LAPD officer charged with illegally recording colleagues' conversations
Daniel Flores recorded about 90 conversations, and his lawyer says the tapes exposed misconduct that could help explain the department’s recruitment problems.
- On Friday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged LAPD Officer Daniel Flores with 16 felony counts of eavesdropping for secretly recording colleagues in 2024 without permission while working in the department's recruitment unit.
- Flores submitted about 90 recordings to Internal Affairs last year, claiming they captured colleagues making racist and sexist remarks. He filed a hostile-workplace lawsuit in June asserting the recordings were part of a 'lawful investigation as a police officer' into departmental misconduct.
- District Attorney Nathan Hochman warned that "illegal eavesdroppers" will be prosecuted, stating privacy is protected regardless of occupation. Defense attorney Alan Jackson countered that Flores is being punished "for reporting racism inside the Los Angeles Police Department" rather than the perpetrators.
- Flores faces a maximum possible sentence of 13 years in prison if convicted on all counts, with arraignment scheduled for August 10. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell stated he supports the "legal process now underway" regarding the officer's conduct.
- California is an 'all-party consent' state requiring everyone in a conversation to agree to recording. Legal experts note the 'scope of authority' exception typically applies only to criminal investigations, challenging the defense's argument that Flores acted within his duties.
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KESQLAPD Officer Charged for Recording Co-Workers Making Racist, Sexist Comments
A Los Angeles Police Department officer who recorded some of his colleagues allegedly making racist, sexist and homophobic comments was charged Friday with illegally recording the conversations. Daniel Flores, 43, was charged with 16 felony counts of eavesdropping or recording confidential communications. He is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 10 in downtown Los Angeles. An attorney for Flores blasted the charges, telling the Los Angeles Times tha…
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ReportWireLAPD officer who recorded colleagues’ racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job. According to an attorney for the…
LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
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