LA Mayor Bass calls to root out ‘right-wing extremist’ police, signals lowering the bar for new recruits
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LA Mayor Bass is seeking to remove training obstacles for recruits who do not initially qualify as well as root out officers with ties to far-right domestic terrorist groups in new goals summary.
Bass' summary of goals for police reform includes a list of provisions as well as dates by which the department must report back regarding progress. One provision says a deputy mayor will work in conjunction with a "third party" to "evaluate the personnel process and identify obstacles to entry for recruits who fail to qualify for training." Haley Chi-Sing is a Fox News Digital production assistant. You can reach her at @haleychising on Twitter.
"We think that particular provision or that goal or that idea is dangerous," Tom Saggau, Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) spokesperson, told Fox News Digital.
"If you have police officers that can't make minimum qualifications or attained minimum standards, for instance, there are recruits that have been in the academy that just can't score the minimum requirements for a physical fitness test," he added. "One hundred is the maximum score, 50 is acceptable. There are folks that are scoring under 10. That's just dangerous."
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