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Iraqi adviser blasts report
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Thursday blasted a U.S. report that criticizes the Iraqi police force, calling it an unacceptable interference in the nation's affairs.
"It is not the duty of the independent committee to ask for changes at the Interior Ministry, especially when it comes to security apparatus," said Yassin Majid.
"This is an Iraqi affair, and we will not accept interference by anyone in such work, whether the Congress or others," he said.
The study, led by retired Marine Gen. James Jones, said that Iraq's se... Read more
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07 February 2006
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L.A. stops identifying police
LOS ANGELES – Police officers involved in shootings are no longer being publicly identified by the city's Police Commission.
The commission decided to withhold the officers' names during a closed-door meeting two months ago, officials said. The change, which overturned a 25-year-old policy, was made after commissioners were told that officers' identities were protected under state law, said commission President John W. Mack.
Police union officials had long called for the change, arguing that releasing officers' names could expose them to danger. The union had indicated it was prepared to sue over the disclosures, said Hank Hernandez, the organization's general counsel.
“This has nothing to do with whether or not the media should have access or the public should have access to this information,” said Bob Baker, the LAPD union president. “There are people who could use (this information) for not legitimate purposes. And that's what our concern is.”
Critics of the change say officers have to be made accountable for their actions.
“Part of the bargain when you get a badge and a gun is accountability,” said Jeffrey C. Eglash, a former inspector general for the Police Commission. “Although police officers, like any employees, have an interest in privacy, their jobs are unlike any other in that they have the power to arrest and to use deadly force.”
The commission began releasing the names of officers involved in shootings following the 1979 shooting of Eulia Mae Love, a knife-wielding South Los Angeles woman who was killed by police after a dispute over an unpaid gas bill.
The reports have provided details on controversial incidents including the 1999 shooting of a homeless woman named Margaret Mitchell, who allegedly had lunged at an officer with a screwdriver, and last year's fatal shooting of 13-year-old carjacking suspect Devin Brown.
The commission changed the policy on Dec. 13. Mack said the decision was based on advice from a lawyer in the office of City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo.
Police Commission Executive Director Richard Tefank, a former Buena Park police chief, said he also had lobbied for the change, which was in the works for more than a year.
A week after the change, the commission unveiled a plan to “provide greater transparency” by posting detailed summaries of police shootings on the Internet. Officers' names, however, are not included in those summaries.
“It's balancing the public's right to know and need to know of incidents with the advice from the City Attorney's Office as to peace officer personnel information,” Tefank said.
The Police Commission is scheduled to discuss the policy change on Tuesday.
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