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...

Scope and Content In addition to analyzing the 1992 riots as a whole, the Webster Commission also divided into several smaller task forces and study groups, each of which addressed one specific aspect of the civil disturbance. The series consists of reports and appendices produced by five of these groups: the Chronology Team, the Public Officials and Community Team, the LAPD Team, the Comparisons Study Group, and the Inter-Agency Team. Also included are two copies of Webster Scope, a report that interprets...

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Correspondence and memoranda from several sources about conducting interviews in regards to the 1992 riots; surveys about the practices and policies of police departments in regards to planning for and responding to outbreaks of civil disturbance.

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Appendices to the Interim Draft Report of the Chronology Team. Included are graphs, charts, figures, and statistics associated with incidents reported during the 1992 riots.

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A report issued by the Public Officials and Community team of the Special Advisor's study. The report summarizes interview data about planning measures undertaken by the LAPD prior to the Rodney King verdict; the adequacy of the LAPD's response to the riots; the oversight of the LAPD by the City's civilian authorities; and the structure, management, and general "political climate" of the LAPD at the time of the riots.

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The final copy of a report produced by the Webster Commission's LAPD Team, which assesses the Department's preparedness to handle a major civil disturbance and the adequacy of its response to the 1992 riots.

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Materials related to the Webster Commission's Comparison Study Group, which aimed to compare the emergency planning measures of the LAPD with those of other major cities around the nation. Included are comparative statistics and data, a copy of the final report, and its appendices.

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Materials related to a final report issued by the Webster Commission's Inter-Agency Team. which evaluated the collaboration between the LAPD and other law enforcement agencies in the advent of the 1992 riots. Included is a copy of the final report and the report's appendices, which are comprised of interviews, memoranda, statistical analyses, handbooks, and other miscellaneous documents.

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The first part of the appendix to the Interim Draft Report of the Chronology Team. Included in this appendix are summaries of incidents, summaries of major crime types, summaries of structure fires, crime maps, a copy of a news release issued by the RAND Corporation, and other miscellaneous documents.

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The second part of the appendix to the Interim Draft Report of the Chronology Team. Included in this appendix is a riot events grid listing specific incidents and law enforcement's subsequent response.