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... > contexts > named groups > persons > occupational groups > police > rampart investigation

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rampart investigation  

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  • The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Rampart Division scandal of the late 1990s involved a cabal of tightly knit cops within Los Angeles's Rampart police station who behaved like the gangs they were supposed to police. Giving currency to the phrase “gangster cop,” the officers robbed, stole drugs and sold them on the street, committed murder, and planted evidence to cover up crimes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Rampart Investigation, The]

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