Reporter Benjamin Camacho received the photographs through a public records request.
website includes officers’ photographs, badge numbers, hiring dates and other information.
But Camacho did not obtain that information until September of last year — after his attorneys filed against LAPD last May for closing down his initial request without disclosing a single photograph, claiming it would be an undue burden, according to a 2022 lawsuit. While Camacho legally obtained the photographs through a California Public Records Act Request in 2022, the city did not become aware that the flash drive given to him contained undercover officers’ photographs and information until March 16, when it became aware of a Los Angeles Times report, the lawsuit said.
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