Bill Pavelic Speaking Out, William Bill Pavelic Exposing Racism and Racist Cops

In 1991, Bill Pavelic established himself as the foremost insider critic of racism and corruption in the LAPD.

In 1991, Bill Pavelic established himself as the foremost insider critic of racism and corruption in the LAPD.  

Bill Pavelic has been the subject of many articles nationally and internationally for speaking out against and exposing racism that he personally witnessed as a LAPD Detective.

On June 30, 1992, Bill Pavelic sent the following letter to the Los Angeles Sentinel concerning the institutionalized racism, corruption, and sexism, of the LAPD under Chief Daryl Gates’ leadership.


To: Los Angeles Sentinel Opinion Section

As a 19 year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, I am elated that Chief Gates was forced into retirement. His corrupt managerial style, coupled with his inflammatory and intemperate public comments, have done irreparable damage to the City of Los Angeles and its police department.

Daryl Gates and his close associates are suffering from a disease called megalomania……an exaggerated belief in their own greatness and that of the organization. In order to maintain a mythical status of being “the best law enforcement agency in the world” the LAPD management developed a bunker mentality and consciously impeded and retarded investigations or inquiries which reflected poorly on the organization. The “us against them” mentality required faulty analysis which was oftentimes based on pseudo reasoning, clever fallacies and distorted or manufactured evidence.

The disciplinary system under the leadership of Daryl Gates lacked consistency, uniformity and equality and sent a deplorable signal to others on the force, that it is OK to falsify official investigations, violate the LAPD manual, discredit the Code of Ethics and be dishonest as long as you are a member of management or have friends at the top who will protect you even when prima facie evidence of a crime is clearly evident.

Chief Gates has failed to hold accountable personnel under his control who were acting under the color of law and were exercising illegal direction under the guise of official authority. In no sphere of public life is this practice more repugnant than in law enforcement. Chief Gates, who morally bankrupt the Los Angeles Police Department, forgot, or never knew, that true leadership can be gained only by an intolerance of wrong doing…and…unless we all abide by the highest standards among ourselves, we have no business enforcing the law upon others.

Chief Gates used the Internal Affairs Division to intimidate those officers who dared to speak out against Los Angeles Police Department’s institutionalized racism, corruption, sexism, mismanagement, promotional cronyism and other sensitive issues. If the Internal Affairs Division didn’t get these “disloyal” police officers, like the Russian KGB, the organization could always count on the Medical Liaison Unit to send these officers to the Department shrink…to certify them as functionally crazy.

Under the leadership of Chief Williams, respect for individual dignity will once again become an integral part of the Los Angeles Police Department’s philosophy…a philosophy that will be based on the principles of professionalism, reverence for the law and harmony between the police and the community it serves.

Respectfully,

Bill Pavelic, Southwest Division

2008/7/5

AIDS Victim Who Sold Blood Was Detained, Released Several Times

@ 12:21 AM (16 months, 10 days ago)

The Associated Press

 

July 1, 1987, Wednesday, PM cycle

 

 

SECTION: Domestic News

 

LENGTH: 629 words

 

DATELINE: LOS ANGELES

 

An AIDS victim accused of attempted murder after selling his blood was detained and released five times in recent months despite efforts by authorities to confine him to a mental health unit, investigators say.

"He was a time bomb just ready to explode," Detective Bill Pavelic of the police department's mental evaluation unit said Tuesday. "We're very disappointed he was not held. ... There's something drastically wrong here."

Joseph Edward Markowski, a 29-year-old drifter, was charged with attempted murder Monday by District Attorney Ira Reiner after police discovered he was carrying a receipt for a blood donation. Markowski pleaded innocent.

Markowski allegedly told authorities he sold his potentially deadly blood for $8 to $10 a pint and sold sex on the streets of West Hollywood months after he had been diagnosed as having AIDS.

"I know that AIDS can kill. But I was so hard up for money I didn't give a damn," Reiner quoted Markowski as telling authorities.

Activists of the Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center criticized Reiner's actions, saying Markowski should have been treated better by society.

"It's important to see this gentleman as a victim, a homeless person wandering the streets with no housing available," said Eric E. Rofes, executive director of the center, at a Tuesday news conference.

Neither county officials nor psychiatrists who treated Markowski would discuss the case or respond to police comments Tuesday.

According to Pavelic, Los Angeles police first discovered Markowski had acquired immune deficiency syndrome last Feb. 3, after detaining him for walking against traffic on Sunset Boulevard.

On May 3, officers responding to a call found Markowski "crying, breaking down emotionally and stating that he would kill himself," the detective said.

On both occasions, Pavelic said, Markowski was sent to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center psychiatric ward or another county facility, but he was quickly released each time.

"We said that he had AIDS, that he was highly irrational, that he donated blood to various agencies and that he possibly had hepatitis," Pavelic said.

The sheriff's department picked up Markowski twice for similar incidents and sent him to a county hospital, with the same result, Pavelic said. Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Merlyn Poppleton refused to confirm the referrals, saying he was prohibited by law from discussing Markowski's record.

Last week, police were called to a West Hollywood bank where Markowski allegedly grabbed a security guard's gun and screamed "Kill me! Kill me! I have AIDS."

Markowski was referred to County-USC and again was released. However, police found a blood donation receipt, prompting the investigation leading to attempted murder charges.

Rofes and others who spoke at the news conference Tuesday said the charges ignore that Markowski was sick, homeless and in need of social services.

"Why do people with AIDS have to wait so long to get any governmental assistance?" asked Rofes. "Who is going to keep these people off the streets and keep them in food and clothing?"

AIDS is caused by a virus that attacks the body's immune system, leaving victims susceptible to a variety of infections and cancers. It is spread through blood and other body fluids.

The county Board of Supervisors proposed Tuesday that the county health department and district attorney be ordered to investigate plasma banks to determine if they received blood from Markowski.

The board also proposed a review of the operations of Plasma Productions Associates, which bought Markowski's blood, and similar plasma centers.

Officials of the companies have said a screening system and heat-treating process guarantee that the AIDS virus won't enter the blood supply.

 

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH