The judge presiding over about 100 federal police corruption lawsuits in Los Angeles has ruled the city’s police department can be sued as a racketeering enterprise. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Gary Feess could lead to a sharp increase in the city’s financial liability from the police corruption scandal in which some members of the Rampart station’s anti-gang unit allegedly robbed, beat, framed and shot suspects. Legal experts say the ruling is groundbreaking because no police department or major police official has ever been held liable under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.