Notes from the February 24, 2025 Weekly Police Commission Meeting

•    The Executive Director’s report, dated February 19, 2009, and Department’s report, dated January 9, 2009, relative to Status Report Relevant to the Department’s Efforts Regarding the Prevention of Biased Policing and the Response from Analysis Group to the ACLU of Southern California Report Entitled “A Study of Racially Disparate Outcomes in the Los Angeles Police Department, as presented by Executive Director Richard Tefank, was approved.  Mr. Tefank informed the Commission he had a series of meetings with Commissioner Robert Saltzman, Deputy Chief Sandy Jo MacArthur and Police Administrator Maggie Goodrich in which they discussed training to identify incidents of biased policing and the use of TEAMS II for documentation of bias policing incidents.  With regards to TEAMS II, supervisors would meet with the accused officer to discuss the incident and documentation would be made in his or her TEAMS II profile.  The profiles would be subject to real-time auditing by the Inspector General.  Deputy Chief MacArthur added officers are first trained to identify bias policing scenarios in the Academy.  Recruits who are unable to adhere to Department protocols are relieved of duty.  Every officer in the Department is currently required to take an e-learning class on bias policing every 18 to 24 months.  Department command staff participates in 4 to 5 trainings per year. Commander Richard Webb, Commanding Officer of Professional Standards Bureau, stated the draft of the new Special Order changing Racial Profiling to Bias Policing has been completed and is awaiting approval by Deputy Chief Charlie Beck and Police Chief William Bratton.  Police Commission President Anthony Pacheco expressed his pleasure with the progress thus far but stated there is still much work to be done.

•    The Executive Directors report, dated February 19, 2009, relative to Write Off of Uncollectable False Alarm Accounts Receivable for the period January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2009, was approved and transmitted to the City’s Board of Review.

•    The Department’s report, dated February 13, 2009, relative to the Department’s Quarterly Discipline Report, Fourth Quarter, 2008, was received the Office of the Inspector General was directed to submit an analysis of this report along with any appropriate recommendations to the Board.

Comments

[Anonymous]

Instead of continuing to focus on racial profiling or bias activity, why can't mgmt focus on the positive...ie. train ofcrs to review hot sheets and other resources to aid in their policing activities. Its basic knowledge that training and rewarding for good behavior will promote moral and productivity. Not ignoring this aspect and punishing for minor bad behavior, which is partially due to lack of training and poor recruiting.