Abstract This paper looks at the history of the Los Angeles Police Department as it relates to police culture and several major incidents leading up to the Rampart Scandal. The police culture of a young LAPD ultimately seemed to linger and affect the LAPD of today. The lack of supervision and positive community interaction seemed to solidify the primitive police culture. The History of Police Culture Leading to the Rampart Scandal The Los Angeles Police Department is one of the biggest and most
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority‚ Inc. Alpha Upsilon Zeta Chapter 2017 Scholarship Essay I value commitment‚ persistence‚ integrity‚ and service. Throughout my life‚ I have witnessed how commitment and success are correlated. Through commitment‚ I have learned that I am able to accomplish short-term and long-term goals through hard work. Although commitment is inarguably important‚ it is also imperative to have persistence. I strongly believe that hands-on service‚ engagement and leadership opportunities
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Los Angeles Dodgers Bankruptcy: Frank McCourt v. Major League Baseball Frank McCourt was very well one of the most hated people in Los Angeles in 2011. Fans of the popular baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers were in utter shock and dismay when the Major League Baseball team owner filed for bankruptcy just days before payroll was due. Since 2010‚ when McCourt and his wife Jamie McCourt filed for divorce‚ the MLB and commissioner Bud Selig have been keeping very close watch on the handling
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Catherine Zeta-Jones Catherine Zeta-Jones released in the year 2011 that she battles severe depression caused from her bipolar II disorder. Catherine‚ most famous for her academy award for best supporting actress for Chicago in 2002‚ spoke out about her illness to rid the stigma of mental illness. She also spoke out to help other people know that there is help available. She also has spoken about how her illness has made her appreciate life so much more. For her to speak out about her illness helps
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Atlantic waves and the way the tarmac appears like one long stretch of carpet laid on top of the solidified lava. Los Hervideros is located about halfway between the salt flats and El Golfo and has ample cliff top parking for visitors‚ so resist the temptation to pull into one of the many lay-bys as Los Hervideros is where all the real
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Zetas: The World’s Most Dangerous Cartel Juan Carlos Cazares English 111 Mr. Matson Poplar Bluff Abstract This Paper Explores three published articles that report about the famous and notorious Zetas Drug Cartel. They include the Zetas origin. Some of the leaders‚ or drug lords that are involved in the Zetas organization. Some of the crimes they have been rumored to have done. ORIGINS Mexico has been known to transport illegal drugs. There are several drug
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Los Vendidos Los Vendidos The majority of people have experienced the feeling of being named or put into a category that they do not belong. These assumptions and accusations are made by people just because of a person’s appearance physically‚ or where one may live. This is a problem that society has not addressed or given enough attention to being solved. In the play “Los Vendidos‚” written by Luis Valdez in 1967‚ Luis attempts to send a message to our society that stereotyping
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Los Vendidos means the sell-outs. All the characters in the play sold-out at some point during the play. The characters sold out both their races and their way of life. I would say that the person who sold out the most was the Mexican-American because he sold-out both his Mexican‚ his American heritage and way of life. He wanted to be perfect‚ so when he found that the Americans and the Mexicans had their flaws he sold them out. He now has to search for a new and perfect race to identify with. (He
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This cemetery is located in Los Gatos‚ California. I will buy a plot with that can accommodate two stackable caskets‚ so my husband and I can always be together. Los Gatos is where I chose to be buried because it is close to my family and my husband’s family. Los Gatos is a location that is easily accessible for both families to come and visit‚ without it being a strain because of distance. It is a beautiful city and very close to where I grew up. Los Gatos is the perfect location for me
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Partial Sums of the Riemann Zeta Function Carlos Villeda December 4th‚ 2010 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Riemann Zeta Function In 1859‚ Bernard Riemann published his paper “On The Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude”‚ in which he defined a complex variable function which is now called the Riemann Zeta Function(RZF). The function is defined as: ζ(s) = Σ 1 ns (1.1) Where n ranges over the positive integers from 1 to infinity and where s is a complex number. To get an understanding of
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