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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Los Angeles County Grand Jury • 2022-2023

Eradication of Legs Through Policy and Procedure

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Findings 13 findings

F1 Page 466
California Penal Code section 13670 prohibits LEGs within all police departments state-wide. Currently, there are known gangs still in operation within LASD.
F2 Page 466
The official logos, badges, emblems and uniforms representative of the LASD add credence and legitimacy to orders, communications or property. LEG logos and emblems, such as the East LA Station’s “Fort Apache” logo, are currently on display at certain LASD property.
F3 Page 466
When an LASD member uses politicized, opinionated language while dressed in uniform, it is assumed that they are speaking on behalf of the LASD’s official statements.
F4 Page 466
The Special Counsel has been a key part of generating findings and recommendations for Department progress since 1991 but as illustrated in reports released over the last thirty years, LASD has not followed through on many of the recommendations.
F5 Page 466
The Constitutional Policing Unit has been established as an advising body within the Sheriff’s Executive office. All their direction and recommendations will be disbursed from the top ranks on down.
F6
The lasd.org website has updated and expanded its TRANSPARENCY page, but there is no published aggregate of current consent decrees, restraining orders and lawsuits involving oversight monitors.
F7 Page 457
There is a need to illustrate LASD’s commitment to change and meet timelines surrounding outstanding consent decrees, restraining orders and lawsuits involving oversight monitors.
F8
The lasd.org website has updated and expanded its TRANSPARENCY page, and deputy-involved shooting footage from body worn cameras is now readily accessible and uploaded frequently but as raw video files.
F9 Page 466
Only officer involved shootings where a person is hit (intentional or not) are submitted to the DA’s office for investigation.
F10 Page 466
Previously, the SIB was used appropriately, but in recent years, it warped into a mouthpiece for a man instead of remaining an unbiased arm of the LASD. SHERIFF’S OPERATIONS: AN EROSION OF TRUST Examining Transparency, Accountability and Community Policing within the LASD 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY
F11 Page 465
If Community Advisory Commissions were implemented Department-wide, public trust would be strengthened. County residents would have an active ‘seat at the table’ in conversations around neighborhood-specific policing practices.
F12 Page 467
Training LASD staff in officer-centered bystander training deescalates potentially excessive UOF incidents.
F13 Page 467
Internal criminal investigations submitted to the DA’s office can take as long as three years. No concurrent investigation is allowed and the LASD must wait to open their own until after the DA’s office submits their findings.

Recommendations 3