EX-EXPLORER CLAIMS ABUSE IN LAPD SUIT.Byline: Peter Hartlaub Daily News Staff Writer A former LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Explorer sued the city of Los Angeles
The woman, now 20 years old, also sued Officer John Rosales, accusing him of handcuffing and videotaping her during a pattern of ``lewd and lascivious lewd and lascivious adj., adv. references to conduct which includes people living together who are known not to be married, entertainment which aims at arousing the libido or primarily sexual sensation, open solicitation for prostitution, or indecent exposure of acts'' that lasted from July 1995 through June 1997. The Los Angeles Police Department's Explorer program was already under fire before the lawsuit was filed. Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. disclosed in April that the LAPD is investigating 95 allegations of misconduct against eight police officers. Only one of them, Rosales, was alleged to have engaged in sexual misbehavior. An LAPD spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit. Rosales' lawyer, Darryl Mounger, could not be reached. In the lawsuit, the woman claims she was sexually assaulted at a variety of locations, including the LAPD's Northeast Division station and Rosales' car. By failing to prevent the alleged sexual abuse, the woman claims the LAPD showed ``deliberate indifference to the rights and safety of plaintiff and other young women in the Explorer program.'' The woman sued for alleged childhood sexual abuse, assault, battery, false imprisonment false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. and a civil rights violation. |
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