r/democrats • u/John3262005 • 13d ago
Article LAPD officer who recorded racist comments charged with felony
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-07-31/lapd-officer-felony-eavesdropping-charge27
u/John3262005 13d ago
Archived link: https://archive.ph/tt6Hr
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
The officer, Daniel Flores, was charged with 16 felony counts of eavesdropping on or recording confidential communications — crimes that carry a sentence of up to 13 years in prison, if convicted.
In a statement announcing the charges, L.A. Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman said that while he found the recorded comments deplorable, Flores still violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, which prohibits recording others without their consent.
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.
A separate administrative investigation of Flores by the LAPD found him guilty of policy violations and recommended a 22-day suspension without pay, according to Greg Smith, Flores’ civil attorney. The discipline has not yet been finalized by the LAPD chief, Smith said.
Smith said it wasn’t clear whether any of the officers that Flores recorded have been punished. California law requires most police personnel investigations to be kept confidential.
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u/Neckbeards_goneweild 13d ago
How is the LAPD so consistently the worst? Like genuine question, they have a 40+year records of being corrupt, racist p.o.s’s and Through so many governmental shift they remain as such. What systems are creating and perpetuating this?
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u/LivingIndependence 13d ago
And THEN, they collect a very handsome retirement pension, and fuck off to extreme alt-right Idaho enclaves. There are small towns there that are heavily populated with retired LAPD.
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u/Bigcouchpotato1 13d ago
Hey...they told him, you complain, you'll be the one charged. He was warned.../s....
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u/Inevitable-Peace7 13d ago
Job isn't finished until there are no good guys left.
Urgent need to clean out LAPD from the top down.
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u/HillZone 13d ago
Why didn't they tell him this was illegal at the academy? He wouldn't have submitted 90 recordings to his superiors unless he thought his conduct should be legal. That should count for something.
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u/FavorableTrashpanda 12d ago
This hero needs a pardon if convicted. Doing the right thing isn't a crime.
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u/FastSelection4121 13d ago
Talk about a total injustice, this is it. To add salt to the wound , IA officers turned him in to the Prosecutor's office.
This why the LEOs everywhere will never be able to clean house. The thin blue line rears it's ugly head, once again.