COP GANGS?
Anyone ever hear of cops forming their own gangs? Apparently it is happening in LA, thousands of cops with little oversight, hundreds of precincts and neighborhoods.
"In a comment that appears to come from a fellow deputy, the individual says that if these organizations don't constitute criminal gangs, then they're close to it.
"I can’t say whether the Regulators or Vikings or Banditos are a criminal street gang, but they’re close to it," said one survey respondent who identified obliquely as a "county stakeholder representative." This person continued: "The reason you can’t answer that is that it’s never been investigated…The culture is so pervasive within the department. There are many people who are in places of management that may have been part of the same cliques, or precursors of them."
One group in particular has been singled out for its bad behavior.
Some complained that the gangs are a threat to other deputies.
The Banditos are a menace to their non-clique colleagues - the report describes “alleged workplace harassment, incivility, intimidation, and retaliation, leading to 'brawls in the parking lot.'"
Almost as troubling, the RAND report claims the Banditos have used violence against inmates in LASD custody as an initiation rite, requiring initiate deputies to use "unnecessary force" before they can receive the clique's tattoo — a skeleton in a Sombrero holding a revolver."
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