Editorial: The LAPD needs a better way to fire cops. So why are city leaders slow-walking reform?

Changes to the Los Angeles Police Department’s failing discipline system could come before voters this year — if the City Council moves faster. If Los Angeles is going to improve its discipline process for police officer misconduct — as it should, so the chief can fire substandard officers — the City Council must get moving. Opinion Editorial: Police accountability in Los Angeles is heading backwards After Los Angeles voters approved a ballot measure to remake a key part of the police disciplinary process, City Council President Herb Wesson promised a series of hearings around the city on LAPD reform and the kinds of complaints about policing that have riveted the nation’s attention over the last several years: Excessive force. Opinion Editorial: Misstep on L.A. police discipline can still be walked back — if City Council and activists up their game Charter Amendment C, which voters approved Tuesday, undermines a key component of the Los Angeles police discipline system by granting officers an option to choose a historically more lenient group of judges when they’re accused of violating department policies.