LA Politics Hobbles LAPD's War on Terrorism

Top LAPD Leaders Expose the Federal Consent Decree

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LAPD Assistant Chief David Gascon (retired)		LAPD Chief William Bratton

Los Angeles, CA…..This month Southern California's own Emmy Award-winning public access series, FULL DISCLOSURE with Leslie Dutton, takes on L.A. City Hall and the leadership of the Los Angeles Police Department in a pair of hard hitting two-part exposé's. 

Featuring in-depth interviews with Los Angeles Chief of Police William Bratton and outgoing Assistant Chief David Gascon, the pair of two-parters, LAPD: Politics vs Terrorism and LAPD vs The Feds examines how, and why, then-City Attorney James Hahn pushed the LA City Council to adopt an agreement (the controversial Federal Consent Decree) that will cost the city hundreds of millions of dollars and hundreds of police officers - Was the Consent Decree adopted as a "quick fix" out of political expediency without consideration of the cost and consequences to the LAPD?

Was Hahn motivated by a desire to serve the citizens of Los Angeles - or by his ambition to become LA's next mayor?  According to retired Assistant Chief Gascon, "Jim Hahn wanted to be mayor and needed to get (Rampart) lawsuits behind him right away. That is why he told the Council it (the Consent Decree) was in the City's best interest." 

In his interview with host Leslie Dutton, Gascon asserts that the City Council had a similar agenda as they were looking for an easy way out and the Federal Consent Decree presented that opportunity.  According to Gascon: "It was pure politics" . "They were looking for a way to "reform" the LAPD".  "When asked if the Council knew how much it would cost, Gascon replied "they didn't have a clue and did not even ask" what it would cost.  

Current Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton tells Dutton that while he estimates the cost of the Federal Consent Decree to be in "hundreds of millions of dollars" over the next five years, the real thrust of the decree is "to ensure the Department will be able to say it is not racist, not brutal and not corrupt."   

These programs examine two perspectives on the controversial Federal Consent Decree from the top levels of the LAPD as Leslie Dutton grills current Chief William Bratton and retired Assistant Chief David Gascon on LAPD: Politics vs Terrorism and LAPD vs the Feds, this month on FULL DISCLOSURE.

Full Disclosure Network® with Leslie Dutton became the first independently produced, privately funded cable access series to be awarded an Emmy by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in the field of Information and Public Affairs programming.

This year, Full Disclosure Network® attempts a repeat as LAPD: Politics vs Terrorism and LAPD vs The Feds are submitted for consideration for the 2002 L.A. Emmy Awards.

Full Disclosure Network® is independently produced and distributed to 40 cable systems throughout California. LAPD: Politics vs Terrorism and LAPD vs The Feds are scheduled to run in the Los Angeles area on the following cable channels at the times listed below.


Adelphia-L.A.-SF Valley-Westside #75   
Gascon:  Feb. 17th Monday 8:30 p.m. / Feb. 20th Thursday 8:30 p.m.
Bratton:   Feb. 25th Monday 8:30 p.m. / Feb.  27thThursday 8:30 p.m.
A T & T Hollywood-L.A. #43
Bratton:  Feb. 16th Sunday 9:30 a.m. / Feb. 23rd Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Gascon: Mar.  2nd Sunday 9:30 a.m. / Mar. 9th Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Time Warner So.  Pasadena-San Marino #6
Bratton:  Feb. 3rd Monday 5:30 p.m. / Feb. 10th Monday 5:30 p.m.
Gascon: Feb. 17th Monday 5:30 p.m. / Feb. 24th Monday 5:30 p.m.
A T & T   Inglewood-#35
Bratton:  Feb. 16th Sunday 11 a.m. / Feb.23rd Sunday 11 a.m.
Gascon: Mar. 2nd Sunday 11 a.m. / Mar. 9th Sunday 11 a.m.
A T & T Baldwin Hills-So. Central L.A. #38
Bratton: Feb. 23rd Sunday 11 a.m. / Mar. 2nd Sunday 11 a.m.
Gascon: Mar. 9th Sunday 11 a.m. / Mar. 16th Sunday 11 a.m.
Adelphia-L.A.,SF Valley-Westside #77
Gascon: Feb. 16th Sunday 10:30 a.m. / Feb. 23rd Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Adelphia-Van Nuys-SF Valley  #25
Gascon: Feb. 16th Sunday 10:30 a.m. / Feb. 23rd Sunday 10:30 a.m.
L.A. CITY(wide) Channel # 35   To be announced
L.A. Channel #36 (Citywide)
Bratton: Jan. 27^th 9:30 p.m. Jan 28^th 9-10 p.m.
Gascon: Feb 21st  Friday 1:00 to 2:00 p.m
 
Check the Full Disclosure Network® website at  www.fulldisclosure.net/Channels/channelsINDEX.htm for additional channels and airtimes.

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