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Negligence and Mediocrity

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Negligence and Mediocrity

In any organization regardless of their mission and vision , a key element plays the important role of guiding its members and ensures that their purpose is fulfilled . A leader does just that . Though achieving their goals are their main concerns , rules and proper procedures should not be neglected , but rather given the same significance as their goals .In the case of Rampart CRASH , neither of the two was

given the needed attention , which resulted to the heinous involvement of some of their officers in criminal activities and grave misconduct

Three separate incidents that occurred during 1997 and 1998 which includes a bank robbery , false imprisonment and beating of an arrestee and the theft of cocaine from the Department 's Property Division were apparently closely rooted . Investigations into these incidents led to the arrest and dismissal of officers from Rampart CRASH or were previously assigned to the station . Widespread allegations that a possible Departmentwide corruption may have been occurring alarmed the Police Department . Due to the gravity of the events , Los Angeles Chief of Police Bernard C . Parks formed a special Task Force to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter

The subcommittee findings showed that the officers involved had pre-employment background issues that would have disqualified them from being hired in the first place . Also , occurring instances of inadequate supervision and inefficient management controls proved to be a very significant factor that contributed in the events that took place . The demographics and culture of Rampart also played a critical role in the philosophy and behavior of its officers , and even their supervisors and commanding officers

Employment Background

Aspiring applicants must first pass a written exam , and then a panel will interview each applicant and will be given a numeric score , which places him or her on a civil service list . A medical exam , and psychological assessment and background investigation will be conducted if the candidate is chosen . There are 9 areas in which a candidate may be disqualified , this are his or her employment record , respect for the law , honesty , respect for others , mature judgment , military record financial record , driving record , and use of drugs or intoxicants ADDIN EN .CITE Parks20001 1143Bernard C ParksRampart Area Corruption Incident2000L os Angeleshttp /www .lapdonline .org /assets /pdf /boi_pub .pdf2007November 25 (Parks , 2000

Though various and complex methods of screening was prepared , weak application of these hiring standards was allowing precarious candidates to become police officers . Sheldon Kay of the Occupational Health Services Division stated that the best indicator of the possibility to commit unethical acts is the individuals past behavior (2000 Disregarding such important details may be detrimental

Management and Supervision

Rampart CRASH underwent three major organizational changes in a very short period of time . The constant change in their command team made it difficult to identify the bad cops from the good ones . The exclusion of Rampart from the Compressed...