CIVILIAN REVIEW UP FOR STUDY.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Calling it a step to restore public confidence in the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , the City Council on Tuesday asked a special panel to
look at the plan developed by Sheriff Lee Baca Leroy David Baca (b. May 27 1942, East Los Angeles, California) is the Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California.After graduating from Benjamin Franklin High School (Los Angeles) in 1960, Baca worked his way through East Los Angeles College before starting with the L.A. for a civilian oversight panel. ``I think the concept of having an independent civilian review panel is something we should embrace,'' Councilman Joel Wachs Joel Wachs served for several terms as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 2nd district. He was first elected by defeating incumbent James B. Potter. While in office, Wachs chaired the Public Works Committee and vice-chair of the Environmental Quality & Waste Management said. ``For discipline to be effective, it has to be believable be·liev·a·ble adj. Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible. be·liev  a·bil to the
public and to the officers who feel it is fair and just.''
The Baca proposal would create an Office of Independent Review with civilian lawyers and retired judges to oversee discipline of deputies in the Sheriff's Department. Under the council's 11-3 vote, the proposal will be sent to the special review panel that is looking at the LAPD's Board of Inquiry report into the Rampart Division corruption case, in which officers stand accused of assaulting suspects, planting evidence on them and lying in court to win convictions. One of those dissenting was Councilman Nick Pacheco Lauro "Nick" Pacheco, Jr. is an American attorney, politician, and a member of the Democratic Party. Pacheco served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council (1999-2003). , who said a similar proposal was made when he served on the elected Charter Reform Commission and was rejected. |
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