Inside The LAPD DVD, A&E, 2001

For a century and a half, they have patrolled the streets of the City of Angels. Their history is a fascinating blend of scandal, redemption, reform and innovation.

The "Los Angeles Rangers"--the forebears of the modern police department--were organized in 1853, in response to the bounty killing of the man who had murdered Jack Whaling, the City Marshal. True to these renegade origins, the first 100 years of the LAPD were punctuated with accusations of vigilante justice, racial discrimination and corruption.

But that came to an end when William H. Parker took over the department in 1950. The model for a modern police chief, Parker radically changed the LAPD, streamlining the department, stressing discipline and accountability, and pioneering narcotics and civil rights enforcement.

While Parker's legacy still casts a shadow over the LAPD, events of recent years, including the Rodney King beating and the Rampart scandal, have highlighted the challenges of policing a city as vast and diverse as Los Angeles.

Filled with archival images, interviews with LAPD insiders and extensive footage, Inside The LAPD is a story beyond even Hollywood's imagining.

100 minutes, DVD ONLY, DI8325 / $29.95

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