Special Independent Commissions/Blue Ribbon Reports
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“National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission) Report,” New York: Bantam Books, 1968.
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“Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department,” July 1991. Click here to view report.
The Christopher Commission was established by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley to examine the structure and operation of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) following the March 1991 videotaped and controversial police beating of Rodney King in March 1991. The report includes an analysis of the LAPD’s recruitment and training practices, internal disciplinary system and citizen complaint system, and makes a series of recommendations.
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“Five Years Later: A Report to the Los Angeles Police Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department’s Implementation of Independent Commission Recommendations,” May 1996. Click here to view the report.
The Los Angeles Police Commission commissioned this report to evaluate LAPD progress in instituting reforms recommended five years earlier by the Christopher Commission.
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“Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department: Report by Special Counsel James G. Kolts and Staff,” July 1992. Click here to view report.
In December 1991, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County appointed James G. Kolts and staff to conduct a review of the "policies, practices and procedures of the Sheriff's Department including recruitment, training, job performance and evaluation, record keeping and management practices, as they relate to allegations of excessive force, the community sensitivity of deputies and the Department's citizen complaint procedure." The report, also referred to as the Kolts Commission report, includes a comprehensive assessment of the department and a series of recommendations
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“The City of New York, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Police Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Procedures of the Police Department,” July 1994. Click here to view report.
In July 1992, a commission (chaired by former judge Milton Mollen) was established: “to investigate the nature and extent of corruption in the Department; to evaluate the Department’s procedures for preventing and detecting corruption; and to recommend changes and improvements in those procedures.”
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“Commission Investigating the Death of Victoria Snelgrove: Appointed by Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O’Toole,” May 2005. Click here to view report.
The Commission, chaired by former U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern, examined how Boston Police Department officials prepared for and managed crowd control as fans celebrated a Boston Red Sox victory in October 2004. Victoria Snelgrove, a 21-year-old college student, was struck and killed by a “less-lethal” projectile fired by a Boston police officer. The report described the department’s failures and made recommendations to reduce the risk of police and public injuries or deaths in the future.
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"Board of Inquiry, Into the Rampart Area Corruption Incident," March 2000. Click here to view report.
"Board of Inquiry Executive Summary," March 2000. Click here to view summary.
Rampart Reconsidered - The Search for Real Reform Seven Years Later. Click here to view report.
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