I have been watching these 90’s documentaries and am beside myself noticing how compliant the gangsters were. So much has changed and people have become more violent the cops have it more difficult these days.This squad was able to sit down and enjoy a meal lol they had it good compared to today.
You have no clue what the hell you’re talking about. Rafael Perez does that name Ring Bell. Cops are tyrants over 40% are corrupt. That’s 10% more than the sheriff deputies in LA county sheriffs are the most corrupt sheriff department in the country. So what you’re saying is completely unfounded have no place for it and you should really do research before you talk.
😅I am about their age as my academy class(no in So Cal) was 1982. I switched to firefighter/medic after completing Paramedic school in 1987(in L.A.)! Times have changed a bit since then!!
Nah crash was actually ineffective they would photograph and put people on file who weren't even gang members and it didn't even curve gang violence in LA. What they should've done was use the money to create programs, camps and focus on the elementary age kids to sway them from joing. Check out the watts bears program which actually statistically lowered crime and encouraged civilians to work with the officers on solving crimes. CRASH was created to fill prisons to fuel the privatized prison system for profit.
@@bryanvalle8156 its stil around just rebanded as "GED" or Gang Enforcement Detail. Each of the 21 Lapd partol divisions have a GED team and they stick out due to their cars not having lights on the roof. Some gang members still refer to GED as a crash
@@bryanvalle8156 its still around it was just rebranded as "GED" or Gang Enforcement Detail. Each of the 21 lapd patrol divisions have a ged team, despite being rebranded the GED still carry the customs of Crash such as the slick top patrol cars.
you say "you don't know how anyone could do their job now" .....Do you know lapd is one of the highest paying police dept in the country? Their average salary is 100k, beautiful weather 24/7 365, beaches, best health insurance, inclusive department, much much lower and less violent crime than the gang days...people come from all over to work for california departments.
That's becuase they were crash unit and known gang members were already on parole. Once your on parole and your a known gang member you pretty much forfeit your rigths. They have no choice but to let them stop them.
@@bryanherrera8520 You watch too many liberal west coast movies. The police know these guys on a first name basis if they run they know exactly where to go pick him up at his mama's house in bed at 11am on a wednesday.
That’s the reason why CRASH was dismantled for their ruthlessness and corruption dealing drugs themselves, starting with officers Rafael Perez getting arrested, after his arrest he snitched on many other officers being corrupted.
TV was very clear in the antenna days. When the format switched to digital is distorted most of the old camera footage when played back over high definition.
@@Grass1981Even this they didn’t deinterlace. See the tearing when there’s motion? If this was deinterlaced properly, it’d be at 60fps with very smooth motion. Other than that the picture quality is excellent. This was probably shot on betacam SP or digital betacam, which was really the pinnacle of SD video quality.
LOL you generation zoom zoom kids don't know technology whatsoever. TV was very clear back then, it's not like in the 90s we sat at home and watched pixelated distorted stuff. We watched that stuff on *our computers* with Real Player back then. Dag nam younguns
I live here in Westchester/Culver city. Bad areas around though not nearly the worst. I wish police were still like this. They act like they don’t care anymore, which I can’t blame them.
That haircut on officer snyder was a staple in the lapd crash unit, I had a few run ins with crash as a youngster and the officers that sported that haircut always meant business
I worked Hollenbeck CRASH in the 80s, South Bureau CRASH (Southeast) in the 90s, Detective as DSD GANGS and Sergeant II at Gang and Narcotics, Gang Intel OIC. These units are nothing like they used to be. Liberal mayors and inept and scared police chiefs have gutted the department. Now, active aggressive policing is rare, if not gone. Officers are afraid to do their job in fear of being charged with bogus crimes by a worthless, former LAPD, liberal DA. DA Gascon has never tried a criminal case and never worked as a deputy district attorney. He went from chief of San Fran to San Fran DA. LAPD IS DOWN OVER 2000 OFFICERS. Glad I retired in 2015 and feel sorry for cops on the job now. Tons of LAPD have left for Orange and Riverside counties, and also out of state.
Sad. Policing everywhere (but especially in CA) has gone to shit. Because of liberal politics and defunding and especially in blue states/areas. We’ve shot ourselves in the foot in this country. The criminals have all the advantages now and get the vote. Sad world we live in. We need to go back to the old school ways.
I was a cop from 2013-2018, I remember watching this show in the 90s and dreaming that this would be how my LE career would be one day. It was anything but. The job has become way too political now. We need policing like this in America again. This documentary takes me back though and makes me long for the 1990s. No smart phones or social media, music was still music, movies and tv shows were still worth watching, the police were still allowed to do their jobs and the criminals went to jail, and you just worked hard took care of your family and lived your life. I long for that more simple way of life nowadays. America needs more of this.
Seems like ages ago. I remember cruising around in the Impala, then we switched to the Crown Vic. No google maps then, Most fondly I remember the camaraderie in my unit. We were a family. I served on the other side of the nation, with NYPD. I always envied the L.A.P.D. for having black-and-whites rather than our baby blue units.
giving an underage smokin ticket is crazy lol and did u see when they storm the house, thats no SWAT team bro, thats REGULAR Police man and women, DAAAAAMN! and also everyone touching evidence without gloves haahaha
These guys look like cops. The cops around here: sleeve tattoos, beards, and look like they slept in their uniforms that are complete with black tennis shoes.
Only dude I knew back in the day on Slauson was known as Squeaky. My relatives lived side by side on Slauson. I remember some crazy night's out there. This was back in the mid 80's all the way towards the early 90's. The projects were just around the corner and stoner high school. I lived in Inglewood damn how a lot has changed.
Crash cops were highlighted in the movie 'Colors'. Regular patrolman and crash guys where very competitive against each other and didn't get along to well. There was a scene in the movie Colors when a patrolman told a crash guy to ' go take a flying fuck' the rivalry is real folks!
When I first got on the Job we had the Chevys. My FTO told me "faster boot, faster" going to back up a guy on the highway. 140 mph. White knuckles! Now all the Arkansas SP pursuits are above that speed! Stay safe every one. God bless.
Heck yeah. I loved the Chevy Caprice police cars. They had the Corvette engines in them. I think the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Chevy's had them. I had a 94 and then I got assigned a 95 or 96. No one would get away during a pursuit in those cars.
Man the 90s were off and poppin best decade hands down growing up in Los Angeles San Gabriel valley had to deal with the local cops and the sheriff department. Where I lived I dealt with Rosemead cops, Montbello cops, and El Monte cops along with the LASD within a few blocks either way. But it was fun
@@davidatkinson8515 there is but they're grainy and generally low quality. The quality of these videos however are amazing for the 90's and was wondering if the poster had any of a similar quality of Life on the Beat
I grew up in South Los Angeles in the 80’s 90’s I almost got murdered by 3 huge black gangster Crips, all of them had high power handguns. I was only 15 years old. It was one late night after midnight and me and my friend were smoking weed in the alley by my house, that alley was their “hood”. It was dark and all we seen was 3 really big tall black gangsters with big guns on their hands walking up to aggressively asking us if we were from a gang and we said no, they didn’t believe us, and they told us to pull up our shirts to see if we had any tattoos. Let’s just say us not having any tattoos is what saved our lives. After that night I ended up joining a gang, through out my teenage years and young adult life I’ve been shot at, shot, chased, jumped, harassed by LAPD etc.. 75% of my childhood friends were brutally murdered. Moral of the story is in the 80’s 90’s in South Los Angeles ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVED AND THE LUCKY 💪🏽
Crash cops didn't fuck around! They usually recruited big strong cocky ex college football players and military special forces guys! You don't fuck with these guys! All business folks! The streets need tough cops like this!
@@md-wg4bz not this guy speaking, but when these episodes aired on the Discovery channel around 1998, I easily remember Dutton’s voice as the narrator.
A good officer’s worst enemy is policy makers and his own bosses. They hold them back for the sake of risk management. It’s almost impossible these days to do real policing and criminals know it.
The police night stick - helping police BEAT drug dealers at their own game! Thanks for what you do and stay safe.
I have been watching these 90’s documentaries and am beside myself noticing how compliant the gangsters were. So much has changed and people have become more violent the cops have it more difficult these days.This squad was able to sit down and enjoy a meal lol they had it good compared to today.
Ain’t that the truth.
You have no clue what the hell you’re talking about. Rafael Perez does that name Ring Bell. Cops are tyrants over 40% are corrupt. That’s 10% more than the sheriff deputies in LA county sheriffs are the most corrupt sheriff department in the country. So what you’re saying is completely unfounded have no place for it and you should really do research before you talk.
nah late 80's early 90's was way more lit then now 100% my g.
From what perspective?
@@Born_X_Raised_LA no cameras. Whatever they said you did you did. Who they gonna believe cop under oath or the criminal?
Crazy to think all these officers are like 60 years old now
Hopefully they made it to retirement! Would be interesting to hear how there careers went!
@@vikings844man, the stories those guys probably have. Can only imagine
😅I am about their age as my academy class(no in So Cal) was 1982. I switched to firefighter/medic after completing Paramedic school in 1987(in L.A.)! Times have changed a bit since then!!
@@trob0914 damn dude. You were the ultimate first responder. Jack of all trades
@@Serching4JerryGarcia I was an overachiever back in my younger days!!
Thanks for the uploads and great LAPD chronicles.
No worries! Tell ya mates! more to come and Miami Cops to follow after this series!
Thanks, man!
@@AtlanticLondon Can't wait for that!
When “policing” was actually policing.
Nah crash was actually ineffective they would photograph and put people on file who weren't even gang members and it didn't even curve gang violence in LA. What they should've done was use the money to create programs, camps and focus on the elementary age kids to sway them from joing. Check out the watts bears program which actually statistically lowered crime and encouraged civilians to work with the officers on solving crimes. CRASH was created to fill prisons to fuel the privatized prison system for profit.
Ya, and rampant corruption. Can't forget that.
@@Joshmo1234 Rampart was just holding the castle
FACT!
No fr back then i feared the police & now i look at them as jokes
Imagine if CRASH was around now...might do some good again.
What are you talking about !?.. I live next to a LAPD station and see CRASH units daily
The crash unit was dismantled in the early 2000s due to the rampart scandal
@@bryanvalle8156 its stil around just rebanded as "GED" or Gang Enforcement Detail. Each of the 21 Lapd partol divisions have a GED team and they stick out due to their cars not having lights on the roof. Some gang members still refer to GED as a crash
@@bryanvalle8156 its still around it was just rebranded as "GED" or Gang Enforcement Detail. Each of the 21 lapd patrol divisions have a ged team, despite being rebranded the GED still carry the customs of Crash such as the slick top patrol cars.
We still have gang & narcotics division, essentially the same thing.
I enjoyed this! I grew up in the Adam 12 era I wanted to become a Police Officer back then. Watching this gives me the same feeling 😂.
The two cops working out at the beginning are still cops today.
These men were doing God's work. LAPD used to be one of the premier agencies in the State. I don't know how anyone could do their job now.
Not just the state, the whole country, I think anyone who wanted to be a cop back in the 80s, wanted to be an LAPD cop
Blame the ridiculous DA in LA, people who defend criminals and insane drug addicted homeless tweakers for silencing the LAPD
Last real Chief was Gates. All that followed were political. They are now woke too. Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty I am free at last.
Keep voting demorat
you say "you don't know how anyone could do their job now" .....Do you know lapd is one of the highest paying police dept in the country? Their average salary is 100k, beautiful weather 24/7 365, beaches, best health insurance, inclusive department, much much lower and less violent crime than the gang days...people come from all over to work for california departments.
When people still respected the police. I’d like to see 2 modern day officers gain compliance from 6 gang members like that
Respect and fear are different
That's becuase they were crash unit and known gang members were already on parole. Once your on parole and your a known gang member you pretty much forfeit your rigths. They have no choice but to let them stop them.
@@bryanherrera8520 You watch too many liberal west coast movies. The police know these guys on a first name basis if they run they know exactly where to go pick him up at his mama's house in bed at 11am on a wednesday.
Police are getting weaker as is the system and government. After trump it’s all downhill from here.
That’s the reason why CRASH was dismantled for their ruthlessness and corruption dealing drugs themselves, starting with officers Rafael Perez getting arrested, after his arrest he snitched on many other officers being corrupted.
Thank for posting!
When she unfolded the paper map I had high school flashbacks, "if we took Lincoln..."
Back when the police were the police.
This video footage looks surprisngly clear for a 90s documentary.
TV was very clear in the antenna days. When the format switched to digital is distorted most of the old camera footage when played back over high definition.
its restored thats why
@@Grass1981Even this they didn’t deinterlace. See the tearing when there’s motion? If this was deinterlaced properly, it’d be at 60fps with very smooth motion. Other than that the picture quality is excellent. This was probably shot on betacam SP or digital betacam, which was really the pinnacle of SD video quality.
LOL you generation zoom zoom kids don't know technology whatsoever. TV was very clear back then, it's not like in the 90s we sat at home and watched pixelated distorted stuff. We watched that stuff on *our computers* with Real Player back then. Dag nam younguns
@@gotacallfromvishal it wasn't clear the resolution was low. you don't remember it because you are an old fart
OMG, Cops actually reading map's and navigating the city without a computer telling you where to turn. That's awsome.
I live here in Westchester/Culver city. Bad areas around though not nearly the worst. I wish police were still like this. They act like they don’t care anymore, which I can’t blame them.
That haircut on officer snyder was a staple in the lapd crash unit, I had a few run ins with crash as a youngster and the officers that sported that haircut always meant business
Thanks for posting!!!
I worked Hollenbeck CRASH in the 80s, South Bureau CRASH (Southeast) in the 90s, Detective as DSD GANGS and Sergeant II at Gang and Narcotics, Gang Intel OIC. These units are nothing like they used to be. Liberal mayors and inept and scared police chiefs have gutted the department. Now, active aggressive policing is rare, if not gone. Officers are afraid to do their job in fear of being charged with bogus crimes by a worthless, former LAPD, liberal DA. DA Gascon has never tried a criminal case and never worked as a deputy district attorney. He went from chief of San Fran to San Fran DA. LAPD IS DOWN OVER 2000 OFFICERS. Glad I retired in 2015 and feel sorry for cops on the job now. Tons of LAPD have left for Orange and Riverside counties, and also out of state.
If you saw how it is now it would blow your mind how much worse it got.
Thank you for your service sir! HOBK(4) was where I volunteered as an Explorer. It was great experienced! Just a bummer how things are now days.
Hey I am currently 18 years old l would like to work for LAPD one day do you think it's a good idea
@@JoelOrozco-r5mlol nope. He just said that.
Sad. Policing everywhere (but especially in CA) has gone to shit. Because of liberal politics and defunding and especially in blue states/areas. We’ve shot ourselves in the foot in this country. The criminals have all the advantages now and get the vote. Sad world we live in. We need to go back to the old school ways.
Crash Rampart experience, that’s all I need to say! American 💯
No really, when you mention Rampart, the name Rafael Perez rears its ugly head. 🙄
I was a cop from 2013-2018, I remember watching this show in the 90s and dreaming that this would be how my LE career would be one day. It was anything but. The job has become way too political now. We need policing like this in America again.
This documentary takes me back though and makes me long for the 1990s. No smart phones or social media, music was still music, movies and tv shows were still worth watching, the police were still allowed to do their jobs and the criminals went to jail, and you just worked hard took care of your family and lived your life. I long for that more simple way of life nowadays.
America needs more of this.
Seems like ages ago. I remember cruising around in the Impala, then we switched to the Crown Vic. No google maps then, Most fondly I remember the camaraderie in my unit. We were a family. I served on the other side of the nation, with NYPD. I always envied the L.A.P.D. for having black-and-whites rather than our baby blue units.
The spot light thing has been put in to practice with the motorized spotlights that pan back and forth when going code 3
Great video, keep posting. from the UK
giving an underage smokin ticket is crazy lol and did u see when they storm the house, thats no SWAT team bro, thats REGULAR Police man and women, DAAAAAMN! and also everyone touching evidence without gloves haahaha
I don’t like cops but wouldn’t disagree with an underage smoking ticket. It’s not good for a kids to be smoking that young, it’s sad.
Keep the episodes coming love it.
Where is Officer Tenpenny?
Gosh this channel is great! What was the original document? I would love to see more! Keep up the great work you're doing!
These guys look like cops. The cops around here: sleeve tattoos, beards, and look like they slept in their uniforms that are complete with black tennis shoes.
Yep and they’re only getting worse.
Loving this series!
The old box Chevy. My first squad car.
In a time where cops had balls and didn’t get scared for anything.
I guess you haven't seen all the shootings over the past three decades
You know he smashed the crash female officer 😬
He never got anywhere near that sweet 🐈
Only dude I knew back in the day on Slauson was known as Squeaky. My relatives lived side by side on Slauson. I remember some crazy night's out there. This was back in the mid 80's all the way towards the early 90's. The projects were just around the corner and stoner high school. I lived in Inglewood damn how a lot has changed.
Crash cops were highlighted in the movie 'Colors'. Regular patrolman and crash guys where very competitive against each other and didn't get along to well. There was a scene in the movie Colors when a patrolman told a crash guy to ' go take a flying fuck' the rivalry is real folks!
Also training day. Denzel, Washington’s character is loosely based on Rafael Perez, crash officer from Rampart.
I have a friend that worked for LAPD during that time period. Derek Powell.
When I first got on the Job we had the Chevys. My FTO told me "faster boot, faster" going to back up a guy on the highway. 140 mph. White knuckles! Now all the Arkansas SP pursuits are above that speed! Stay safe every one. God bless.
Heck yeah. I loved the Chevy Caprice police cars. They had the Corvette engines in them. I think the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Chevy's had them. I had a 94 and then I got assigned a 95 or 96. No one would get away during a pursuit in those cars.
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Right there with you. Nothing like we were.
Man the 90s were off and poppin best decade hands down growing up in Los Angeles San Gabriel valley had to deal with the local cops and the sheriff department. Where I lived I dealt with Rosemead cops, Montbello cops, and El Monte cops along with the LASD within a few blocks either way. But it was fun
14:20 & 14:35 Acura Integra 💯
this is when Rafael Perez was around..??
“How much money you got in your wallet?”
Why do you wanna know? You gonna steal it officer 😂
Haha. Side light addiction. Guilty of that over the years
Rafael Perez was from this unit. Training day was based off him and his crew. But they got shit done and put guys behind bars.
Go over to MacAthur park. You’ll find something interesting
Today when the police jump out of the car, the people they want to talk to start filming and disobey orders.
Awesome content! Do you have any videos from LAPD Life on the Beat?
There's a bunch of videos of LAPD Life on the Best if you type it in the search bar on RUclips.
@@davidatkinson8515 unfortunately, most of them are short grainy low-res clips
@@davidatkinson8515 there is but they're grainy and generally low quality. The quality of these videos however are amazing for the 90's and was wondering if the poster had any of a similar quality of Life on the Beat
This is posted by the production company that originally produced this program! “ Life on the Beat” was a different production!
These cops maybe not be around anymore or maybe retired? When cops were ruthless and fearless. 🇺🇲
Cool show
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Lots of them were up to no good
But equally lots of them were doing for the good
I wish I grew up in Cali, Instead of England
I grew up in South Los Angeles in the 80’s 90’s I almost got murdered by 3 huge black gangster Crips, all of them had high power handguns. I was only 15 years old. It was one late night after midnight and me and my friend were smoking weed in the alley by my house, that alley was their “hood”. It was dark and all we seen was 3 really big tall black gangsters with big guns on their hands walking up to aggressively asking us if we were from a gang and we said no, they didn’t believe us, and they told us to pull up our shirts to see if we had any tattoos. Let’s just say us not having any tattoos is what saved our lives.
After that night I ended up joining a gang, through out my teenage years and young adult life I’ve been shot at, shot, chased, jumped, harassed by LAPD etc.. 75% of my childhood friends were brutally murdered.
Moral of the story is in the 80’s 90’s in South Los Angeles ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVED AND THE LUCKY 💪🏽
That’s what you call Real cops!! This era are bunch of slaps that just want to hang out and sleep at the station.
Policing will never be the same! We need COPS like Sheriff Bianco RSO!!
Susan carrying a 45 is og
Crash cops didn't fuck around! They usually recruited big strong cocky ex college football players and military special forces guys! You don't fuck with these guys! All business folks! The streets need tough cops like this!
Tyrants with badges 😬
4:18 guys barber uses a carpenter square
Why is lapd dealing with culver city
It’s on the edge mid city boys should be the name
The cities border each other.
Show the part when they were actually starting wars in the hood and conducting corrupt business in the hood
Thank you.
Susan is cute! I wonder how long these 2 were partners and if they are retired now?
that guy in the thumbnail looks like a younger Commander Hicks ( Patrick st esprit) from S.W.A.T.
Looked like a fun job. Probably not as fun anymore.
It’s not 😂
Hell nah… Cameras everywhere ✌🏽
03:18Officer Steve Wills was honored the Purple Heart last year.
this is a year before rampart blew open and crash was dissolved.
How many episodes are there? Thank you
When we had a goal and it was still fun to do our job
That white cop at 19:00 was the worst lol
Man i fuckin miss these types cops when they use to Kick ass now. KARENS have ruin the world!!
Picking up the gun with no gloves on 😅😅😊, all fingerprint evidence is compromised
Reminds me of southland
Yes, Southland was realistic!
I love that show..I've watched all episodes about 3x
I wonder if Mike and Susan ended up with a liquor license.
So this is about south land tv show
WOW HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED!! Officer Mike and Officer Susan would make a CUTE couple!! 😊
Bring back C.R.A.S.H.!!
Wow they made it look like a movie, nobody ran lol
Anthony vargas's mom is smart and well spoken.they messed with the wrong persons son
That’s harassment they were just getting away with it panting stuff on ppl and didn’t have body cams
Violation of rights all day in these videos! These cop would be sued today and fired! CRASH was bullshit and the cops should have all been locked up!
I'm not really happy 😂
CRASH 👍🏻
Why cops could actually do their jobs. Those days are gone. Criminals run the streets now.
Didn’t actor Charles Dutton narrate these episodes?
Doesn’t sound like him.
@@md-wg4bz not this guy speaking, but when these episodes aired on the Discovery channel around 1998, I easily remember Dutton’s voice as the narrator.
this video must be 20+ yrs. old.
1998, actually
when did this come out?
1998
Old westside
Come on, that officer at the beginning did not rack his tube before putting it in the car.
A good officer’s worst enemy is policy makers and his own bosses. They hold them back for the sake of risk management. It’s almost impossible these days to do real policing and criminals know it.
Where’s Rafael Perez and David Mack?
They were in rampart division
Ironically, the original CRASH unit (which the FX series, “The Shield” was based on) all the members ended up going to jail.
Lapd recruitment going up after all these new videos ..
In the 9OS the unit was saleing droga and setting homies up
Chief Beck and Moore Wortless Chiefs Now LAPD Takes 5'5 Cops are too Short !
That flat top tho ❤
Back when cops kicked ass
Should have been a perfect response,but someone went too far!!! PD FD UP
they're not all wearing tactical gear like they do nowadays
Wasn’t really a thing back then
Glock gen one
These cops should've been charged with appalling table manners.
The good old days when the LAPD enforced the law and the DA didn’t play catch and release. I prey we go back to this.