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City Council directs negotiators to press DOJ for limited-monitor consent decree and timeline
Summary
Council members spent most of a special meeting debating a proposed Department of Justice consent decree for LAPD reform. Council gave its negotiating team direction to keep working with DOJ on a deal that preserves local control, clarifies the monitor’s role as a reporter not a manager, and phases in technical and staffing changes over time.
The Los Angeles City Council spent a large portion of a special meeting on Sept. 18, 2000, debating a proposed consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice over reforms at the Los Angeles Police Department and gave its negotiating team direction to continue talks with DOJ while insisting on limits to outside control.
Council members and staff debated the monitor’s precise powers, timelines for required upgrades and audits, and how to preserve local authority over day-to-day police operations. City Attorney James Hahn and the council’s negotiating lead, Mr. Deaton, told the council that the mayor’s office, the city attorney and negotiating team had agreed language that keeps the monitor’s role…
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