LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
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Set us as preferred Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.According to an attorney for the officer, Daniel Flores, prosecutors will allege he violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, which prohibits recording others without their consent.The crime can be prosecuted as a felony or misdemeanor.A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office said they would release a statement about the charges Friday afternoon.Flores turned over roughly 90 recordings to his superiors, according to an internal affairs complaint he filed with the department last year, which said he hoped the evidence would be used to discipline those responsible.Flores’ attorney, Alan Jackson, blasted the decision by prosecutors to pursue charges.
“Today the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged a police officer with a crime for reporting racism inside the Los Angeles Police Department,” Jackson said.“Not the officers who were recorded using racial, sexist, and anti-gay slurs.
Not the officers who sat in a government building and said those things while holding the power to decide who becomes an LAPD officer.The officer who reported them.” California An attorney for LAPD Officer Daniel Flores said his client could face criminal prosecution for recording conversations by members of the unit tasked with deciding who can join the police force.
New details about Flores’ recordings were disclosed in a lawsuit he filed against the city.Jackson said he intends to argue that Flores made the recordings in the scope of his duties as a police officer, investigating misconduct within the workplace.The conversations were taped between March and October 2024 involving m...