Bratton sitting on SWAT findings

LAPD Chief William Bratton refused Tuesday to divulge findings of an independent report that calls for changes in the department's elite SWAT team, including altering the unit's selection process to allow women to join for the first time. Rachel Uranga in the Daily News.

Though the report - called for by Bratton himself - has not been released, several SWAT officers expressed anger over what they say is a loosening of standards.

And at least one SWAT officer's wife has sent e-mails to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the civilian Police Commission and City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to protest changes in the selection process.