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Council asks Police Commission to study separating criminal and administrative internal affairs investigations
Summary
The council approved a motion asking the Police Commission to review whether the Los Angeles Police DepartmentInternal Affairs should split criminal investigations into a separate unit mirroring the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department model; the motion was amended to remove a 45-day deadline and passed unanimously.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to ask the Police Commission and LAPD to evaluate separating criminal from administrative investigations within the department's Internal Affairs function, reflecting a model used in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The motion, introduced by Councilmember Chick, followed a briefing from Merrick Bobb, former legal counsel to the Police Commission and then special counsel to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Bobb described the sheriff's model, under…
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