It will be up to the commission to determine what discipline, if any, to impose on the chief. By law, the commission would have to impose any discipline within a year of the date of the chief's alleged misconduct. LAPD union officials, who have clashed with the chief over many issues, were more subdued in their public reaction. Police credibility is vital. Without it, public trust evaporates.
People are imperfect. . . .
We expect the chief to be held to same disciplinary standards as those applied to all other Los Angeles police officers. Riordan deflected questions from reporters. The commission last year directed Eglash to investigate the chief's actions after then-Dist. According to some of the witnesses interviewed by the inspector general's office, Parks sought to deny county prosecutors access to information regarding the unfolding corruption investigation. Eglash reported that the LAPD denied at least four requests from local prosecutors for information.