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extremely homophobic. Gays and Lesbians are feared, disliked,
and treated as inferior, whether they are community members or
officers.
4. Having worked inside the Department for nearly seven
years, I have had ample opportunity to observe how the Department
punishes officers who do not conform or who are critical of the
Department in any way. One of the most effective and common
forms of retaliation by the Department is complete isolation and
ostracism. This treatment is routinely given to officers who do
not "fit in," or who violate the officers' Code of Silence — the
rule that no officer will testify against another officer, no
matter how egregious the latter's conduct may be. I have heard
officers instructed that they should not talk to, or associate
with, officers who were "guilty" of non-conformity or of
testifying against a fellow officer. Those who violated these
instructions were subjected to the same treatment.
5. The Department has many other subtle means of forcing
officers to conform and of punishing those who do not. "Freeway
therapy" is commonly used to harass officers: officers will be
assigned to the division that is the furthest from their home so
that they are forced to drive for many hours to and from work.
It is also common practice to punish officers by assigning them
to unpleasant details, such as the "kit room," or equipment room.
As a supervisor, I have been present at meetings during which
other supervisors have targeted an officer who they did not like
for constant supervision and "quality service checks," with the
hope that the supervision would become so burdensome that the
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Object Description
| Title | The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community, 1991-05-01 |
| Description | Public session, 1991 May 1: Material from organizations, 2.1: Report - "The LAPD and the lesbian and gay community - written testimony submitted to the special Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department" by Jon W. Davidson, senior staff counsel and attorney for lesbian and gay rights ACLU foundation of Southern California, 1991 May 1. 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 | 1991-05-01 |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991-05-01 |
| Type | texts |
| Format | 284 p. |
| Format (aat) | reports |
| 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 | Public Sessions |
| Box and folder | box 25, folder 1-2 |
| 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-box25-01_02 |
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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 |
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extremely homophobic. Gays and Lesbians are feared, disliked,
and treated as inferior, whether they are community members or
officers.
4. Having worked inside the Department for nearly seven
years, I have had ample opportunity to observe how the Department
punishes officers who do not conform or who are critical of the
Department in any way. One of the most effective and common
forms of retaliation by the Department is complete isolation and
ostracism. This treatment is routinely given to officers who do
not "fit in," or who violate the officers' Code of Silence — the
rule that no officer will testify against another officer, no
matter how egregious the latter's conduct may be. I have heard
officers instructed that they should not talk to, or associate
with, officers who were "guilty" of non-conformity or of
testifying against a fellow officer. Those who violated these
instructions were subjected to the same treatment.
5. The Department has many other subtle means of forcing
officers to conform and of punishing those who do not. "Freeway
therapy" is commonly used to harass officers: officers will be
assigned to the division that is the furthest from their home so
that they are forced to drive for many hours to and from work.
It is also common practice to punish officers by assigning them
to unpleasant details, such as the "kit room," or equipment room.
As a supervisor, I have been present at meetings during which
other supervisors have targeted an officer who they did not like
for constant supervision and "quality service checks," with the
hope that the supervision would become so burdensome that the
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