"Although lawsuits over police shootings and protest tactics tend to receive the most scrutiny, officer-involved traffic incidents remain an intractable and costly problem. Even before the Paper brothers' record settlement, the city had spent at least $90 million in negotiated payouts or verdicts in more than 1,200 lawsuits related to bad police driving over the last decade, according to a Times analysis of public records data. Dozens of other cases that could lead to large payouts remain pending."
"At any given moment, scores of police squads are out across the city, rushing to emergency calls for help or cruising around in search of criminal behavior. Despite training on how to speed safely through traffic, more than 500 collisions every year involve LAPD and other law enforcement vehicles citywide, according to state records. Just under half of the time, officers were found to be at least partly at fault."
Two brothers in their mid-70s were severely injured when an LAPD squad broadsided their car during a left turn, later resulting in an $18-million settlement—the largest known police collision payout by the city. The city has paid at least $90 million in negotiated payouts or verdicts in more than 1,200 lawsuits related to bad police driving over the past decade, with dozens of cases still pending. More than 500 collisions involving LAPD and other law enforcement vehicles occur annually across the city despite training on safe high-speed response, and officers were found at least partly at fault in just under half of incidents. Most collisions are minor, but several have been fatal.
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