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May 21, 2016

L.A. Police Protective League sues Chief Charlie Beck

The City of Los Angeles and its police chief are the defendants in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, which claims the Los Angeles Police Department's Board of Rights is overly subject to the chief's influence and biases, thereby denying officers due process.

By L.J. Williamson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The City of Los Angeles and its police chief are the defendants in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, which claims the Los Angeles Police Department's Board of Rights, which decides officer discipline matters, is overly subject to the chief's influence and biases, thereby denying officers due process.

Under the state and U.S. Constitution, "there is a req...

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