“I don’t mean this to go on for months or years,” Chief Michel Moore said. However, “if it was not identified, the action of completing an FI [field interview card] in it of itself doesn’t constitute a bias or absence of bias,” Moore said. Decker said that while the inspector general’s two investigations are separate, they will both help inform what steps the department should take to confront racial bias. This has to be very fact-based.”Mayor Eric Garcetti said he is satisfied with how the LAPD is handling the scandal. Advertisement“We have a department that didn’t shove that under the rug, a department that took action immediately.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2020 21:45 UTC