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	PBS - frontline: l.a.p.d. blues: aftermath: the streets of rampart today
		With nearly 300,000 residents, it is the city's most densely populated community and is home to an ever-increasing immigrant influx, predominantly from Central America.
		CRASH units were focused on intelligence-gathering: tracking gang activities and gang membership.
		Some attribute the Rampart community's failure to be more publicly outraged by the scandal to an immigrant population that is poorly politicized and, by upbringing, more tolerant of police misconduct.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/later/streets.html (1611 words)

	The Los Angeles police scandal and its social roots
		CRASH is the acronym for the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, an anti-gang program the LAPD implemented over a decade ago.
		CRASH officers also took revenge on anybody who complained to the LAPD about their methods, or who tried to interfere with their attempts at framing up people.
		The job of CRASH supervisors “in the loop” was to protect the CRASH line officers from investigation by higher-ups of their misdeeds.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/mar2000/lapd-m13.shtml (1944 words)

	Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums - WikiGTA - De Nederlandse Grand Theft Auto walkthrough!
		Het doel van C.R.A.S.H. was het terugdringen van de criminele gangactiviteiten, aangezien het geweld van gangs een steeds groter probleem werd in de stad.
		Het was de bedoeling dat C.R.A.S.H. agenten zich zouden mengen onder de gangleden, om zo meer inzicht te krijgen in de gangwereld.
		In 1992 komt Jimmy Hernandez hier ook bij, zijn eerste "klus" in dienst van C.R.A.S.H. is zijn collega Pendelburry vermoorden, waardoor al meteen blijkt dat het in Los Santos net zo'n fiasco zal worden als in de werkelijkheid.
	nl.wikigta.org /index.php/C.R.A.S.H. (184 words)

	Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, usually known as CRASH, was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department established in the early 1970s to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles, California.
		Each of the 18 divisions had a CRASH unit whose primary goal was to suppress the influx of gang-related crimes in Los Angeles that came about primarily due to the increase in narcotics trade.
		On February 26, 1998, two CRASH officers from Rampart were stripped of their jobs when allegations arose of a cover-up of the beating and asphyxiation of an 18th Street gang member.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Community_Resources_against_Street_Hoodlums (857 words)

	Terror in our streets: The Sun Special Report
		CRASH units, like the one corrupt cop Rafael Perez was part of at Rampart Division, were the front line but lacked departmentwide uniformity, and handled more of the drug busts.
		CRASH officers weren't given the same background scrutiny, including polygraphs, that narcotics officers are.
		The Rampart scandal in 1999 resulted in the disbanding of the CRASH units amid another round of scrutiny and investigation of a deeply demoralized LAPD, and was central to the federal court consent decree imposed on the department.
	lang.sbsun.com /socal/gangs/articles/ALL_p2main.asp (2200 words)

	One Bad Cop
		To officers of the Rampart division of Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, called by its acronym, Crash, gang members deserved whatever fate awaited them, whether it was death in the crowded communities they had made so dangerous or prison sentences that would keep them behind bars until they were old.
		Crash officers worked in tough places and were expected to confront violence with violence.
		Rampart Crash, which varied in size from a dozen officers in winter to as many as 20 in summer, when gang activity peaked, was an especially tight-knit group.
	www.truthinjustice.org /20001001mag-lapd.html (7467 words)

	Police escapades reminiscent of days gone by
		Rampart Division's Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, or CRASH, is now under investigation by the city and the FBI for civil rights violations.
		What it does represent is a commitment to the community and a greater responsibility for its maintenance and safety than the general population.
		More officer interaction with the community would help remove some of the tarnish brought on in recent years to the LAPD and all other law enforcement agencies.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V138/N16/02-police.16v.html (607 words)

	PBS - frontline: l.a.p.d. blues: rampart scandal: crash culture
		CRASH officers were required to get to know gang members--their names, habits, friends--to keep on top of gang activity.
		The primary mission of the CRASH unit is to gather intelligence on the criminal street gangs that exist within their geographic division and to monitor their activities.
		Through a combination of things, CRASH being one part of it, I think there was an impact on the quality of life in Rampart Division, in the level of violence and the level of crime that the gangs were participating in....
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/scandal/crashculture.html (3464 words)

	Justice Department Should Mandate L.A. Police Reforms (Human Rights Watch, 14-3-2000)
		INS agents allege that the Rampart CRASH unit violated a city ordinance, known as Special rule 40, which prohibits police from initiating actions to determine whether an individual is in the country illegally.
		Others may have believed complaining about the CRASH officers would be futile, given the apparent impunity those officers enjoyed, or may have feared making a complaint because it might interfere with defending themselves against any criminal charges (whether legitimate or fabricated) they faced.
		Community meetings with IG staff should also be held so that the IG is able to learn about emerging issues of concern.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2000/03/14/usdom448.htm (2238 words)

	The Los Angeles police scandal and its social roots Part 4 of a series
		By a 3-2 vote the Commission found the shooting out of policy, siding with Eglash against Parks, on the basis that the officers' belief of danger was not objectively reasonable, and that alternative means of diffusing the situation existed.
		However, when it came to light that the FBI was deeply involved in the Rampart CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit's abuses of immigrants, the impartiality of a federal investigation was called into question as well.
		That is on top of the nearly $70 million the city paid in lawsuit settlements against the police in the five years between 1993 and 1998.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/mar2000/lapd-m16.shtml (1383 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Community Resources against Street Hoodlums
		Community Resources against Street Hoodlums, usually known as CRASH, was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, Rampart Division, devoted to reduction of gang violence.
		In August 1998, the same month that Chief Bernard Parks claimed that the Christopher Commission reforms were "essentially complete", officer Rafael Perez, a nine-year veteran of the department, was arrested for stealing six pounds of cocaine from an evidence room.
		In September 1999, in exchange for partial immunity from prosecution, he testified about a pattern of abuse and misconduct that threatened to overturn thousands of criminal convictions, accusing about seventy fellow CRASH officers.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Community_Resources_against_Street_Hoodlums (204 words)

	Los Angeles - Rampart Probe
		CRASH officers, particularly in the Rampart Division, operate in an intense environment.
		She alleged that CRASH officers ransacked her home in November 1995 when they executed a search warrant in pursuit of her son.
		Their views were captured in a series of sworn declarations filed in support of the two court injunctions against 18th Street gang members.
	www.truthinjustice.org /rampart.htm (2014 words)

	Jack Dunphy on NRO
		The population is predominately poor and Hispanic, and it is no exaggeration to say that the 18th Street gang is one of the primary cultural forces in the area.
		It was the task of Rampart's CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit to combat the increasing violence and corrosive influences of 18th Street's enterprises, which included murder, robbery, drug dealing, and extortion.
		Former officer Rafael Perez was assigned to the CRASH unit, and he was most effective in what was often referred to as a "war on gangs." Like all wars, this one was not without its atrocities.
	www.nationalreview.com /dunphy/dunphyprint052101.html (1282 words)

	Flipside - 03/22/00 - THE LOS ANGELES POLICE SCANDAL AND ITS SOCIAL ROOTS
		Typically Rampart CRASH officers used secret radio codes to accomplish this they would create a diversion to delay the investigation, such as claiming that other suspects were involved and on the loose.
		Rampart CRASH officers routinely planted drugs, guns or other evidence on arrestees, or fabricated probable cause the constitutional prerequisite to search or arrest someone.
		Once in the unit, the officer's conduct was closely monitored to make sure he or she could be trusted to be in the loop.
	web2.uwindsor.ca /flipside/vol3/mar00/00mr22b.htm (1921 words)

	US v. LA Police
		The Community Interveners desire to intervene to help ensure that the reform sought is successful and to be able to participate in that reform process.
		Although the Community Interveners may have a protectable interest related to the subject matter of the litigation,[FOOTNOTE 5] it is doubtful that their interests are impaired by the litigation.
		The fact that the Community Interveners may be also interested in enforcement of the consent decree is not fatal to their permissive intervention request.
	www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/apr/0155182.shtml (4570 words)

	LAPD: Law And Disorder
		It turned out that CRASH units engaged in self-recruitment like armed fraternities, "jumped in" (hazed) their own members and engaged in shooting, beating, framing, planting false evidence and turning immigrants over to the INS for immediate deportation and held awards parties at the police academy afterward.
		CRASH units routinely "jam" and strip homeboys on street corners, photograph their tattoos and arrest them for trivial offenses like loitering or warrant violation.
		The LA liberal community was initially slow to respond to the Rampart scandal, in part because it was about police abuse of gang members rather than law-abiding persons of color.
	www.commondreams.org /views/032400-102.htm (1385 words)

	Disgraced LAPD Unit Sported Grim Tattoos
		Nearly a dozen police officers of a disgraced anti-gang detail sported a grinning skull tattoo, one of several fearsome logos adopted by Los Angeles Police Department elite units, it was reported Tuesday.
		Rafael Perez, the ex-officer at the heart of a corruption scandal, was among the current and former Rampart Division CRASH members tattooed with the skull, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing officers involved in the unit.
		CRASH stands for Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums.
	www.streetgangs.com /topics/2000/020800lapdtatoo.html (455 words)

	ExcusesSpecialOrder40 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 2000, the LAPD gang task force called CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) now defunct, was successful, city-wide, in reducing gang related crime.
		Although some CRASH officers were justifiably found guilty of abusing suspects and falsifying reports, part of their success was attributed to ignoring Special Order 40 and working with the INS (now ICE) in getting gang members deported.
		Regardless of the unorthodoxy by these rogue cops, they proved that gang members could be successfully deported even when not charged with a crime when pressure was put on the INS to get involved.
	www.lawatchdog.com /ExcusesSpecialOrder40.html (175 words)

	3 Of 4 Officers Convicted In Police Corruption Case
		The officers were members of the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, or Crash, unit of an inner-city police station, the Rampart Division.
		The unit was created to use aggressive tactics against street gangs, but Mr.
		In one instance, prosecutors said, the police planted a gun on a gang member and rubbed the weapon against his hands to create fingerprints and justify an arrest.
	www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v00/n1709/a07.html (860 words)

	Terror in our streets: The Sun Special Report
		Then-Chief Bernard Parks responded to the crisis by disbanding the LAPD's Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, or CRASH, units, which was its main weapon against gangs, because of concerns about how widespread the abuses were, and because of questions about the management and training of the units.
		The Rampart scandal added to community mistrust of the LAPD, cost the city tens of millions of dollars in settlements with victims of abuse and led to a federal consent decree, which places a series of restrictions on the way gang details operate, forcing gang officers and their commanders to do far more procedural work.
		A key objection to the consent decree is that it calls for gang officers to rotate out of the detail every three years - a requirement Bratton said would destroy the units' effectiveness by eliminating the intelligence bank that is at the core of understanding and suppressing gangs.
	lang.sbsun.com /socal/gangs/articles/dnp7_side.asp (708 words)

	LA cop corruption
		Perez's confessions of police misconduct have al-ready resulted in the release of one person from prison, and have shed doubt upon over 200 convictions from cases in which he was involved.
		CRASH teams mimic street gang behaviour in a number of ways, one being their habit of "jumping in" new members through a ritualized group beating.
		In 1988, officers in the South Bureau CRASH unit jumped a new member in a LAPD locker room, and beat him so severely he was permanently injured.
	www.cannabisculture.com /articles/8.html (2097 words)

	USAO/CDCA Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Durden and Perez, who in October 1996 were partners in the Rampart Division CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit, shot the unarmed Ovando in an apartment on Lake Street.
		After arriving at the location, a hotel at the corner of 8th and Alvarado Streets, the police officers confronted two individuals and arrested one of them even though he did not have a gun in his possession.
		Based on the reports filed by Durden and Perez and Perez's testimony at a preliminary hearing, the arrested individual, Jose Madrid, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
	www.usdoj.gov /usao/cac/text_only/pr2002/095.html (691 words)

	Los Angeles Police corruption investigated
		After officer Rafael Perez, who was present at the shooting, was allegedly caught stealing about 600,000 pounds of seized cocaine from a police locker, a new story of the Ovando shooting was revealed.
		Perez has traded testimony against his fellow officers for a lighter sentence, and now claims that Ovando was unarmed and shot in the head while he was lying on the floor in handcuffs.
		Brazen officers from the elite anti-gang unit known as CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) consistently imitated the street gangs they were supposed to be eliminating.
	www.november.org /razorwire/rzold/15/1434.html (383 words)

	Crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crash cymbal, a type of cymbal that is commonly found in drum kits, often used for a cartoon "crash" sound-effect
		Crash (Schedule duration), the effort to reduce the overall duration of a schedule
		Crash (Polish band), a jazz-rock band from Warsaw, Poland, that performed in the 1970's and '80's
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crash (485 words)

	Chief of LAPD Says Corruption Probe Likely to Involve More Officers
		Among the most disturbing findings of the probe, sources say, is that anti-gang officers in the department's CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) units may have emulated some of the rituals and habits of the gang members they were charged with policing.
		The suggestion that the police may have adopted the swagger and physical intimidation of gang members casts a pall across CRASH and provides a possible explanation for some of the misconduct allegations that are occupying the Police Department in its wide-ranging internal investigation.
		In 1988, officers in the South Bureau CRASH unit were disciplined for a similar hazing incident that left one officer permanently injured.
	www.worldfreeinternet.net /news/nws180.htm (1629 words)

	Police Scandal Could Mean Financial Ruin For LA
		The new scandal centers on the department's Rampart Division and its anti-gang unit called CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums).
		It was sparked by the revelations of rogue officer Rafael Perez, 32, who pleaded guilty to stealing eight pounds of cocaine from a police evidence locker.
		He agreed to testify against his colleagues for a reduced sentence.
	www.rense.com /ufo6/scan.htm (618 words)

	Tram Design
		CRASH Squad is a multiplayer modification to the game of Kingpin about the struggle between the CRASH Squad, LA's anti-gang suppression unit and the Crenshaw Mafia, a notorious LA street gang.
		CRASH, an acronym for Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, is Los Angeles's Rampart Division gang suppression unit and was quite possibly one of the biggest cases of Police Department corruption to date.
		The CRASH Squad must escort a VIP through the city of Los Angeles to his safety while the Crenshaw Mafia attempt to stop them.
	tramdesign.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com /crashsquad/mod_crashsquad.html (450 words)

	Opinion: Tarnished police trust
		There, police at one precinct who were part of a special anti-gang unit known as Crash (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) were allegedly as criminal as the people they were arresting.
		Renegade officers engaging in the same behaviors as the thugs on the street often are protected by a blue wall of silence.
		Special units are particularly susceptible to becoming abusive, because their special mission, independence, cohesion and general lack of supervision lead to an us-against-them view of the world in which extralegal methods are tolerated.
	www.sptimes.com /News/062300/Opinion/Tarnished_police_trus.shtml (527 words)

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