"This is something we need to dig into quickly, effectively with sufficient resources to understand the depth, breadth and extent of this. I'm confident that we have the right resources, that we have the right eyes, with the right oversight and I will have better answers for this community in the weeks ahead," Moore said.Earlier this month, three officers of the elite Metropolitan Division were suspended for falsely identifying individuals as gang members, the department said in a news release last week. The inaccurate documentation was intended to boost traffic stop statistics, LAPD officer Mike Lopez told CNN.While 20 officers are believed to have some "inconsistencies in information," so far only 10 have been suspended or had theirpolice officer powers made inactive, Moore said. The allegations against the division are still being investigated, Moore said, asking that judgement be withheld until the investigation is complete."We are aware of reports of discrepancies contained on a limited number of field interview cards that the department is looking into and we have confidence that Chief Moore will oversee a thorough and fair process to determine the facts, ensure that officers are accorded their due process rights and make sure that any valid mischaracterizations are corrected," the Los Angeles Police Protective League Board of Directors said in a statementWednesday. The issue was first discovered when a mother reported to the department that a letter from the department mistakenly identified her son as a gang member, according to the department's news release. The department found several falsifications in the document and initiated an investigation into the officers.Over several months, internal investigators reviewed body camera footage and found inaccuracies in the field interview cards completed by several officers, the release said.A Los Angeles Police Department source familiar with the matter told CNN the information written on some of the cards was "blatantly inaccurate" and expressed anger and Read More – Source
"This is something we need to dig into quickly, effectively with sufficient resources to understand the depth, breadth and extent of this. I'm confident that we have the right resources, that we have the right eyes, with the right oversight and I will have better answers for this community in the weeks ahead," Moore said.Earlier this month, three officers of the elite Metropolitan Division were suspended for falsely identifying individuals as gang members, the department said in a news release last week. The inaccurate documentation was intended to boost traffic stop statistics, LAPD officer Mike Lopez told CNN.While 20 officers are believed to have some "inconsistencies in information," so far only 10 have been suspended or had theirpolice officer powers made inactive, Moore said. The allegations against the division are still being investigated, Moore said, asking that judgement be withheld until the investigation is complete."We are aware of reports of discrepancies contained on a limited number of field interview cards that the department is looking into and we have confidence that Chief Moore will oversee a thorough and fair process to determine the facts, ensure that officers are accorded their due process rights and make sure that any valid mischaracterizations are corrected," the Los Angeles Police Protective League Board of Directors said in a statementWednesday. The issue was first discovered when a mother reported to the department that a letter from the department mistakenly identified her son as a gang member, according to the department's news release. The department found several falsifications in the document and initiated an investigation into the officers.Over several months, internal investigators reviewed body camera footage and found inaccuracies in the field interview cards completed by several officers, the release said.A Los Angeles Police Department source familiar with the matter told CNN the information written on some of the cards was "blatantly inaccurate" and expressed anger and Read More – Source
