The charge is for violating the confidentiality
Carlos Avilés | 2009-02-20 | La Opinión
A formal complaint, which could become a civil lawsuit, was filed yesterday against the Department Los Angeles Police (LAPD) and the Police Commission for having disseminated the names of several agents under investigation for alleged racial discrimination and were acquitted of those allegations.
The Police Protective League Los Angeles (LAPPL), which gathered almost all the members of this department, accuses the LAPD and the committee of representatives from civil damages to the confidentiality that protects the players through the Rights Act.
On February 6, the names and personal information agents investigated by prejudice and racial profiling were disclosed to the Office of the Board of Police Commission, which in turn revealed these names to nearly 400 subscribers, including the press through a system of immediate notification.
The information is confidential in Los Angeles since 2006 recommendations of the Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, who claims that such transparency can violate state and federal laws, was also in the official websites of the city and the LAPD.
"This is a bureaucratic incompetence in greater danger," said the chairman of LAPPL, Paul Weber. "For years there has been talk of the danger may be to the lives of the agents to publish this information," he added.
Sarah Faden, LAPD spokeswoman said the agency does not comment on pending litigation by requiring a formal response to the complaint. Jenaro Batiz, the Attorney of Los Angeles, said the office does not comment.
According to Weber, the document sent to the LAPD Police Commission and was publicly revealed, contained the names, ages, serial numbers, race and gender of the officers accused of using racial profiling and prejudice.
It revealed the names and information of the person accused, the nature of the allegation and the disposition made by the department in the case. In a case called Copley Press Inc. vs. Superior Court of San Diego in 2006, a court ruled it was forbidden to disseminate the names and personal files of officers of Sheriff.
