The L.A. Police Commission is looking for civilians to review officer misconduct.
The Los Angeles Police Commission is seeking hearing examiners to judge cases when officers face serious misconduct allegations. Applications will be accepted starting July 9. Above, Chief Michel Moore, left, speaks to an officer.
The Los Angeles Police Commission will start accepting applications for residents who want to serve on the powerful boards that review serious officer misconduct.last month to give police officers the choice of having a panel of three civilians decide a misconduct case. Officers had the option to pick the panels on June 13 or select a board with the current makeup of one civilian and two LAPD command staff members.
“The Police Commission is desirous of increasing the diversity of the Hearing Examiner pool and encourages those interested to apply beginning July 9, 2019,” Richard Tefank, the commission’s executive director, said in a statement. The potential for an all-civilian panel — one of the most sweeping expansions of civilian oversight in decades — comes after
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