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LAPD Rejects Over 1,700 ‘Biased Policing’ Complaints

Community members and LAPD staff made 15,000 allegations against department staff. But only 4.7 percent (or 701) allegations were sustained.

10:00 AM PDT on June 4, 2025

An LAPD officer points a "less-lethal" rifle at a photographer, while a group of officers stands in the background.

An LAPD officer points a “less-lethal” rifle at a photographer at point blank range. Photo by Lexis-Olivier Ray for L.A. TACO.

Last year, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) closed over 1,700 complaints accusing Los Angeles police officers of “biased policing,” according to a recent report from the LAPD.

Not a single one of those complaints was sustained.

The report follows a trend that has continued for years. 

The LAPD similarly denied all bias policing complaints in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Reports were not filed in 2022 or 2023, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Commission told L.A. TACO.

The LAPD also did not sustain any complaints alleging “unwelcome sexual advance” in the workplace or “inequitable conduct.”