| In 1991, Bill Pavelic established himself as the foremost | | | | manual, discredit the Code of Ethics and be dishonest |
| insider critic of racism and corruption in the LAPD. | | | | as long as you are a member of management or |
| Bill Pavelic has been the subject of many articles | | | | have friends at the top who will protect you even |
| nationally and internationally for speaking out against | | | | when prima facie evidence of a crime is clearly |
| and exposing racism that he personally witnessed as | | | | evident. |
| a LAPD Detective. | | | | Chief Gates has failed to hold accountable personnel |
| On June 30, 1992, Bill Pavelic sent the following letter to | | | | under his control who were acting under the color of |
| the Los Angeles Sentinel concerning the institutionalized | | | | law and were exercising illegal direction under the guise |
| racism, corruption, and sexism, of the LAPD under | | | | of official authority. In no sphere of public life is this |
| Chief Daryl Gates' leadership. | | | | practice more repugnant than in law enforcement. |
| To: Los Angeles Sentinel Opinion Section | | | | Chief Gates, who morally bankrupt the Los Angeles |
| As a 19 year veteran of the Los Angeles Police | | | | Police Department, forgot, or never knew, that true |
| Department, I am elated that Chief Gates was forced | | | | leadership can be gained only by an intolerance of |
| into retirement. His corrupt managerial style, coupled | | | | wrong doing…and…unless we all abide |
| with his inflammatory and intemperate public | | | | by the highest standards among ourselves, we have |
| comments, have done irreparable damage to the City | | | | no business enforcing the law upon others. |
| of Los Angeles and its police department. | | | | Chief Gates used the Internal Affairs Division to |
| Daryl Gates and his close associates are suffering | | | | intimidate those officers who dared to speak out |
| from a disease called | | | | against Los Angeles Police Department's |
| megalomania……an exaggerated belief | | | | institutionalized racism, corruption, sexism, |
| in their own greatness and that of the organization. In | | | | mismanagement, promotional cronyism and other |
| order to maintain a mythical status of being "the best | | | | sensitive issues. If the Internal Affairs Division didn't get |
| law enforcement agency in the world" the LAPD | | | | these "disloyal" police officers, like the Russian KGB, |
| management developed a bunker mentality and | | | | the organization could always count on the Medical |
| consciously impeded and retarded investigations or | | | | Liaison Unit to send these officers to the Department |
| inquiries which reflected poorly on the organization. The | | | | shrink…to certify them as functionally crazy. |
| "us against them" mentality required faulty analysis | | | | Under the leadership of Chief Williams, respect for |
| which was oftentimes based on pseudo reasoning, | | | | individual dignity will once again become an integral part |
| clever fallacies and distorted or manufactured | | | | of the Los Angeles Police Department's |
| evidence. | | | | philosophy…a philosophy that will be based on |
| The disciplinary system under the leadership of Daryl | | | | the principles of professionalism, reverence for the law |
| Gates lacked consistency, uniformity and equality and | | | | and harmony between the police and the community it |
| sent a deplorable signal to others on the force, that it is | | | | serves. |
| OK to falsify official investigations, violate the LAPD | | | | |