LAPD chief: Inspector general’s office to investigate release of officer photos

Hamid Khan is an organizer with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, which has launched a searchable online database of LAPD officers, Watch the Watchers. The Office of the Inspector General will investigate LAPD Chief Michel Moore and the department’s constitutional policing director over the disclosure of photos of thousands of officers, including those who work undercover. The site was created by the technology watchdog group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, which called the effort the first of its kind in the United States. However, he said, the city attorney has determined that the department was legally required to turn over the images under the Public Records Act. Several speakers pointed out that the photos were obtained through a public records request and that their release was approved by department leadership.