A new city of Los Angeles report found that even as overall violent crime rates have declined, violence against Black women has remained steady and in some cases increased.
Chief Michel Moore, citing safety concerns, said the inspector general will investigate the disclosure of officers' photos in an online database launched by the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition.
LOS ANGELES — The Office of the Inspector General will investigate LAPD Chief Michel Moore and the department’s constitutional policing director over the disclosure of photos of thousands of officers,
An LAPD report found that city officers have been involved in 4,203 pursuits since 2018, a quarter of which ended with an injury or death. Nearly half of those collisions ended with injuries to bystanders.
Sgt. Timothy Colomey recently gave a deposition in which he further detailed his allegation that a "SWAT Mafia" controls the LAPD's elite tactical unit.
Nearly three years after the Los Angeles City Council raised first broached the idea of removing armed police officers from traffic endorsement, a long-delayed study by the city's transportation department is finally set to see the light of day.