For the past 11 years, the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) has produced videos containing racist stereotypes and false information that continue to be used in police education.
The law restricts the LAPD’s use of force, but potentially under-trained officers wielding “less-lethal” weapons against crowds can cause drastic harm.
All-civilian review panels have the power to reduce the severity of the punishments recommended by the chief of police and have increasingly done so over the past three years.
