At least four more L.A. police officers are suspected by prosecutors of falsifying gang information on field interview cards, according to an internal record obtained by The Times.
LAPD told a San Fernando Valley mother that her son was in a gang. She said he wasn’t. The ensuing investigation uncovered inconsistencies in officers’ reports.The charges bolstered long-standing claims from activists and members of the public that the LAPD labeled people as gang members with little or no evidence, and sparked immediate outrage and calls for reform. Such labels can follow people through their lives and hurt their employment and housing prospects, advocates say.
Prosecutors said the 19 officers who wouldn’t be charged were present during instances where other officers allegedly provided false information on field interview cards but that an analysis of body-worn video, field interview cards and other records indicated they were unaware of the misconduct. “They either had no participation in the preparation of the [field interview] cards at all or, if they did, the information they provided was accurate,” prosecutors wrote. “There is no evidence that they aided and abetted their fellow officers’ misconduct.
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