"The Los Angeles Police Department took more than a year to begin fully disclosing domestic abuse allegations against officers after the state passed a law that mandates reporting and can trigger permanent bans from police work in California. The revelation came out through testimony at an administrative hearing last month for a rookie LAPD officer who was fired after the department alleged she committed time card fraud and physically assaulted her former romantic partner, a fellow cop."
"Senate Bill 2, passed in 2021, made domestic violence one of the nine categories of "serious misconduct" - including excessive force, dishonesty, sexual assault and acts of bias on the basis of factors including race, sexual orientation and gender - that police agencies are obligated to report to the state's Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training, or POST. The LAPD sergeant testified that the reporting practices were based on guidance from POST's former compliance director,"
Senate Bill 2, passed in 2021, designated domestic violence as one of nine categories of "serious misconduct" that agencies must report to the state's Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training (POST). Testimony in an administrative hearing for rookie officer Tawny Ramirez revealed that the Los Angeles Police Department did not begin fully reporting certain spousal-abuse allegations to the state until after Ramirez's termination in early February 2024. The department attributed reporting practices to guidance from a former POST compliance director that agencies did not have to report first-time misdemeanor domestic violence. Ramirez appealed her firing and denied committing misconduct. Failure to report can affect authorization to work in law enforcement and may trigger permanent bans.
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