"Officer Fanchon Blake files a discrimination lawsuit against the LAPD"

Reporter Dick Garten interviews Officer Fanchon Blake who has been with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for almost 25 years. Women are limited in advancement beyond specified levels within the LAPD. After years of meetings, surveys and taking the matter to the Police Commission, she has filed a discrimination lawsuit with the Equal Opportunity Commission against the LAPD. Blake believes this is the only way it will be resolved, and talks about the issues that led to her filing and what she hopes will happen if it is resolved in her favor.

Note: The KTLA newsfilm collection at UCLA consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound.

< Back to the UCLA KTLA News Project