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TO:
FROM:
RE:
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISOR
TO THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Privileged and Confidential
Attorney Work Product
August 7, 1992
All Deputy General Counsel
Richard J. Stone
General Counsel and Staff Director
Plan for Completing Final Report by October 19, 1992
As we discussed during our meeting on Friday, July 31,
1992, in order to meet our schedule for producing our final
report by October 19, 1992, we must adhere to the following
overall plan: (1) finishing all fact-gathering in August; (2)
producing Final Team Reports by the end of August; (3) producing
a working draft of the report in September; (4) conducting public
meetings and hearings in September and early October; and (5)
completing the final report in October.
The process by which we execute this overall plan has
three critical components: (1) interaction between the Deputies
and their team members; (2) interaction among the Deputies as a
group; and (3) interaction between the Deputies and the Special
Advisor and Deputy Special Advisor, which will intensify as we
begin to develop our working draft of the report.
Finish All Fact-Gathering in August
All interviews and document gathering must be completed
by the end of August. This means that not only must all
interviews be completed, but all interview memoranda must be
completed and filed in the library in the Office of the Special
Advisor. It is also important that all documents and other
materials obtained during the course of the study be filed in the
library. It is critical that all documents and materials be
turned over as soon as they are obtained, so that we can make
these materials available to all of the teams.
In addition, I mentioned last Friday how important it
is for everyone working on this project to have some significant
exposure to the difficult and dangerous job that police officers
perform in our community. The best way to gain this exposure, in
addition to the other tasks necessary to our investigation, is to
arrange to take a ride-along in one of the LAPD Divisions. I
again encourage each of you to arrange a ride-along one evening
during the month of August. If you are interested, call Betsy
Lear (213-892-4459) to work out the details.
Final Team Reports Due by Monday. August 31. 1992
Final Team Reports must be completed no later than
Monday. August 31, 1992. It is not necessary that all concepts
be articulated fully; however, each of the concepts should be
explained clearly and the location of relevant sources of
information documented thoroughly. These Final Team Reports
should be comprehensive, detailed, sophisticated road-maps to all
of the concepts meaningful to the final report, as well as all
sources of all information regarding those concepts.
The Final Team Reports should be single-spaced, with
double-spacing between section headings and paragraphs. Please
use headings and sub-headings. In addition, please include a
table of contents, as well as an appendix of all key documents.
Also, in another appendix, please identify which members of your
team have been responsible for conducting interviews and
obtaining information regarding specific divisions, agencies, or
subject areas.
It is critical that all material assertions be
documented with at least two independent sources. Further, all
sources must be used at least once. If you have only one source
for a particular assertion, you must obtain a second source for
corroboration.
Make use of library sources and cite them. Sources of
information should be clearly documented in brackets in the text
of the Final Team Reports; please do not use footnotes or end
notes. In documenting your interview sources, specify the name
of the person interviewed, the date of the interview, and the
pages of the interview memorandum which contain the information
you are citing. When citing to documents or other materials,
specify the title and date of the document and the pages of the
document which contain the information you are citing.
Although the deadline for completing Final Team Reports
is August 31, 1992, we will be touching base with you by
telephone throughout the month of August because it is absolutely
critical that we meet this final deadline. You should plan on
being substantially finished with your work, and prepared to make
a report at our Deputies meeting on Friday, August 21, 1992. By
this time, you should be well on your way toward writing your
Final Team Report.
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You should not plan on asking for or receiving any
extensions beyond this deadline of August 31, 1992. We do not
have any more weeks to give to this effort at this point; we
cannot afford any extensions. We have too much to do in the
final month of our study: public meetings, public hearings, and
the task of integrating all of this material into our final
report; double-checking all of our ideas and facts; and
completing the necessary arrangements to publish the document on
time, probably with at least some portion of it translated into
two or more languages in addition to English.
Once you have completed your team's work, if you have
the time and would like to be one of the main participants in
writing the final report, please let me know as soon as possible.
We will need all of the committed help we can get to produce a
working draft of the final report in September.
Producing a Working Draft of the Final Report in September
The Writing Team will produce a working draft of the
final report during the month of September. Also during
September, we will embark upon the iterative process of reviewing
and revising this working draft. This process will be a
combination of not only a traditional editorial process, but also
will rely heavily on building a consensus regarding the material
conclusions and recommendations of the report. During this
process, we will look for people to participate openly, honestly,
responsibly, and completely.
In order to play a meaningful role, it will be
necessary for all of those involved to do their homework, keep up
with the work flow, and strictly adhere to turnaround times.
Turnaround times will accelerate through September, and on into
October, as we work toward our final report. While we will try
to indicate turnaround times as much in advance as possible, we
will look to everyone to keep up with the pace. Throughout this
process, we will look to the Deputies to hold team meetings,
keeping their team members involved and otherwise working to
ensure that we take full advantage of all of the collective
wisdom we have gained.
Conducting Public Meetings and Hearings in September
The public process is an important part of our efforts.
We will need to take the time to adjust our working draft of our
report as new or additional ideas are developed through that
process. We made a commitment to an open process, including the
diversity of the group recruited as the Staff for our study, the
interview process, and the Community Attitude Survey. The
remaining important component of implementing our commitment to
openness and inclusiveness is the public meeting and hearing
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schedule we have set for ourselves. We need to be vigilant to
ensure that the fruits of this process are systematically
included in our analyses, deliberations, and final report.
Completing the Final Report in October
We must complete our final report by October 19, 1992.
We all want this report to be the best product possible; we want
our report to make a sophisticated and constructive contribution.
In order to make this happen, we must adhere to all turnaround
times and other deadlines. This is the only way we will have the
time we need to review and review again, make sure we have done
all of our homework and verification, and work through the
difficult and complicated issues we are confronted with, so that
we can stand behind our report. We know that we can count on all
of you to get the job done.
Thanks for your help.
~
R.J.S.
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Plan for completing final report by 1992 October 19, 1992 August 7.
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Los Angeles Webster Commission records, 1931-1992
Description
Chaired by former federal judge and FBI and CIA Director William H. Webster, the Los Angeles Webster Commission assessed law enforcement's performance in connection with the April, 1992 Los Angeles civil unrest. The collection consists of materials collected and studied by the Commission over the course of its investigation. Materials pertain to both the Los Angeles incident specifically, and civil disturbance, civil unrest control, and policing tactics in general.
Included in the collection are the following: interviews with LAPD officers, law enforcement personnel, government officials, community leaders, and activists; articles, broadcasts, and press releases covering the civil unrest; various tactical and contingency plans created for disasters and emergencies; reports, studies, and manuals about civil unrest control and prevention; literature about community-based policing strategies; emergency plans and procedures developed by other cities; and after-action reports issued once the civil unrest had subsided. Also featured are items related to the internal operations of the LAPD both before and during the civil unrest, including activity reports, meeting agendas and minutes, arrest data, annual reports, curricula and educational materials, and personnel rosters.
See also the finding aid (https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/2266).
See also The Los Angeles Riots: The Independent and Webster Commissions Collections (https://scalar.usc.edu/works/the-los-angeles-riots-christopher-and-webster-commissions-collections/index).
Related collections in the USC Digital Library:
? Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/2251)
? Richard M. Mosk Christopher Commission records, 1988-2011 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/393)
? Kendall O. Price Los Angeles riots records, 1965-1967 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/979)
? Watts riots records, 1965 (see also the finding aid: https://archives.usc.edu/repositories/3/resources/83)
Thanks to generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the USC Libraries are digitizing this collection for online public access.
Coverage Temporal
1931/1992