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  1. Los Angeles. United States. Rampart scandal, official inquiry (1998–2000) into corruption among officers of the Rampart Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). More than 70 officers were implicated in misconduct, including unprovoked beatings and shootings, planting and covering up evidence, stealing and dealing drugs, and perjury.

  2. The Rampart scandal was a police corruption scandal which unfolded in Los Angeles, California, United States, during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The scandal concerned widespread criminal activity within the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department 's Rampart Division.

  3. "L.A.P.D. Board of Inquiry into the Rampart Area Corruption Incident" The Rampart Board of Inquiry was convened by L.A.P.D. Chief Bernard Parks on September 21, 1999 and the results of its investigation into the causes of the Rampart scandal were released in March 2000. The report concluded that "the Rampart corruption incident occurred because a few individuals decided to engage in blatant ...

  4. May 13, 2001 · Chief Parks contends that the Rampart case was exploited by the news media and police critics, and in the process became distorted beyond all proportion. “The media tried to make this the crime ...

  5. May 17, 2024 · Updated: May 17, 2024. Views: 40,248. The Rampart Scandal was a police scandal which broke in the late 1990s in the Rampart Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The events of the Rampart Scandal attracted the attention of the nation, and shocked many people, who were surprised by the depth of police corruption revealed during ...

  6. March 18, 1997 - Road Rage Shootout. Undercover L.A.P.D. officer Frank Lyga shot and killed off-duty L.A.P.D. officer Kevin Gaines in a case of apparent road rage. The shooting of a black officer ...

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  8. cut crime, LAPD gave Rampart CRASH officers wide latitude to aggressively fight gangs. According to the LAPD, gang-related crimes in Rampart Area fell from 1,171 in 1992 to 464 for 1999, a reduction that exceeded the city-wide decline in violent crime over the same period. This “success” of CRASH, however, came at a great price. Rampart CRASH

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