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Morning Briefing: Reforming LAPD
A protester holds up a sign during the YG x BLMLA x BLDPWR protest and march on June 07, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
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In conversation with Take Two host A Martínez, several experts on police tactics and use of force suggested that one of the first steps toward police reform should be the creation of an independent national database that would track officers’ records of misconduct.
"They should be in that database, and be prohibited by law from serving as a police officer ever again in any state," said Erroll Southers, the director of the Safe Communities Institute at USC and a co-creator of an LAPD community policing training program.
Greg Meyer, a retired LAPD captain and expert on police use of force, added that the local department should also develop a better way to prevent officers with problematic track records from continuing to work, saying:
"The courts and arbitrators and civil service commissions have a really sorry record for returning fired officer misfits back to duty.”
Keep reading for more on what’s happening in L.A. today, and stay safe out there.
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Coming Up Today, June 16
As the school year comes to an end, Marina Peña and Chava Sanchez have been hearing from high school students about how they've been adjusting to life during the pandemic and the civil unrest.
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Policing The Police: Leaders of the Black Lives Matter-L.A. movement presented to city council an alternate budget for L.A., which calls for investing in social services over police. Experts on law enforcement, use of force and more weigh in on how to reform LAPD. Following protests, L.A. county officials have walked back their initial finding that Robert Fuller's death by hanging was a suicide.
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Equal Rights At Work: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that workplace protections bar employers from firing LGBTQIA employees because of their sexual orientation.
Turn In Your Old Car… For Public Transit: The South Coast Air Quality Management District is now offering a voucher good for a whole lot of bus, train and rideshare trips in exchange for your old car.
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The name of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man who was shot and killed by Atlanta police, was added to a memorial at the Silver Lake reservoir for people who have died at the hands of law enforcement.
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