A Los Angeles County jury awarded a former LAPD commander nearly $6 million on Wednesday, finding in her favor in a lawsuit against the department that claimed she was wrongfully fired over an alcohol-fueled incident in 2018. “I feel grateful and vindicated,” Mehringer told The Times after the verdict. In the trial, Smith told jurors that Moore lied when the ex-chief, who retired in 2024, testified that he never overruled a disciplinary panel’s decision to terminate someone . But Sherman later withdrew his support, openly declaring that he was doing so because Mehringer had chosen to expose the department’s dirty laundry, Smith said. Kelly later pleaded no contest.
