Board of Police Commissioners · Held
Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners meeting, September 29, 2026
From official records: The Sept. 29, 2026 agenda of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners (the Police Commission) took up an Inspector General review that found LAPD "has not consistently implemented" its 2022 pretextual stop policy, with deficiencies in 44 percent of the pretext stops sampled (OIG report). The Commission approved a one-year extension of the SA Recycling vehicle recycling contract through Nov. 21, 2027 and sent it to the Council (transmittal). Minutes were not posted on the Commission's agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026, so other outcomes are not confirmed here.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 29, 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.
| Where | John W. Mack Police Commission Hearing Room, 100 W. 1st St. |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted September 25, 2026) |
4A. SA Recycling vehicle recycling contract
- What it does: Amends Contract C-144631 with SA Recycling for vehicle recycling program services to extend it one year, through Nov. 21, 2027 (report).
- Money: LAPD budgeted $3,000,000 for the program in fiscal 2026-27; the report says no added appropriation is needed (report).
- What happened: Approved Sept. 29 and sent to the Council (transmittal).
- What’s next: Referred to the Homelessness and Health and Public Safety committees; the last day for the Council to act is Nov. 20, 2026 (CF 26-1377).
5A. Inspector General review of the pretextual stop policy
- What it does: Compares LAPD’s 2022 policy with other agencies, analyzes pretext stop data from April 2022 through December 2025, and reviews 100 traffic stops from January 2026 (OIG report).
- Findings: Pretext stops were 9 percent of classified traffic stops, with 66,958 detentions; 38 percent involved Gang Enforcement Detail officers. Six percent of pretext detentions ended in arrest and 2.2 percent in a firearm recovery. People detained were 58 percent Hispanic, 31 percent Black and 8 percent white, with arrest rates of 5.9, 6 and 7.3 percent. Newton Area had 14 percent of pretext detentions and ranked ninth of 21 areas in reported crime. In the January 2026 sample, 44 percent of pretext stops had policy deficiencies, most often a failure to state the more serious crime suspected (OIG report).
- Conclusion: The OIG wrote that “the Department has not consistently implemented its 2022 pretext stop policy” (OIG report).
- Coverage: The Daily News reported that the Inspector General recommended LAPD bring a draft revised policy to the Commission within 90 days, that LAPD agreed revisions were needed and attributed the deficiencies to officer confusion over the policy’s language, and that commissioners said a public hearing on the revised policy would be held (Daily News, Sept. 30, 2026).
- What happened: The Daily News reported that the Commission voted 3-0 to begin drafting a revised pretext stop policy; Commissioners Daniel Tabor and Fabian Garcia were absent (Daily News, Sept. 30, 2026).
Item 5B is an LAPD report dated Aug. 28, 2026 (BPC #26-303) (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 4A | One-year extension of the SA Recycling vehicle recycling contract C-144631, through Nov. 21, 2027 | Approved; sent to City Council |
| 5A | Inspector General review of LAPD's 2022 pretextual stop policy | Commission voted 3-0 to begin drafting a revised policy, as reported by the Daily News |
| 5B | Annual inspection report on LAPD's four-legged robot (quadruped unmanned ground vehicle), 2025-26 | Not posted yet |
| 1 | Chief of Police report: incidents Sept. 22 to 29, crime statistics, staffing | Not posted yet |
| 2 | Executive Director's report | Not posted yet |
| 3 | Public comment | Not posted yet |
| 4B-I | Accept eight donations and grants from $500 to $21,500 for stations and divisions | Not posted yet |
| 6 | Closed session: discipline review of an officer-involved shooting | Not posted yet |