EDITORIAL COMING CLEAN LAPD TO RESUME ANTI-TERRORISM AUDITS.SINCE 1997, 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 . has failed to conduct
mandatory audits to make sure that its anti-terrorism powers are used
for legitimate purposes - and not inappropriate spying. The potential
for abuse has many rightfully worried, and at last the department seems
to be taking corrective action A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or .
The LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. inspector general has announced that it will start performing audits again early next year, and the audits will be reviewed by representatives of the Police Commission. Assuming that all involved deliver on their promises, this is good news. Up until the early 1980s, the LAPD used its spying powers to keep dossiers on prominent individuals and organizations, often for political blackmail blackmail, in law, exaction of money from another by threat of exposure of criminal action or of disreputable conduct. The term was originally used for the tribute levied until the 18th cent. purposes. Civilian oversight is critical to ensure those sorts of abuses don't re-occur. |
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