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University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 15. 1991
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L.A. police brutality illustrates need for reform, speaker says
By Heather Anderson
Kansan staff writer
Incidents of police brutality in Los Angeles have shown that the officers were arrogant and lacked sensitivity, and that the Los Angeles Police Department said yesterday.
John Driscoll, general manager of the police department's personnel division, spoke to about 35 people last night at 203 Green Hall and will speak to a group of public administration students tomorrow.
He said that the videotape showing police beating Rodney King last spring triggered hostility toward police officers from the community.
Los Angeles police were accused of racism after severally beating King, an African-American man, when they stopped him for speeding.
"All of the anxiety and anger from before came to the forefront after the video."
He predicted significant changes in the recruitment of police officers and a new police chief.
Los Angeles is seeking a police chief who is aware of ethnic groups, wants to be partners with the community, and would like to discriminate discrimination. Driscoll said.
He said that this differed from a previous emphasis on the ability to manage people and reduce crime
John Driscoll. LAPD
The department also will train police officers to work better with the culturally diverse community, Driscoll said.
He said that some officers still thought that violence was the way to handle certain situations. This thinking needs to be realized and addressed by the police department, he said.
Because 60 percent of Los Angeles residents are minorities, a strong effort has been made to recruit police officers from all ethnic groups and women in the last 10 years, Driscoll said.
However, once minorities join the force they often begin to feel more like police officers than minorities, he said.
Because most peoples' attitudes change when they became police officers, it should not be surprising that many of them also mentalities also change, Driscoll said.
An advantage of such changes in attitude is more camaraderie among police officers, he said.
He also said that other recommendations had been made on ways the police department could improve. One suggestion was to put video and audio equipment on police cars to film arrests.
Barbara Romzek, head of the public administration department, said Driscoll was asked to speak at the Uni- tion about all of his expertise as a public manager.
His speech to students tomorrow will be beneficial because the incipiant that took place in Los Angeles highlight problems that all cities have, she said.
U.S. House approves jobless bill
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House resoundingly approved a $5.2 billion measure yesterday giving extra benefits to the long-term jobless as Congress neared an end to its four-month duel with President Bush. Lawmakers said the first checks could be in the mail by Thanksgiving.
By a 396-30 vote, the House sent the Senate the compromise measure, which was crafted after Bush joined a Democratic effort he long resisted. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, promised to rush it to Bush "as fast as we can."
number of people filing for new jobs
claims in six months. Claims for the
week ending Nov. 2 reached 454,000, a
33,000 increase over the previous week
and a figure that experts said meant
that layoffs were continuing.
The president's promised signature will ensure that 3 million people who have used up the standard 26 weeks of unemployment benefits during the recession can qualify for up to 20 more weeks of coverage.
After a battle that saw Bush kill two earlier versions of the bill, congressional Democrats and the president clashed over the blame but blamed each other for the delay.
The action came as the Labor Department announced the highest
Democrats said Bush had changed his stance after noting his popularity was dropping. "Heck, if there's another drop in the polls in the next round, we may pass our whole legislative agenda," Mitchell said.
Bush countered that the initial bills had violated last year's budget agreement by relying on emergency borrowing that would have driven up the deficit.
He also said those bills were simply attempts to embarrass him by forcing him to authorize such borrowing, an
action that would have proven uncomfortable for a president who was arguing to be indicted.
"We could have had it last summer if certain leaders up there hadn't tried to inflict a political defeat on me," the president said.
In the end, Democrats relented on the question of funding. The final version of the bill would be paid for largely by forcing people with high, quickly rising incomes who pay estimated taxes to make their payments faster.
Democrats noted that the bill's benefits package was nearly identical to the measure Bush killed last month.
"It took several more trips overseas and a lost Senate race in Pennsylvania, but the Bush White House has finally found a jobless benefits package it can agree to." said Rep. Calvin Dooley, D-Calif.
The bill would cover most people who have depleted their benefits since last March 1 or will do so before July 4.
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