Board of Police Commissioners · Held

Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners meeting, July 14, 2026

July 14, 2026, 9:30 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On July 14, 2026 the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners (the Police Commission) voted unanimously to adopt the Inspector General's recommendations on LAPD's license plate readers, including suspending installation of new cameras until more public input is received, CBS Los Angeles reported (CBS Los Angeles, July 14, 2026). The review recommends suspending new cameras and new license plate reader contracts pending public input and a reassessment of vendors and data practices (OIG report). The agenda also had an Inspector General review of 17 vehicle pursuits that ended in serious injury or death (OIG report), new drone and counter-drone procedures, and an LAPD update on its Flock Safety agreement. Minutes were not posted on the Police Commission's agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026, so the outcomes of those items are not confirmed here.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the July 14, 2026 meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.

5A. License plate reader audit and the Flock Safety agreement

• What it does: A verbal LAPD update on the status of its automated license plate reader audit and its memorandum of understanding with Flock Safety (agenda).
• Coverage: The LA Times reported that Cmdr. Randy Goddard told the Commission LAPD let its operating agreement with Flock lapse the week before, no longer has regular access to data from Flock’s 138 pole-mounted cameras on City property, and is negotiating a new contract under which LAPD would own the data and Flock could not sell or share it (LA Times, July 14, 2026). CBS Los Angeles reported that LAPD’s license plate reader contracts with Axon and Motorola remain active and expire in 2027 (CBS Los Angeles, July 14, 2026).

5B. Inspector General review of license plate readers

• What it does: Reviews LAPD’s license plate reader cameras, data sharing and field use; the Commission was asked to approve the report (agenda).
• Findings: LAPD runs 248 pole cameras, 140 roof cameras, about 1,500 in-car cameras and seven trailer cameras, plus 50 pole cameras in the Pacific Palisades on free loan. Three vendors provide the technology, and LAPD does not have formal contracts for all services covering data security, privacy and access. The cameras made 210,568,103 plate reads from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30, 2025; in-car alerts in that period led to 337 stolen-vehicle recoveries, 74 arrests from 68 alerts, nine pursuits, and 161 confirmed plate matches where the car was not stolen. LAPD shares license plate reader data with 15 California law enforcement agencies under a memorandum of agreement. LAPD’s Audit Division has issued one audit report on access to the data, in 2022. In July 2025 LAPD’s Information Technology Bureau searched the Flock and Motorola applications for the terms “immigration” and “ICE” and reported no queries using them (OIG report).
• Recommendations: Suspend new cameras and new license plate reader contracts pending public input and a review of vendors and data practices; require Commission approval of formal contracts with every vendor; require annual audits of data access (OIG report).
• Coverage: The Daily News reported before the meeting that Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, who filed a motion in May asking for a review of LAPD’s license plate readers, called for the Council’s Public Safety Committee to take up the motion and for a public accounting before any new agreement is approved, and that the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition planned a rally to ask LAPD to end its use of the technology (Daily News, July 13, 2026). The LA Times reported that the Inspector General’s office scheduled a virtual listening session on LAPD’s license plate readers for July 30 (LA Times, July 14, 2026).
• What happened: CBS Los Angeles reported that the Commission voted unanimously to adopt the Inspector General’s recommendations, including suspending installation of new license plate reader cameras until more public input is received (CBS Los Angeles, July 14, 2026).

5C. Inspector General review of vehicle pursuits

• What it does: Reviews pursuits from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 that ended in a crash with serious injury or death (OIG report).
• Findings: LAPD began 1,042 pursuits in that period; 373 ended in crashes and 17 of those caused serious injury or death. LAPD found all 17 began within policy; the OIG disagreed on one and found that in nine of the 17 at least one officer received or should have received an Administrative Disapproval. Of 73 officers sent to training, 54 had been sent for an earlier pursuit. The OIG says LAPD’s policy allows pursuits for offenses that several other large California agencies do not (OIG report).
• Recommendations: Study whether tighter rules would reduce crashes and report back within 120 days; add scenario and simulator training; require officers to call for an ambulance and give aid when safe (OIG report).

5D. Drone and counter-drone procedures

• What it does: An LAPD report dated May 19, 2026 revises and relocates the small unmanned aircraft deployment guidelines and establishes counter-drone deployment procedures; the Commission was asked to approve it (agenda).

Items carried forward

Consent items 4A (service fees) and 4C (Training Division donation) appear again on the July 21 agenda, with the donation marked “continued from July 14, 2026.”

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