Board of Police Commissioners · Held
Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners meeting, October 6, 2026
On the agenda: The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners' Oct. 6, 2026 agenda had one regular item: an LAPD report revising its rules for holds on impounded vehicles and vessels and setting up an auto release portal and new procedures for managing and releasing vehicle evidence holds. The consent calendar listed six donations to stations and divisions worth $36,000 in all (our sum of the agenda amounts), and the closed session listed discipline reviews of three incidents from November 2025 and one personnel item. Minutes were not posted on the Commission's agenda index as of Oct. 7, 2026.
Agenda only. As of October 7, 2026, minutes for the October 6, 2026 meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.
| Where | John W. Mack Police Commission Hearing Room, 100 W. 1st St., and by Zoom |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted October 3, 2026) |
4A. Vehicle impound and evidence holds
- What it does: An LAPD report dated Sept. 10, 2026 (BPC #26-306) asks the Commission to approve four changes: a revised policy on placing holds on impounded vehicles and vessels, and three new ones establishing an auto release portal, procedures for managing vehicle evidence holds and procedures for releasing them. The agenda links a redlined version showing the changes (agenda).
- Who brought it: The Department, which recommends approval (agenda).
The six consent items, all LAPD reports recommended for approval, were: furniture worth $3,900 for the Northeast station’s children’s room; $6,000 for Hollywood station employee wellness; $500 and $2,100 for the Rampart and West Los Angeles cadet programs; a $9,500 horse for the Metropolitan Division’s mounted platoon; and $14,000 for a Van Nuys station holiday party and Baker to Vegas team (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 4A | Revise LAPD rules for holds on impounded vehicles and vessels and set up an auto release portal and vehicle evidence hold procedures | Not posted yet |
| 1 | Chief of Police report: incidents Sept. 29 to Oct. 6, crime statistics, staffing | Not posted yet |
| 2 | Public comment | Not posted yet |
| 3A-F | Accept six donations from $500 to $14,000 for stations and divisions, including a horse for the Metropolitan Division mounted platoon | Not posted yet |
| 5A | Closed session: discipline reviews of an officer-involved shooting, a head strike and an unintentional discharge from November 2025 | Not posted yet |
| 5B | Closed session: personnel item under Government Code 54957 | Not posted yet |