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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing

    The Rampart Scandal in the 1990s finally led to meaningful police reform in the LAPD. But many LAPD watchers today wonder if the police department isn’t reverting to old, dangerous behaviors that lead to the unfair treatment of the city’s poor, minority residents. Monday , the LAPD will roll out its first batch of body cameras.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 27, 2015 • 1 min read

    The Rampart Scandal in the 1990s finally led to meaningful police reform in the LAPD. But many LAPD watchers today wonder if the police department isn’t reverting to old, dangerous behaviors that lead to the unfair treatment of the city’s poor, minority residents. Monday, the LAPD will roll out its first batch of body cameras. Officers assigned to the San Fernando Valley will begin testing the cameras next week, and South L.A. officers will get body cameras in mid-September. Is change coming?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    LAPD Reform Today, Terrible Traffic, and Remembering Katrina
    1. 0:00Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American PolicingYou’re reading this
    2. 16:35Web Roundup: Autoplaying Traumatic Videos
    3. 26:45Despite the Drought, California Sees Record Farm Revenues
    4. 33:21Traffic is Taking Your Time
    5. 41:56Katrina Refugees in L.A.
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand