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hile Long Beach has touted record-setting lows in crime, during the past few years, the Long Beach Police Department has been under fire for a number of high-profile accusations of excessive force. According to the civic bodies responsible for investigating such accusations, the city finds that only about 1 percent of complaints necessitate officer training or discipline. LBPD records show that out of 167 internal investigations conducted between December 2010 and December 2013, concerning allegations of excessive force, only two officers received any sort of discipline. Meanwhile, out of 251 such complaints investigated by the Citizen Police Complaint Commission in 2011 and 2012 combined, only two were sustained. But things look strikingly less benign when the public itself is allowed

The Local Publication You Actually Read

By Greggory Moore, RLn Long Beach Correspondent

LBPD Use of Force/ to p. 6

July 11 - 24, 2014

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