LAPD

LAPD’s Crowd Control Policies Reveal Minimal Training on Dangerous Levels of Force The law restricts the LAPD’s use of force, but potentially under-trained officers wielding “less-lethal” weapons against crowds can cause drastic harm.

How All-Civilian Review Panels Help Officers Evade Punishment All-civilian review panels have the power to reduce the severity of the punishments recommended by the chief of police and have increasingly done so over the past three years.

LAPD Captain Cost City More Than a Million Dollars, Then Became Twitter Troll Before retiring, captain Rick Stabile displayed sympathies with right-wing protesters. Now he openly supports them.

LAPD’s Commission Rules on the Killing of Valentina Orellana Peralta and Daniel Elena Lopez The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled that William Dorsey Jones Jr. acted out of policy when he shot and killed 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta and 24-year-old Daniel Elena Lopez.

Journalists Have Filed a Lawsuit to Obtain LAPD Body-Worn Camera Footage of a 2020 Shooting The lawsuit alleges the department is withholding footage of the June 3, 2020, shooting of Jermaine Welch and misrepresenting reality in critical incident videos.

LAPD Officer’s Death Surrounded by Attorney’s Allegations of Payback Officer Houston Tipping suffered lethal injuries during training exercise. The attorney for his family says it was no accident.

LAPD Shot at Another Unarmed Man From Their Car Two shootings in three days share concerning similarities.

Black LAPD Officers Reported Racism. Chief Michel Moore Took 6 Months to Address It. Only seven people have been disciplined.