Scope and Content After the violence had subsided, the Webster Commission met with a variety of public officials, law enforcement personnel, activists, and community leaders to discuss the rioting, its root causes, and the adequacy of the LAPD's response. The series includes summaries of these meetings, including questions and comments along with the interviewers' own mental impressions, conclusions, and opinions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order, according to the last name of the...

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A roundtable discussion with Sheriff Sherman Block and several of his Chief Assistants, which functioned as a follow-up to a previous discussion about the Sheriff's Department's role and activities in the civil disturbance.

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A roundtable discussion with Executive Director Deborah Ching and Riot Relief Project Coordinator Pat Wong of the Chinatown Service Center. Ching and Wong focus on how the civil disturbance affected Chinese American business owners, discuss the adequacy of the subsequent LAPD response, and provide recommendations for future improvement.

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A roundtable discussion with Edward J. Flynn, Legal Director, and Jan Gustafson, legal staff member, of the Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN). Flynn and Gustafson discuss how the LAPD violated Special Order No. 40, which prohibited the LAPD from arresting undocumented aliens solely on the basis of their immigration status, during the civil disturbance.

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A summary and recollection of two Commission members' tour of the LAPD Central Dispatch Center, the City's Emergency Operations Center, and the Los Angeles Fire Department's Communication Center.

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A roundtable discussion with Jesse Brewer, Deputy Police Commissioner of Los Angeles, Peter Luukko, Southwestern Regional Vice President of Spectacor, and George Gonzalez, General Manager of the Los Angeles Sports Arena and Coliseum, about how the Coliseum and Sports Arena facilities had been used during the civil disturbance, and how they could be used in the event of future civil unrest.

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A roundtable discussion with Patrolman Chris Hajduk and Sergeant Tom Burris of the LAPD's Central Division about their experiences during the civil disturbance, the problems that they encountered, and the collaboration between the LAPD and other law enforcement agencies.

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An interview with Steven Sample, President of the University of Southern California, about his recollection of the civil disturbance and how the university's Department of Public Safety mobilized and responded to the violence and unrest.

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An interview with Gilbert A. Sandoval, Chief of the Los Angeles International Airport Police Department, about his Department's role in controlling the civil disturbance, and the collaboration between his Department and the LAPD. Also included is a Memorandum of Agreement between the Los Angeles International Airport Police Department and the LAPD.

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An interview with Kent Setty, Lieutenant of the LAPD's Pacific Division, about his background; the root causes of the civil disturbance; the preparedness of the LAPD to handle a major disturbance; the adequacy of the Pacific Division's response to the unrest; and his perception of community-based policing programs.