By Bob Walsh
Last
week more than 300 undercover Los Angeles PD officers filed clains
against both the city and the department after their names and
photographs were released to a technology watchdog (?) group that posted
the information online.
The
group STOP LAPD SPYING COALITION posted more than 9,300 officers names
and photos last month in a searchable database following a public
records request by a reporter working for an outfit called KNOCK LA
HUNDREDS which bills itself as a progressive news outlet.
The
officers were given no notice of the release. The department's
Inspector General is investigating Chief Michael Moore and Liz Rhodes,
who is the department's Constitutional Policing Director, whatever the
hell that is. Also the officer's union has filed a misconduct complaint
with the department.
The
city attorney is working to determine if the department was even legally
required to turn over the info, including the officer's photo, name,
rank, ethnicity, date of hire, badge number and division of assignment.
Under California law this information can (and often is) withheld for
officer safety or to protect the integrity of investigations.
The
STOP LAPD SPYING COALITION is generally opposed to all police
intelligence operations, and is asserting the info should be used for
countersurveillance of police officers.
The claims, which are a necessary precursor to a lawsuit, allege negligence by the department and ask unspecified damages.
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