The detective had been drinking on the night of the incident and attended a party for a colleague, the officials said. While he does not live in the area, the detective was headed toward an apartment or hotel in Little Tokyo, where he had been staying while attending a training course downtown, the officials said. On the night of the incident, emergency personnel did not realize he was a police officer until hours after the altercation, according to those officials.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 21, 2019 00:33 UTC