Call to review financial reporting rule

With the threat of an exodus of officers from critical crime units - as well as an organized campaign against a new policy - a city official said Monday that he will ask the full City Council to reconsider requirements that officers in anti-gang and narcotics units divulge personal financial information. Daily News.

Councilman Jack Weiss, chairman of the council's Public Safety Committee, said he plans to present a motion asking the council to review the policy adopted by the Los Angeles Police Commission as part of its effort to comply with a federal consent decree.

"I have been one of the biggest supporters of the consent decree," Weiss said. "But I have a lot of concerns about this. I am not certain if this policy will do much to identify bad cops, but it appears to have a demoralizing effect on good cops.