The Los Angeles Police Department's effort to end a federal consent decree imposed in the wake of the Rampart scandal got a boost Friday when the independent monitor overseeing the department said the decree should end.
LAPD Chief William J. Bratton is hoping that a federal judge on Monday will end the decree, which calls for federal oversight of department operations. The decree was enacted in 2001 in the wake of a scandal in which LAPD officers were accused of misconduct, including framing suspects.
