A standing ovation for that post.
Do you live in Los Angeles? Do you know anyone who works for the LAPD? I've lived in LA all my life and I have a close relative who worked at the 77th precinct (which is in the heart of South Central) before he started working undercover and the crap he had to put with from the denizens of South Central is beyond belief. Most LAPD officers exercise almost superhuman restraint in working in that environment. And the absolute bullshit I am reading on this board about how there is an institutional problem with the LAPD is sickening.
Of all the institutions in Los Angeles, the only instutitions that have attempted to maintain some semblance of professionalism are the Fire Dept and the LAPD. Everything else in the city has gone to pot, but the LAPD is still able to maintain relative order in a city with a citizen to officer ratio that is more than double what you find in cities like Chicago or Los Angeles. In LA, there are about 450 citizens to every police officer while in cities like Chicago and New York it is more like 220 citizens to every officer. Plus LA is spread out over a much larger area, so a lesser number of officers have to patrol a much greater area of terriorty.
On a final note, if the good citizens of South Central are upset with the LAPD, then the problem lies with the citizens and not with the LAPD. And if you don't believe me, I volunteer to take you on a tour of South Central. I go thru South Central several times a week. We can make it a walking tour and walk down Broadway or visit areas like the corner of Florence and Normandie or, better yet, we can stroll thru Nickerson Gardens and you can experience first hand what the LAPD does on a daily basis. I think an experience like that my change your perspective on who needs to re-examine how they are living their lives.
Dorner is a liar and fraud who should have washed out of the LAPD during training.
Chief Beck said the department conducted a thorough investigation of the incident which led to Dorner's firing and found that Dorner had lied:
That case was thoroughly adjudicated, it was reviewed at multiple levels, it went to the ultimate form of review in the LAPD, a board of rights, where a two-command officer and a civilian representative hear the entirety of the case, as represented by an attorney, and make a judgment.
Here is part of the LAPD's side:
An officer in Dorner's class who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to discuss the case, recalled Dorner as 'one of our problem children' who frequently pushed the bounds of authority.
A few days into training, the recruits were explicitly told to only wear white or black shoes for a conditioning run, the officer said. Dorner, however, showed up in bright neon sneakers. 'He thought he knew it all, that rules just kind of didn't apply to him,' the officer said. 'He was not a team player.'
According to the officer, Dorner was kicked out of his academy class at least one time, when he accidentally shot himself in the hand. Internal disciplinary records show that Dorner was suspended for two days for an accidental discharge in 2005.
Yet Dorner was given pass after pass. One guess why.
How DARE you say anything less than defamatory about the LAPD?
Boy, did you step in it now.
I see “apologies”, “backpedaling”, “re-education” and groveling in your future to get back in the good graces of many Freepers.
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Of all the institutions in Los Angeles, the only instutitions that have attempted to maintain some semblance of professionalism are the Fire Dept and the LAPD.
Where does shooting up a vehicle that is the wrong make and model fit in this continuum of professionalism that the LAPD maintains? Women shot during LAPD ex-cop manhunt had no warning, lawyer says
A standing ovation for that post.
