LAPD captain Lillian Carranza accused the top police that they deliberately concealed from the inhabitants of the state the true number of offences.
The woman said that she had notified the authorities about the withholding of information about the level of crime in the area of Foothill in 2014. After she was entrusted with the command of van NUYS in 2015, Lillian Carranza has conducted an analysis of reports of violent crimes recorded in the database of the police Department. The study showed that the number of attacks aggravated in 2016 was understated by approximately 10%, and the case was classified as less serious crimes. According to the complaint Carranza, the police Department «tried to hide the fact that people were providing false information about the crime, intending to convince the residents of Los Angeles that the growth of crime there.»
The Department refused to comment on statements Carranza, referring to the future trial. However, his spokesman Josh Rubenstein said that «upon detection of the write error definitely fixed.» He argues that «any charge associated with the accuracy of the reports will be treated seriously and investigated as a disciplinary matter.»
Previously, the Department had already been subjected to charges due to incorrect data, for example, in 2014, the Los Angeles Times conducted an investigation, which found that the LAPD during the period from 2012 to 2013 incorrectly classified about 1,200 violent crimes. Beatings and robberies, which were to be considered as aggravated assault, instead, was recorded as minor offenses.
Audit in 2015 revealed that in the period from 2008 to 2014 incorrectly classified more than 25 000 attacks under aggravating circumstances.
After that, the head of the Department of police Charlie Beck acknowledged that there are problems in the process of registration of crimes, and suggested changes to improve accountability. The Group was established to ensure completeness of the data, consisting of investigators and analysts.
