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An LAPD sergeant testified at a recent disciplinary hearing that the department did not begin fully disclosing domestic abuse allegations against officers until more than year after it was required by state law.

A law passed in 2021 made domestic violence one of nine categories of “serious misconduct” that can trigger a ban from police work.

An LAPD spokesperson said in 2024 the department “adopted a new standard of reporting all allegations of domestic battery, regardless of severity.”

The Los Angeles Police Department took more than a year to begin fully disclosing domestic abuse allegations against officers after the state passed a law that mandates reporting and can trigger pe

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