Interviews, memoranda, and the Inter-Agency Procedural Manual for Mass Arrests. These materials were collected by the Inter-Agency Team during its assessment of the Los Angeles court system.

Miscellaneous materials pertaining to the City of Los Angeles's Emergency Operations Organization (EOO), the local agency responsible for coordinating a response to a major disaster or emergency. Included are summaries of interviews conducted with LAPD personnel, as well as a booklet explaining the EOO and an Emergency Operations Improvement Study published after the 1992 riots.

Materials collected by the Inter-Agency Team regarding the policies, procedures, and operations of several local police departments aside from the LAPD.

Miscellaneous materials collected by the Inter-Agency team regarding the role of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in the response to the 1992 riots.

Summaries of interviews conducted with personnel from the City of Los Angeles's Emergency Operations Organization.

A research memorandum that reviews the emergency powers available to California state and local officials and the appropriate use of extraordinary remedies in emergency situations.

A research memorandum that discusses the history of the Los Angeles City Charter in terms of provisions and amendments that have affected the Mayor, City Council, the Chief of Police, and the Police Commission.

A research memorandum that describes the legitimate use of force, including deadly force, in police-citizen encounters.

A research memorandum that describes the history and scope of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. Its immediate objective was "to end the use of federal troops in former confederate states where civil power had been reestablished."

A research memorandum that examines the status of the retrial of Sergeant Powell in the case of the Rodney King beating, the federal case against the officers involved in the Rodney King beating, and the case against those charged in the beating of Reginald Denny on August 29, 1992.