The president of the Los Angeles Police Commission called Tuesday for a thorough review of how the LAPD investigates allegations of biased policing after a watchdog report found the department did not uphold a single complaint against officers in recent years.
Matt Johnson said he wanted a “deep-dive briefing” from the LAPD, citing the report’s findings that the department completed investigations into 1,356 complaints of biased policing from 2012 to 2014. “We need to take a look at it,” he said.
In an interview, Johnson said claims of biased policing — police parlance for racial profiling — were among the most serious accusations that could be levied against the LAPD.
“I don’t think anybody believes that there are actually no incidents of biased policing,” Johnson said. “The problem is we don’t have an effective way of really adjudicating the issue.”
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