Brian S. Bentley

Brian S. Bentley
Police career
Department	Los Angeles Police Department
Country	United States
Years of service	1988 - 1997
Rank	Sworn in as an Officer - 1988 - Police Officer III - 1992
Other work	author

Brian S. Bentley is an author and a former Los Angeles Police Department officer. His first book, One Time: The Story of a South Central Los Angeles Police Officer, graphically depicts his involvement in the cover-up of suspect beatings.^[1] "One Time" is an urban slang term for "the Police." In 1997, Bentley was the subject of an extensive Internal Affairs investigation that included over three hundred allegations of misconduct and seven months of surveillance, all stemming from his book. To this date, he still holds the record for the most allegations of misconduct in LAPD history.

LAPD career

During eleven hours of interviewing, Internal Affairs sergeants advised Bentley that he would be fired and prosecuted if he admitted to witnessing corruption or misconduct by his coworkers. Bentley had no choice but to sign a statement and verbally deny all knowledge of police corruption in the LAPD.

Coincidentally, Bentley was a coworker and friend of convicted bank robber and Rampart police officer David Mack. Former Officer Mack was sentenced to fourteen years in federal prison for robbing a Bank of America branch and he was a partner of former Officer Rafael Pérez of Rampart Division.

Bentley has defended Officer Kevin Gaines who was accused of corruption in the Rampart Scandal, claiming he was unfairly targeted by investigator Russell Poole. Officer Kevin Gaines was shot to death by LAPD Detective Frank Lyga. Bentley states that Officer Gaines was never Suge Knight's bodyguard and never worked at Rampart Division. He was not close friends with the officers involved in the scandal.

References

↑ Amazon book list for this author

External links

Rampart scandal

Notable accused officers	Nino Durden Kevin Gaines Brian Liddy David Mack Rafael Pérez

Victims	Frank Lyga Javier Ovando The Notorious B.I.G.

Coverup and investigation	Brian S. Bentley Bernard Parks Russell Poole

Gang involvement	18th Street gang Bloods Death Row Records Suge Knight

Other	Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums Los Angeles Police Department LAPD Rampart Division

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