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• • •• CONflDfNTIAl la. NAME OF INTERYIEWER: Huebner lb. DATE OF INTERVIEW: June 3, 1991 le. LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 30 minutes ld. HQIE:S: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2. I.p. CQPE: Huebner 004 3. SEX: Female 4. ~= White 5. AGE: 6. PIVISIOH: Pacific 7. CQRRENT BANK/ASSIGNMENT: 8. MISC1 ~EBSQHAL DACKGROUNC: - -- ·----- - 9. MISC. L.A.P.D. BACKGRQQNo: 10. FIELD TRAIHIHG -- SELECTION OF F1T10.s: [Did not discuss.] [Huebner 004 .] 1 .1 -~-. _J • • CONflDl:NTIAL 11. FIELD TRAINING -- TRAINING OF F.T.O.s: Attended FTO school more than one year after being assigned her first probationer; got little out of FTO school; too heavily emphasized paperwork; should have been more emphasis on how you train recruits. 12. FIELD TRAINING -- MISCONDUCT BY I DISCIPLINE OF F.T.O.s: [Did not discuss.] 13. FIELD TRAINING -- EVALUATION OF F.T.O.s' PERFORMANCE: [Did not discuss.] 14. FIELD TRAINING -- ASSIGNMENT(S) TO PROBATIONERS: [Did not discuss.] 15. FIELD TRAINING -- RELATIONSHIP WITH/ TRAINING OF PROBATIONERS: Spends a lot of time explaining policies to probationers; believes that too many FTOs simply tell their probationers to "watch and learn"; not effective unless probationers understand why you are doing what you are doing; she is suspected of being a lesbian because she instructs her probationers to respect all citizens, including gays/lesbians; is strict with her · probationers; does not attempt to become a buddy to them. 16. FIELD TRAINING -- EVALUATION OF PROBATIONERS: She emphasizes communication skills and relations with citizens in her evaluations of probationers; believes these skills are not emphasized enough; too much emphasis on reports and "paper-related" skills. 17. ROLL CALL TRAINING: [Did not discuss.] 18. USE OF FORCE: Believes officers should be allowed to use the bar-arm choke hold; believes it is tactically unsound to put officers in a position where they must beat a suspect senseless if there is any resistance; does not understand why kicking, swarming, and choke holds are not accorded more attention and respect. 19. RODNEY KING INCIDENT: Was shocked by the videotape; the early hits were in policy, but the final few were completely uncalled for; faults the [Huebner 004] 2 ,------------- • • CONflDfNTIAL sergeant for the problem; he was too directly involved and failed to exert his authority; believes that the adrenaline rush is a real phenomenon but too easy an excuse; a sergeant should be experienced enough to keep himself under control, even after a chase. 20. CITIZEN COMPLAINTS: [Did not discuss.] 21. INTERNAL DISCIPLINE: [Did not discuss.] 22. PROMOTION: [Did not discuss.] 23. ASSIGNMENTS/TRANSFERS: [Did not discuss.] 24. COMMUNITY POLICING I COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Favors moving away from the paramilitary model of policing; believes, however, that community-oriented policing -- involving ~ foot patrol and more citizen contact -- would require a lot of money and manpower; current community based work such as DARE is very labor intensive. Believes that the way the Department interacts with the community depends in large part on how it treats its own officers; community policing would be a joke if discrimination/bias is institutionalized in LAPD; you cannot respect citizens if you mistreat officers who share those citizens' characteristics; "~ can't paint a smiley face on a Klansman and expect blacks to applaud"; you cannot effectively interact with gay citizens if you despise gays so much that you refuse to hire them. Believes that unhappy patrol officers tend to take out their frustrations on citizens; if patrol officers feel powerless in their relations with unsympathetic higher-ups, the temptation is great to exert more power in the field. 25. GAYS/LESBIANS: Recalls constant belittling of gays/lesbians when she was at the Academy; a Sgt. Barber was particularly offensive; sat through a gay/lesbian sensitivity class taught by civilians when she was at the Academy; the recruits "turned off" because supervisors told them to ignore the "faggots." [Huebner 004] 3 • • CONflDfNTIAL Has witnessed verbal harassment of suspected gays/lesbians; has witnessed defacing of lockers and personal effects of suspected gay~/lesbians; Southwest and Rampart are particularly notorious for such incidents; has seen officers labelled as gay ("guilty by association") for not avoiding suspected gays/lesbians. Fabricated boyfriends to get through the application process; was aware of at least five other lesbians in her class who did the same; is aware of one recruit who could not manufacture a boyfriend who was rejected for "lack of maturity" [the officer would not reveal the applicant's name to me without getting that person's approval]. 26. WOMEN: [ Nothing noteworthy to discuss.] 27. RACIAL MINORITIES: [Did not discuss.] 28. ATTITUDES/OPINIONS RE L.A.P.D.: Happy with her work but believes that higher-ups "live in a different world"; higher-ups set a negative tone that makes field work less enjoyable; too much disrespect of patrol officers. 29. REFORM SUGGESTIONS: (a) Eliminate all discrimination against gays/lesbians; issue a directive expressly forbidding such discrimination; actively recruit gays/lesbians for a short period in order to gain the community's trust and redress the current imbalance on the force; (b) reward officers for staying in the field; (c) force the "squints" out from behind their desks and into the field periodically. 30. CODE OF SILENCE: [Nothing noteworthy to discuss.] 50. MISCELLANEOUS: [Nothing noteworthy to add.] [Huebner 004] 4
Object Description
Title | LAPD interviews #3(b) (2 of 2), 1991 May-June |
Description | Los Angeles Police Department interviews #3(b) (2 of 2), 1991 May 31 - June 19. 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 | 1991-05-31/1991-06-19 |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
Date created | 1991-05-31/1991-06-19 |
Type | texts |
Format | 213 p. |
Format (aat) | transcriptions (documents) |
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 | Los Angeles Police Department Interviews |
Box and folder | box 24, folder 14 |
Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
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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 |
Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
Filename | indep-box24-14 |
Description
Title | Huebner FTO interview 004, 1991-06-03 |
Description | Huebner FTO interviews - Huebner 004 White female from Pacific division |
Coverage date | 1991-06-03 |
Date created | 1991-06-03 |
Type | texts |
Format | 4 p. |
Format (aat) | transcriptions (documents) |
Format (imt) | application/pdf |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Series | Independent Commission File List |
File | Los Angeles Police Department Interviews |
Box and folder | box 24, folder 14, item 16 |
Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
Full text | • • •• CONflDfNTIAl la. NAME OF INTERYIEWER: Huebner lb. DATE OF INTERVIEW: June 3, 1991 le. LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 30 minutes ld. HQIE:S: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2. I.p. CQPE: Huebner 004 3. SEX: Female 4. ~= White 5. AGE: 6. PIVISIOH: Pacific 7. CQRRENT BANK/ASSIGNMENT: 8. MISC1 ~EBSQHAL DACKGROUNC: - -- ·----- - 9. MISC. L.A.P.D. BACKGRQQNo: 10. FIELD TRAIHIHG -- SELECTION OF F1T10.s: [Did not discuss.] [Huebner 004 .] 1 .1 -~-. _J • • CONflDl:NTIAL 11. FIELD TRAINING -- TRAINING OF F.T.O.s: Attended FTO school more than one year after being assigned her first probationer; got little out of FTO school; too heavily emphasized paperwork; should have been more emphasis on how you train recruits. 12. FIELD TRAINING -- MISCONDUCT BY I DISCIPLINE OF F.T.O.s: [Did not discuss.] 13. FIELD TRAINING -- EVALUATION OF F.T.O.s' PERFORMANCE: [Did not discuss.] 14. FIELD TRAINING -- ASSIGNMENT(S) TO PROBATIONERS: [Did not discuss.] 15. FIELD TRAINING -- RELATIONSHIP WITH/ TRAINING OF PROBATIONERS: Spends a lot of time explaining policies to probationers; believes that too many FTOs simply tell their probationers to "watch and learn"; not effective unless probationers understand why you are doing what you are doing; she is suspected of being a lesbian because she instructs her probationers to respect all citizens, including gays/lesbians; is strict with her · probationers; does not attempt to become a buddy to them. 16. FIELD TRAINING -- EVALUATION OF PROBATIONERS: She emphasizes communication skills and relations with citizens in her evaluations of probationers; believes these skills are not emphasized enough; too much emphasis on reports and "paper-related" skills. 17. ROLL CALL TRAINING: [Did not discuss.] 18. USE OF FORCE: Believes officers should be allowed to use the bar-arm choke hold; believes it is tactically unsound to put officers in a position where they must beat a suspect senseless if there is any resistance; does not understand why kicking, swarming, and choke holds are not accorded more attention and respect. 19. RODNEY KING INCIDENT: Was shocked by the videotape; the early hits were in policy, but the final few were completely uncalled for; faults the [Huebner 004] 2 ,------------- • • CONflDfNTIAL sergeant for the problem; he was too directly involved and failed to exert his authority; believes that the adrenaline rush is a real phenomenon but too easy an excuse; a sergeant should be experienced enough to keep himself under control, even after a chase. 20. CITIZEN COMPLAINTS: [Did not discuss.] 21. INTERNAL DISCIPLINE: [Did not discuss.] 22. PROMOTION: [Did not discuss.] 23. ASSIGNMENTS/TRANSFERS: [Did not discuss.] 24. COMMUNITY POLICING I COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Favors moving away from the paramilitary model of policing; believes, however, that community-oriented policing -- involving ~ foot patrol and more citizen contact -- would require a lot of money and manpower; current community based work such as DARE is very labor intensive. Believes that the way the Department interacts with the community depends in large part on how it treats its own officers; community policing would be a joke if discrimination/bias is institutionalized in LAPD; you cannot respect citizens if you mistreat officers who share those citizens' characteristics; "~ can't paint a smiley face on a Klansman and expect blacks to applaud"; you cannot effectively interact with gay citizens if you despise gays so much that you refuse to hire them. Believes that unhappy patrol officers tend to take out their frustrations on citizens; if patrol officers feel powerless in their relations with unsympathetic higher-ups, the temptation is great to exert more power in the field. 25. GAYS/LESBIANS: Recalls constant belittling of gays/lesbians when she was at the Academy; a Sgt. Barber was particularly offensive; sat through a gay/lesbian sensitivity class taught by civilians when she was at the Academy; the recruits "turned off" because supervisors told them to ignore the "faggots." [Huebner 004] 3 • • CONflDfNTIAL Has witnessed verbal harassment of suspected gays/lesbians; has witnessed defacing of lockers and personal effects of suspected gay~/lesbians; Southwest and Rampart are particularly notorious for such incidents; has seen officers labelled as gay ("guilty by association") for not avoiding suspected gays/lesbians. Fabricated boyfriends to get through the application process; was aware of at least five other lesbians in her class who did the same; is aware of one recruit who could not manufacture a boyfriend who was rejected for "lack of maturity" [the officer would not reveal the applicant's name to me without getting that person's approval]. 26. WOMEN: [ Nothing noteworthy to discuss.] 27. RACIAL MINORITIES: [Did not discuss.] 28. ATTITUDES/OPINIONS RE L.A.P.D.: Happy with her work but believes that higher-ups "live in a different world"; higher-ups set a negative tone that makes field work less enjoyable; too much disrespect of patrol officers. 29. REFORM SUGGESTIONS: (a) Eliminate all discrimination against gays/lesbians; issue a directive expressly forbidding such discrimination; actively recruit gays/lesbians for a short period in order to gain the community's trust and redress the current imbalance on the force; (b) reward officers for staying in the field; (c) force the "squints" out from behind their desks and into the field periodically. 30. CODE OF SILENCE: [Nothing noteworthy to discuss.] 50. MISCELLANEOUS: [Nothing noteworthy to add.] [Huebner 004] 4 |
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