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...area back, the L.A.P.D. established a special antigang unit, Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, or CRASH. In addition to their weapons and swagger, CRASH officers were armed with a powerful legal tool--sweeping antigang injunctions (since lifted) that gave them free rein to push around suspected gang members. Among the offenses the injunction covered: blocking sidewalks and carrying pagers...
...Angeles is not the mayor," says Robert Hansohn, the recently installed captain brought in to clean up the Rampart division. "It's the officer we put out there on the street in a black-and-white car with guns, badges, shotguns and assault weapons." In the '90s the CRASH unit certainly lived up to its name, with a confrontational style of policing that aggressively took back the streets. It seemed to be getting results. In the 1960s the area had 170 murders a year. Last year there were just...
That all changed when one of CRASH's own started talking. Perez says he was part of a tight-knit group of CRASH officers who played by twisted rules. This antigang fraternity acted a lot like a gang itself. When a new recruit joined the unit, CRASH members allegedly circled around and beat him--an initiation ritual that criminal gangs call "jumping in." In one case, a white CRASH officer leaving the scene of a police beating of a civilian--for which the city had to pay a $25,000 settlement--allegedly yelled out, "¡Puro Rampart! [Totally Rampart...
...past five years, a new police superintendent has turned the department around. Richard Pennington invited the FBI in, asking it to assign three agents to his new Public Integrity Unit. He tightened the screening process for recruits, looking not only for criminal records but also for money troubles that could make them susceptible to financial temptation. Complaints against the department are down 27% in five years, the city's murder rate fell 31% last year, and public confidence is growing...
...decades teachers have enjoyed almost complete autonomy over how they get their lessons across. It's not uncommon that if two sixth-grade classes in the same school are doing a unit on, say, the American Revolution, one teacher might focus on Paul Revere's ride and another on the Declaration of Independence. But these days, states and districts are taking steps to keep all teachers on the same page. California, Texas, Virginia and Massachusetts have adopted specified curriculums in the past few years. In New York City, the United Federation of Teachers is pouring $2 million into writing...