![explorers 1985 ludwig explorers 1985 ludwig](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOTcxMWM0NTUtNTRhNy00YjgwLTlmOWYtMjFhYmQyOTA0ZGFkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_.jpg)
![explorers 1985 ludwig explorers 1985 ludwig](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BLXxluaYLzE/TboNEP73OEI/AAAAAAAABTw/SO-HNGVXd7w/s1600/explorers-1.jpg)
Kalish begins to abuse a 14-year-old Explorer boy. 10ġ974: Advisor to the program Officer David J. As a reward for their work Hollywood cops began taking the Explorer girls (most of them 15-16 years old) on overnight weekend camping trips. LEEGS assisted cops on patrol and doing desk work. 9ġ974: Girls join the Explorer program, as Law Enforcement Explorer Girls (LEEGS). 8ġ962: LAPD’s Law Enforcement Explorer Program is established. Examples of this include Ronald Barnard, who won a stress pension from the LAPD for his claim that being found guilty of having sex with a teenage Explorer resulted in harassment, which caused him stress. Officers who abuse are often treated with leniency and afforded loopholes within the system.Inaction occurred across decades despite the rape and molestation of LAPD trainees as young as 14 in earlier youth programs 6, in 2017, under Chief Charlie Beck, the LAPD’s youth programs still lack formal rules forbidding officers from being alone with cadets and other minors. Supervisors often fail to protect victims.This is evident in both the 1997 5 Inspector General’s reports which reveal the number of domestic violence charges made against LAPD officers. Many incidents go unreported or are not made public.Abuse within the Explorer program has taken place in 28 different states over the last 40 years. The systemic abuse of women and children committed by police is not unique to the LAPD cadet program. There is a history of sexual abuse within law enforcement youth programs across the country.There was a lot of agreement.” 1 In 2017 Chief Charlie Beck continues the pattern with remarks that accusations of rape between Officer Robert Cain and a 15-year-old youth cadet appear to have been “all consensual, in that there was no force, fear or intimidation used.” 2 In 1976 then Deputy Chief Darryl Gates described the sexual relationships between six officers and sixteen teenage cadets as “no rape, no seduction. There is a pattern of verbally diminishing the seriousness of rape and abuse within LAPD.Victims include family members, intimate partners, members of the community in an officer’s patrol, youth in a community policing program, or someone calling the police for help. Each incident is not a moment in time, but a continuation of history. This timeline examines a segment of time spanning over 4 decades, but if these behaviors are consistent (and we believe they are), there would have been incidents of abuse prior and also occurring after. The abuse of children and women at the hands of LAPD officers is persistent over time.The purpose of this timeline is to establish a history of abuse committed by LAPD officers, track the responses of LAPD supervisors, and demonstrate that each incident is part of a larger police culture of violence, patriarchy, and sexual abuse that is allowed to exist. Click HERE for Word Format.Ī History of LAPD Domestic, Sexual, and Child Abuse