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Title: LAPD responds to Racial Profiling Report
START DATE: 1/13/2009
START TIME: 9:30 AM
Duration: 1 Hours
Location: downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
LAPD Parker Center
150 N. Los Angeles St.

Note: there is a metal detector screening at the entrance
Event Topic: police/law
Event Type: presentation
Contact Name:
Contact Email:
Contact Phone:
DESCRIPTION:
Dear Community Partners,

Next Tuesday, January 13th, the LAPD will be submitting its response to the report "Racial Profiling & The LAPD: A Study of Racially Disparate Outcomes in the Los Angeles Police Department." The report, commissioned by the ACLU/SC but based on LAPD's own data, shows that black and Hispanic residents are stopped, frisked, searched and arrested

by Los Angeles Police Department officers far more frequently than white residents, and that these racial disparities are not justified by differences in local crime rates, or any legitimate policing rationale that can be discerned from the data. The report's findings demonstrate dramatically that the LAPD must do more to eliminate bias from its policing.

Please JOIN US to ensure that our voices and experiences are heard and that the Police Commission sees this as an issue it needs to take seriously. The hearing will take place next Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. (at Parker Center, 150 N. Los Angeles St.). To download a copy of the report, a summary of the report, or the ACLU/SC's letter to the Police Commission outlining recommended action, please visit http://www.aclu-sc.org/lapdracialprofiling.



The ACLU/SC will be making the following recommendations to the LAPD:

* Continue collecting data for racial profiling & use it -

annual analysis to find problem officers, shifts, or divisions.

* Improved Antibias Training - Must teach officers to recognize own biases and defuse them. Cultural sensitivity.

* Improved Complaint Investigations. Don't look just at whether officer can give a reason for the stop; look at pattern of behavior across stops.

* Informed Consent --- Consent searches are up to officer's

whim, and so subject to abuse. Use consent forms that tell people they can refuse to give consent for a search.

To confirm your participation or if you have any questions, please

contact me at 213.977.5205 or emeza@aclu-sc.org.

Thank you for your support,

Elvia Meza

Field Manager

ACLU/SC

213.977.5205

emeza@aclu-sc.org

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http://www.aclu-sc.org/contents/view/3

Racial Profiling & The LAPD: A Study of Racially Disparate Outcomes in the Los Angeles Police Department

A report commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California shows that black and Hispanic residents are stopped, frisked, searched and arrested by Los Angeles Police Department officers far more frequently than white residents --dramatically demonstrating that the LAPD must do more to eliminate bias from its policing.

This report, released in October 2008, was prepared by Ian Ayers, the William K. Townsend Professor at Yale Law School, and Jonathan Borowsky, research assistant, Yale Law School.

Download a pdf of the full report.

http://www.aclu-sc.org/documents/view/47

Download a pdf of the four page executive summary.

http://www.aclu-sc.org/documents/view/48

Download a pdf of our letter to the Police Commission discussing the report.

http://www.aclu-sc.org/documents/view/49

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http://www.aclu-sc.org/news_stories/view/102806/

LAPD Undermining Civilian Complaints

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Civilian complaints about serious misconduct by L.A. police officers are downplayed by investigators, a recent citywide audit found for the third year in a row. Now the ACLU/SC has told the Police Commission, which oversees the department, that "three years is enough." The ACLU/SC called for civilian investigators or civilian supervisors.to take over responsibility for investigation of serious complaints from police officers, who currently investigate themselves.

"Civilian complaints should provide an early-warning system for internal problems and an opportunity to respond directly to community concerns about how they are policed," the ACLU/SC's letter stated. "If the Department is committed to winning the trust of all Angelenos, it should make an effective complaint process a priority."

The February audit found widespread problems in nearly half of inquiries into excessive use of force and other serious misconduct. Police officers repeatedly discounted evidence and exonerated officers based on statements from witnesses that did not appear on taped evidence.

Related

Letter: Read the ACLU/SC's letter to the L.A. Police Commission on civilian complaints (pdf)

http://www.aclu-sc.org/attach/l/lapd_comms_board_letter.pdf

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http://www.lacity.org/oig/isgrp1.htm

Office of the Inspector General's reports about LAPD conduct

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http://www.lapdonline.org/police_commission

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