5 ADDED TO PROBE OF LAPD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ALLEGATIONS CHECKED.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer A five-person investigation team will be doubled to assist the Police Commission's inspector general in a probe into allegations that the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. has been soft on officers accused of domestic violence. The City Council on Tuesday approved the request by Inspector General Katherine Mader for five more investigators after Mader said the existing team is ``not sufficient'' for her office to conduct all of the investigations that are required. Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg Jackie Goldberg (born June 16, 1937) is an American politician and teacher, and a member of the Democratic Party. She is a former member of the California State Assembly. said the addition of four senior management analysts and one police sergeant will not only allow Mader to review the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's handling of domestic violence cases but also other issues that come up in the future. ``There is a backlog for the inspector general of many other types of cases that her office is not able to go into because she has insufficient staff,'' Goldberg told her council colleagues. The issue came to a head because of allegations that the LAPD rarely arrests and punishes its own officers when they are accused of domestic violence. The allegation was first made in February when the council paid $2.15 million to settle two lawsuits alleging that an LAPD officer was not sufficiently disciplined for beating and pointing a gun at his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife. The department later returned his service revolver revolver: see small arms. revolver Pistol with a revolving cylinder that provides multishot action. Some early versions, known as pepperboxes, had several barrels, but as early as the 17th century pistols were being made with a revolving chamber to to Officer Victor Ramos, who shortly afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here used it to kill his wife and her boyfriend before killing himself. At the time of the settlement, attorney Gregory Yates produced documents estimating that at least 62 LAPD officers were accused of domestic violence between 1989 and 1992, but none was arrested by the LAPD. In contrast, nearly half of LAPD officers accused of domestic violence in other jurisdictions were arrested. In addition, the LAPD recently confirmed that it is looking at a list of about 150 LAPD employees who may have been convicted of domestic violence and therefore, under a new law would have to forfeit To lose to another person or to the state some privilege, right, or property due to the commission of an error, an offense, or a crime, a breach of contract, or a neglect of duty; to subject property to confiscation; or to become liable for the payment of a penalty, as the result of a their service revolvers. Los Angeles police officials said Tuesday that the department's policy is to arrest any officer in cases where there is evidence of domestic violence. |
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