The names of full-fledged undercover officers — who work deep-cover operations with outlaw biker gangs, terrorist groups or drug cartels — are kept out of department records and are known to only a handful of superiors. The city attorney’s office didn’t respond to an email on Tuesday requesting further comment. But in the recent anonymous court declarations, some officers maintained that publishing the photos had put them in harm’s way. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. —©2024 Los Angeles Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 13, 2024 17:34 UTC