The LAPD needs to hire about 60 new officers a month to overcome the force s attrition rate of retirements and job departures, along with the agency s smaller-than-hoped-for academy.
A Times review shows the LAPD's academy is graduating about half the number of recruits needed per class to keep pace with Mayor Karen Bass' ambitious plan to expand the department to 9,500 officers.
A Times review shows the LAPD's academy is graduating about half the number of recruits needed per class to keep pace with Mayor Karen Bass’ ambitious plan to expand the department to 9,500 officers.
The officer was previously a member of the Mission Division Gang Enforcement Detail, which came under suspicion last year for a range of misconduct that is also under FBI investigation.
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