LAPD disputes bias claims

Facing a warning by federal officials that the LAPD is inadequately investigating racial profiling complaints against officers, Chief Charlie Beck and a civilian watchdog on Tuesday defended the agency but acknowledged there is still work to be done.C.J. Lin in the Daily News.

A report by Nicole Bershon, the inspector general for the civilian Police Commission, expressed concern at how officers handled complaints. She also found fault with how the Los Angeles Police Department's new Constitutional Policing Unit investigated its first 10 cases in which officers were accused of detaining a suspect based on appearance, race or ethnicity.