Estimated number of people who attended Chief Bernard C. Parks’ swearing-in ceremony in 1997: 3,000
Percentage of allegations against LAPD officers that were sustained from 1998 to 2001, according to the Office of the Inspector General: 33
Amount of money the family of slain actor Anthony Dwain Lee is seeking in its wrongful-death suit against LAPD after an autopsy report found that Lee was shot three times in the back and one time in the back of the head at a Halloween party in 2000: $5.1 million
Street value of the 6.5 pounds of cocaine Rafael Perez stole from Parker Center Property Group that eventually broke open the Rampart corruption scandal: $800,000
Number of officers suspended without pay because of the Rampart investigation: 16
Of the officers involved in the Rampart investigation, the number resigned: 10
Number of officers relieved of duty for various periods of time during the Rampart investigation: 45
Number of officers convicted over the Rampart scandal: 7
Number of officers who received official reprimands by LAPD due to the Rampart scandal: 19
Percentage of Rampart officers and those in other anti-gang units who former Officer Rafael Perez claimed falsified information about alleged suspects: 90
Number of convictions overturned that resulted from statements Perez gave in accordance with his plea agreement: 112
Number of people framed by ex-officer Rafael Perez and his partners between 1995 and 1998: 99
Number of federal cases still pending as a result of the Rampart scandal: 80
Amount of time Robert Candido spent in jail after he was beaten up, forced to touch a gun, then wrongfully arrested and framed by Rampart officers: 2 years, 4 months and 13 days
Amount of time Walter Alex Rivas spent in jail after Rampart officers framed him for selling drugs: 1 year, 11 months and 26 days
Number of years in jail to which Rafael Perez was sentenced in return for his testimony against his fellow Rampart officers: 3
Number of years Rafael Perez served in jail: Less than 2
Number of years to which Perez was sentenced in federal court for his role in the Rampart scandal: 2
Total amount awarded in 2001 to 29 clients of attorney Gregory Yates who were wrongfully convicted because of false testimony of ex-officer Rafael Perez and other Rampart officers: $10.9 million
Settlement awarded to Javier Francisco Ovando after he was handcuffed, shot point-blank in the head and framed by former Officer Rafael Perez and partner: $15 million
Amount awarded to George Alfaro after he was beaten, framed, wrongfully arrested and incarcerated for one year and 25 days because of false testimony given by Officers Rafael Perez and Ethan Cohan in 1998: $650,000
Amount former Police Chief Bernard Parks asked the City Council to budget in February 2000 for his proposed "integrity package," designed to fix the problems at LAPD: $9 million
Cost Los Angeles Police Chief Willie L. Williams incurred by successfully campaigning to overturn a reprimand by the Police Commission, which chastised him for lying to its members about whether he had ever obtained $1,545 in complimentary lodging, room service and telephone calls while vacationing in Las Vegas: $60,805
Amount the city spent in fiscal year 1997 to settle suits against LAPD: $9.85 million
Amount the city spent in the 1993-94 fiscal year settling suits against LAPD: $26.4 million
Number of claims and lawsuits filed against LAPD in 1996: 795
Number of claims and lawsuits filed against LAPD in 1994: 663
Amount LAPD paid in civil-lawsuit judgments, awards and pretrial settlements against police officers (not including traffic accidents) between the years 1991 and 1995: $79.2 million
Amount the city of L.A. agreed to pay gay-rights demonstrators in February 1997 in a settlement for police misconduct in a 1991 incident, while admitting no wrongdoing: $87,000
Number of officers who were discharged, removed or transferred in 1998: 4
Number of officers who were discharged, removed or transferred in 2001: 142
Number of officers who resigned or retired in 1998: 100
Number of officers who resigned or retired in 2001: 329
Number of officers suspended in 1998: 372
Number of officers suspended in 2001: 994
Number of official reprimands in 1998: 142
Number of official reprimands in 2001: 318
Number of admonishments in 1998: 395
Number of admonishments in 2001: 682
Number of suspension days in 1998: 1,642
Number of suspension days in 2001: 9,492
Average suspension days per employee in 1998: 4.4
Average suspension days per employee in 2001: 14.3
Number of sworn officers disciplined in 1998: 1,167
Number of sworn officers disciplined in 2001: 1,530
Number of Board of Rights hearings in 1998: 240
Number of Board of Rights hearings in 2001: 221
Number of department and citizen complaints received by LAPD from 1998 through 2000, excluding failure to appear, failure to qualify and preventable traffic collisions: 15,907
Number of department and citizen complaints received by LAPD in 2001, excluding failure to appear, failure to qualify and preventable traffic collisions: 8,655
Number of allegations of gender bias from 1998 through 2000, excluding failure to appear, failure to qualify and preventable traffic collisions: 59
Number of allegations of gender bias in 2001, excluding failure to appear, failure to qualify and preventable traffic collisions: 22
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