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.
and found the team used deadly force in a small fraction of incidents.
It also draws on court filings in Colomey’s case and other lawsuits against the city; interviews with current and former SWAT team members; and police and prosecution records from several SWAT incidents in which Colomey alleges that excessive force was used. The “SWAT Mafia,” he said, is led by older officers with the rank of Police Officer III +1, or “+1s,” as well as other “senior operators” with tenure on the team. Although sergeants such as Colomey outrank +1s, he said the +1s in SWAT — who often doubled as its tactical experts — were protected and given vast leeway by the team’s two lieutenants.
On calls in the city, McMillion would ignore sergeants and speak almost exclusively with the +1s on scene, Colomey alleged. He would also “badmouth” younger officers seeking to join SWAT and even defer to the +1s directly when considering appointments to the team, in violation of the LAPD’s standard process for promotions.
The officer told him that he had fired only two rounds, while the officer favored by the “SWAT Mafia” “was just coming across spraying,” Colomey said. Capt. Mario Mota, who gave the presentation, said the team’s 70 or so officers are “highly professional and dedicated to what they do.” After coaxing Ocana down the billboard’s ladder with a cigarette, Officer Stephen Scallon shot him with a Taser, causing him
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