In the clearest indication yet of her police priorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she wants the LAPD to hire more homicide detectives, overhaul its discipline system and root out far-right extremists within its ranks.
before stepping aside for a new chief. At the same time, the mayor has promised to tackle the issue of public safety by pursuing strategies that don’t involve the LAPD.
After the release of body-camera footage from three fatal police encounters at the beginning of the year, Bass said she had “grave concerns about the deeply disturbing tapes.” As a result, she said, she wants to find funding to hire more homicide detectives to work those cases. At the same time, she said that combating crime also requires investing in gang prevention and intervention programs.
Her plan calls for developing a strategic plan with the personnel department to increase the number of new recruits and lateral hires by 500 a year, “including innovative recruitment strategies targeting non-traditional talent such as social workers, teachers and nurses.” The mayor said she wants to work with other city leaders on ways to overturn Charter Amendment C. In recent months, Bass, Moore and the head of the Police Commission have gone on the record calling for a repeal of the measure, passed in 2017, which gives officers facing serious discipline the choice of appearing before an all-civilian panel or the traditional one made up of two officers and one civilian.
A more crucial element of the mayor’s plan was the need to weed out officers who harbor extremist views, which Rice called an urgent problem across law enforcement that is the focus of a recent state law. The normally outspoken Los Angeles Police Protective League has remained largely silent since Bass’ election and Moore’s reappointment. But in a statement, the league’s board said “improving public safety in Los Angeles must move beyond the esoteric debates that lead to gridlock and move toward identifying the granular details needed for action.”
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