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Deviance in law enforcement did not have to get out of control, but unfortunately it did. The Los Angeles CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) formed in the early 1970’s because law enforcement wanted to battle the crime caused by street gangs at Rampart Station. This organization developed its own rules and regulations. Basically they got a “big head” and police corruption ensued. Police officers planted evidence, perjured themselves, and beat suspects among other things. The higher ups in the department ignored the warning signs and that is why the deviance ran rampant. The CRASH unit should have been better supervised because if they were, these problems would not have happened.
It seems as though certain law enforcement officers may have had good intentions in the beginning and wanted to help eliminate the crime that was happening in the Rampart Station, but somewhere along the line, they changed their minds about what was right and wrong and decided to......

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