Summary of Professional and Bureaucratic Processes of Organizational Control: Internal Discipline in the LAPD by Linda M. Wallen, 1991 June 4
Scope and Content
O'Melveny & Myers, the firm for which Commission Chairman Warren Christopher worked, conducted research pertaining to the structure and organization of the LAPD. Included in the series are materials related to the firm's research and work product, including excerpts from city charter revisions, summaries of dissertations and books about organizational control of the police, memoranda on various structural issues facing both the LAPD and the Commission's investigation, an excerpt from the Manual of the Los Angeles Police Department, and a transcript of court proceedings in Collins v. City of Los Angeles, a civil case in which a female African-American police recruit filed a lawsuit against the city on the grounds of racial and gender discrimination.
Dates
- Creation: 1991 June 4
Creator
- From the Collection: Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Dept. (Los Angeles, Calif.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Extent
From the Collection: 52.5 Linear Feet (54 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
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