POST advisory board reaffirms recommendation to revoke Luke Baxter Walden’s certification

The Peace Officer Standards accountability advisory board on Nov. 6, 2025, voted to reaffirm its prior recommendation that the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training revoke the peace officer certification of Luke Baxter Walden, who at the time of the events was employed by the Los Angeles Police Department.

The board’s advisory division told members it had obtained and reviewed additional records at the commission’s request and concluded there is "clear and convincing evidence" that Walden committed serious misconduct by purchasing an illegal firearm silencer marketed as a fuel filter and by being dishonest to investigators and at a department board-of-rights hearing. "Clear and convincing evidence exists to demonstrate that respondent committed an act of serious misconduct," law enforcement consultant William Emboden said as he presented the supplemental investigative summary.

The division outlined an investigative chronology: on April 22,…