PRO: DOES SWAT NEED AN OVERHAUL?(Viewpoint)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: April 27, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Earl Ofari Hutchinson

BY any standard, the Board of Inquiry's recommendations to change the gender, culture and the scrutiny of the Los Angeles Police Department's SWAT unit are fair and much needed.

LAPD SWAT is exactly what the board says it is -- an insular, good-ol' boy, self-protective unit. It's such an iron-clad, closed-shop outfit that it has brooked no outside interference and direction. It has doggedly resisted admitting anyone other than ha...

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