Report Finds 41% Of Officers In ‘Out Of Policy' Shootings Never Disciplined

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A report from the Office of the Inspector General said that in a six-year span 41% of officers involved in an “out of policy” shooting were not punished.

“It brings up all the injustice,” said Marina Vergara. “The fact that there’s [no] accountability for these officers who violate — who have stolen other lives.”

Vergara’s brother Daniel Hernandez was shot and killed by police in April 2020. The officer involved, Toni McBride was never disciplined even though the shooting was classified as an “out of policy” use of force. An “out of policy” shooting is the term used for when an officer violates the Los Angeles Police Department’s use of force rules.

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