Although it has been hit with $38 million in discrimination-related lawsuits over the past three years, the LAPD has been promoting many of the accused officers and is now facing criticism for not appearing to discipline its higher ranks.
The Los Angeles Daily News reports that the LAPD has faced some 250 lawsuits for harassment, discrimination or retaliation in the workforce—and that the nation’s second largest metropolitan police force hired a risk manager last Wednesday to help minimize the costly litigation that is also harming its reputation.
On the same day that the LAPD hired a risk manager, reports the L.A. Daily News, the City Council approved a $3.2-million settlement reached in a lawsuit by an officer who alleged he was fired after he testified in court to a workforce practice in which officers were forced to respond to calls in South L.A. during their lunch break but weren’t paid overtime.
