City Council affirms police commission role and urges coordinated Rampart probe

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on March 17 to endorse the Police Commission nd reaffirm its position that the Los Angeles Police Department must cooperate fully with prosecuting authorities in the investigation related to Rampart and that proposed changes to department policy must be reviewed by the Police Commission before implementation.

The vote came on a special, same-day motion, introduced by the council s a response to a Police Commission meeting earlier that morning. Councilmember Sekowsky (motion introducer) asked the council to make findings that the need to act had arisen after the agenda was posted and to publicly confirm the commission ecision; the findings were approved and the council then debated the substantive motion before approving it by a recorded vote.

Why it…