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Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, usually known as '''CRASH''', was a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department , set-up in the 1970s to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles, California . Every division had a CRASH unit which focused on collecting intelligence on gangs, tracking their activities and proactively trying to disrupt and prevent gang criminality and violence. RAMPART CRASH SCANDAL One such CRASH unit was stationed in the Rampart Division , which the rest of this article covers. In August 1998 , the same month that Chief Bernard Parks claimed that the Christopher Commission reforms were "essentially complete", officer Rafael Perez , a nine-year veteran of the department, was arrested on charges of stealing six pounds of Cocaine from an evidence room. In September 1999 , in exchange for partial immunity from prosecution, he testified about a pattern of abuse and misconduct that threatened to overturn thousands of criminal convictions, accusing about seventy fellow CRASH officers. Though three officers were convicted of obstruction of justice and other charges in October 2000 , these convictions were overturned that December. Three more reached plea bargains the next year. These events are sometimes referred to as the Rampart Scandal. MEDIA REFERENCES
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