Marshall Morgan of UCLA
said he was told by his staff that the
patient. Jason Standley, 29. was
being held st the hospital in four-
point leather restraints when an
officer sprayed Mace into the pa-
—uenie f ace at a distance of "about
four or five Inches. '*
The patient had been brought by
officers to the emergency room for
treatment about 4 a.m. on Friday.
after drinking and resisting arrest.
Morgan, who said he was informed
' of the incident by doctors and
nurses on* duty st the time, said
Standley suffered from face and
shoulder lacerations as well as
broken leeth.- ' "
At the hospital, medical person- -
nel placed the patient in four-point
leather restraints typically used to
subdue belligerent individuals. An
emergency room nurse then observed a police officer—whom she
did not identify—approach the pa-
xient and spray him with Mace in
his eyes. face, nose and mouth. As
the Mace dispersed, Morgan said
emergency room personnel began
complaining of burning eyes and
other irritations.
Detective Steve Osti at the West
- Los Angeles station said that Stan-.
. dley was arrested and booked on
Aug. 11 on charges of assaulting a
police officer with a deadly weapon. The weapon, he said, was a
loose handcuff.
Osti said the--trouble began when
Standley, what is employed at a
fast-food restaurant, got drunk and
began harasaung two people on a
West Los Anjgeles street. He said
police officen had to use their
batons to suhmue and arrest Standley.
They then uook him for medical
care to UCLa.. where he became ■
combative wmen the officers removed his handcuffs. Osti confirmed that oifficers used Mace on
Standley in the emergency room.
LL Douglas Pilot, acting commanding officer of the West Los
Angeles police station, acknowledged lhat Morgan called Tuesday
_ to compIairLajfiput the _Mace.Jnci-_
denL Pilot xaai the Mace was used
only after Standley freed one leg
from his restraints and kicked over
a food tray. Hie said he is satisfied
that his officer* acted properly:
Object Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991 |
| Description | Newspaper clippings (Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Times, Sentinel) and magazine articles (U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek) documenting Los Angeles Police Department misconduct under Chief Daryl F. Gates, 1978-1991, compiled by Irving Kessler and Lynn F. Kessler. Includes: Introduction, Contents, Excessive force, Rodney King, Mexican nationality, Civil rights, Property, Silence, Discrimination, Accountability, Gates intolerance, Recommendations. 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 | 1978/1991 |
| Creator |
Kessler, Irving, compiler Kessler, Lynn F., compiler |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times; L.A. Weekly; U.S. News & World Report; Los Angeles Daily News; New York Times; Newsweek; Sentinel |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA; New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991 |
| Date issued | 1978/1991 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 368 p. |
| Format (aat) |
clippings (information artifacts) articles summaries |
| 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, folders 7-9 |
| 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-box23-07_09 |
Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991, p. 50 |
| 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 | Doctor Complains Police Used Mace on Bound Patient "By CLAIRE SPIEGEL, f Times Staff Writer - - ■ i __ _The chief of the emergency * department at UCLA Medical Cen" * ter said he made a complaint Tuesday against s Los Angeles ' police officer who sprayed Mace in the face of a defenseless patient ! under treatment in the hospital's emergency room. Dr. Marshall Morgan of UCLA said he was told by his staff that the patient. Jason Standley, 29. was being held st the hospital in four- point leather restraints when an officer sprayed Mace into the pa- —uenie f ace at a distance of "about four or five Inches. '* The patient had been brought by officers to the emergency room for treatment about 4 a.m. on Friday. after drinking and resisting arrest. Morgan, who said he was informed ' of the incident by doctors and nurses on* duty st the time, said Standley suffered from face and shoulder lacerations as well as broken leeth.- ' " At the hospital, medical person- - nel placed the patient in four-point leather restraints typically used to subdue belligerent individuals. An emergency room nurse then observed a police officer—whom she did not identify—approach the pa- xient and spray him with Mace in his eyes. face, nose and mouth. As the Mace dispersed, Morgan said emergency room personnel began complaining of burning eyes and other irritations. Detective Steve Osti at the West - Los Angeles station said that Stan-. . dley was arrested and booked on Aug. 11 on charges of assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon. The weapon, he said, was a loose handcuff. Osti said the--trouble began when Standley, what is employed at a fast-food restaurant, got drunk and began harasaung two people on a West Los Anjgeles street. He said police officen had to use their batons to suhmue and arrest Standley. They then uook him for medical care to UCLa.. where he became ■ combative wmen the officers removed his handcuffs. Osti confirmed that oifficers used Mace on Standley in the emergency room. LL Douglas Pilot, acting commanding officer of the West Los Angeles police station, acknowledged lhat Morgan called Tuesday _ to compIairLajfiput the _Mace.Jnci-_ denL Pilot xaai the Mace was used only after Standley freed one leg from his restraints and kicked over a food tray. Hie said he is satisfied that his officer* acted properly: |
| Filename | indep-box23-07-03~048.tif |
| Archival file | Volume76/indep-box23-07-03~048.tif |
