LOS ANGELES : Designer of Police Computer Program Wins Settlement
Craig Crosby, a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant who developed a computer program to streamline certain police operations, agreed Friday to drop his lawsuit against the city in return for an undisclosed settlement.
Crosby had developed the program, and it was praised by supervisors who tested it for 90 days during 1989. But when the test period elapsed and the department still had not decided whether to purchase it, Crosby pulled the plug on the program.
Computer experts have said the program could save the city millions of dollars and help put more police officers on the street--a key goal of newly elected Mayor Richard Riordan. Under the terms of the settlement, which still must be approved by the City Council, Crosby will be compensated for his work, and the city will get to keep the computer program.
“They’re going to have it,” said Martin S. Bakst, Crosby’s lawyer. “Hopefully, they’ll make use of it.”
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