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Policing the Streets of Los Angeles by Craig D Uchida

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Part of Policing Perspectives And Challenges In The Twenty-First Century series

Summary

This book explores how LAPD has sought to regulate officer conduct in the face of repeated controversies over 60 years. It provides important insights into LAPD’s successes and failures, and makes recommendations for ways in which improvement in policing transparency and accountability can be made permanent.

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Policing the Streets of Los Angeles by Craig D Uchida

This book takes an in-depth look at the LAPD over a 60-year period, exploring the ways in which the use of force, particularly deadly force, has been controlled (or not) by internal and external forces.
The Department has been at the center of numerous controversies, including the killing of Eula Love (1977), the beating of Rodney King (1991), the riots that followed the acquittal of officers in the King beating (1992), the Rampart scandal (1999), questionable officer-involved shootings (OISs), and the complaints of over-policing during the George Floyd protests (2020). At the same time, however, the Department has been at the forefront of change and innovation. It continuously revises its policies regarding use of force, implements new training curricula, and has developed an extensive accountability process. Some of these changes have occurred voluntarily, others have been imposed or mandated upon them. Yet, despite these changes, the LAPD and its officers continue to be embroiled in issues regarding controversial shootings, charges of racial bias, and questionable tactics during social justice protests. The book is grounded in data, analysis, historical documents, and personal observations by the author. It provides details about each of the controversies and solutions that occurred, and, most significantly, it includes recommendations about how to make these positive changes permanent.

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Few researchers have been embedded longer in a police organization than Craig DUchida has in the LAPD. . . . This is a must-read for those interested in the complex history of big-city policing and the ongoing push for meaningful change.
Craig D. Uchida is the president and founder of Justice & Security Strategies, Inc.
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ISBN 13 9781666976458
ISBN 10 1666976458
Title Policing the Streets of Los Angeles
Author Craig D Uchida
Series Policing Perspectives And Challenges In The Twenty-First Century
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published 2026-08-20
Number of pages 234
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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