On February 12, a 34-page report by the Police Commission's inspector general raises questions about the department's ability to police itself, adding to the still-unresolved problems highlighted in prior reports. The audit that was filed with the civilian Police Commission’s office, included over 60 complaints where investigators failed to fully investigate citizens' complaints against allegedly abusive officers and often omitted or altered crucial information in ways that help exonerate various LAPD officers.
Connie Rice, a civil rights attorney who has played a leading role in LAPD reform, said that such problems would persist until the LAPD stopped cycling officers into internal affairs and back into the regular force. “You cannot ask police to investigate their buddies and friends," she said. "We've got the wrong paradigm for vigorously pursuing complaints.”
Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-complaint12feb12,1,1264839.story
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