The LAPD is investigating whether some officers assigned to its 77th Street Division’s gang unit deliberately switched-off body worn video cameras in order to conceal certain events from review or from their supervisors, several law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates.
The officers were removed from field duty this week, but have not been sent home or relieved of duty, the sources said.
“Not everyone in the unit,” was being looked-at, said one source familiar with the internal investigation, and said the inquiry was examining the body worn video camera use, ‘among other issues.’…