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M E M OR NDUM
Members and staff Of The Independent Commission
On The L.A.P.D.\ \ ~/)
Mark H. Epstein'(W
Meeting With Los Angeles Police Department
Regarding Ground Rules for Production of Documents
April 24, 1991
On April 23, 1991, a t 3:00 p.m., staff from the
Independent Commission ( 11 Commiseion 11
) met with representatives
from the Los Angeles Police Department ( 11 Department 11
) and City
Attorney's office to discuss the ground rules elating to the
Commie~ion's document request of April 22, 1991. Present at that
meetin~ were Ca t herine Conway, Ma k Epstein, Barbara Kelly, 1
Dennis 1Perluss, and John Spiegel (from the Commission); Commander
Dinse, 1Lieutenant Tim Holper, Sergeant Gary Hanson, and Sergeant
Christ;e Romero (from the Los Angeles Police Oepartrnent); and
Dav·d ochkiss and Linda Lefkowitz (from the Los Angeles city
Attorn y's office).
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I During this meeting, we discussed a number of 9round
rules telatin9 to the Commission's document request. First, the
Department agreed to ermit copies of tha documents requeeted to
b · · _ e Commission's offices, provided that adequate
/ seouri y oan be provided there, and that confidential documents
will b returned to the Department after the Commission has no
furthe need for them. The Department suggested that the .
Conunis ion staff review voluminous documents at Parker Center and
select 1those that the Staff wish to have copied. The Departmeht
repres•ntatives said that the Department did not ha~e the budget
or res~urces to copy the large numbers of documents the
commis,ion is requesting . They asked that the Commission arrange
for it' own copying.
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! In addition, Lieutenant Holper asked that all document
reques~s by the six designated commission Staff contacts be made
to Sergeant Romero. (Requests for verbal informational ,
interv~ews, a s opposed to documents, do not need to be made
throug Sergeant Romaro.) Sergeant Romero's telephone number
(which is also Lt. Holper's number) is 485-6473, and she is
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SENT BY:MUNGER TOLLES& OLSON 213 669 6619:# 6/ ~
locate~ at Room 714 in Parker Center. She will have a beeper.
Any problems in obtaining documents should be discussed with
Lieute1ant Holper or Commander Dinse.
we also discussed the eighteen (18) specific items in
the Ap~ i l 22 Request . Staff present at the meeting are briefing
the ap~ropriate Staff contacts regarding the discussion of those
specif~c items. Anyone who needs further information should give
me or 1ohn Spiegel a call.
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