Investigations Newsletter: LAPD’s Public Records System is ‘Broken’ 34.4%
L.A. TACO - By Lexis-Olivier Ray - 6/4/2026, 4:05 PM
Negativity Bias 23.9% - Confirmation Bias 14.9% - Appeal to Authority 14.4%
In 2021, William Gude—the fearless LAPD critic who goes by “Film The Police LA” on social media—filed a public records request for information about officers assigned to the Community Safety Partnership Bureau (CSPB). Five years later, he’s still waiting for the LAPD to hand over all of the responsive documents that the department has... more