American Police State, 1991 Mar.-May

Big Trouble for LAPD (American Police State), 1991 March 1 (pp. 1-24) [24 pp.]. ❧ White paper: LAPD certificate of release [1 p.]. ❧ American Police State. Monthly report, "first", 1991 March (pp. [1]-9) [9 pp., 2 copies]. ❧ American Police State. Monthly report, "second", 1991 April (pp. [10]-16) [7 pp.]. ❧ Scorecard of police activity from March 1991 - March 1992, [1991 March] [1 p., 2 copies]. ❧ Scorecard of police activity from March 1991 - March 1992, [1991 April] (p. 41) [1 p.]. ❧ American Police State, 1991 April 4 [1 p., 2 copies]. ❧ American Police State, 1991 April 5 [1 p., 2 copies]. ❧ American Police State, 1991 April 15 [1 p., 2 copies]. ❧ Louis Sahagun "Leader wants Police Union to join Bradley recall move" Los Angeles Times (1991?) [1 p., 2 copies]. ❧ The period of the great American Police State, [1991?] [1 p., 3 copies]. ❧ American Police State distribution list, [1991?] [1 p., 2 copies]. Complaints, suggestions, and support: Includes correspondence and telephone complaints, suggestions and support with regard to the LAPD, Chief Gates and the Independent Commission. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system.