The Board of Rights is a three-person panel made up of two high-ranking LAPD officers and one civilian that determines whether LAPD officers accused of serious wrongdoing remain on the force or receive significant penalties.
The City Council is considering changing how civilians who serve on the Board of Rights are selected.
Our report highlights six main problems with the Board of Rights that commissions, politicians, oversight agencies, the public, former police chiefs, and officers themselves have consistently cited over the past 30 years.
Our report provides a series of recommendations drawn from the research and community input that would allow for real and sustained change around LAPD discipline to ensure that officers who are guilty of misconduct are truly held accountable, and increase both public and officer faith in the system.