Los Angeles Police Department meltdown

Once considered among the most respected police departments in the world, the LAPD suffered a devastating fall from grace following the 1991 police officer beating of Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots stemming from the officers' acquittal in 1992. This book reveals a special inside study performed under the exclusive authority of LAPD Chief of Police Daryl Gates. The officers' accounts explain why the crime-fighting enforcement style was abandoned in police departments across the nation in favor of the less aggressive community-based policing model.--Back Cover.