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Interview with a Law Enforcement Specialist
This interview took place on October 10 with a retired police officer. He spent 32 years with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and had some very interesting things to say about the changes he has witnessed over the years.
What were some of the typical law enforcement issues when you first worked for LAPD?
We were responding to murders, arson, street crime and domestic disturbances though not as often nor as dangerously like we are today. We also had a lot of stolen cars and we had auto accidents with injuries to attend to.
Were you a beat cop?
Almost every cop starts out that way. Yes I worked the streets in what is now known as Korea Town. I also worked the streets in downtown Los Angeles, in Carson, and even in Watts. By my fifth year on the force I was patrolling in a squad car part of the time and working in the investigation unit as well. Street gangs were out there and beginning to create serious problems, violent problems, as they tried to protect their territory from other drug dealers coming into their neighborhoods.
Question: So you were there when the Rodney...
What was that like for a policeman in Los Angeles?
Answer: I still can smell the smoke from the burning buildings. It was very sad and frightening, and I was sent into an area where young African-American males were looting stores and setting fire to buildings. I saw two young African-Americans -- they may have been gang members -- pull a Caucasian man out of his car and beat him with a board. The man screamed for help and I fired a shot over the heads of the perpetrators and they ran, screaming racially-themed obscenities at me and at the man they had attacked. It was hell on earth.
Question: What are the most dramatic changes you have witnessed over those 32 years?
Answer: There are many more street gangs than before and they are more sophisticated. They have cell phones, they use social media to network with each other and they are armed with far more powerful weapons than when I started. Gang bangers listen to police radios so they know where cops are a lot of the time. Also, today there are citizen review boards that investigate police shootings and other police matters -- and so there…
Works Cited
Keen, Judy. (2012). Murders in Chicago: What can stop the bloodbath? USA Today. Retrieved October 11, 2012, from http://www.usatoday.com.
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