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   A veteran Los Angeles police officer is under investigation   
   after his body-worn camera captured him allegedly fondling a   
   dead woman’s breasts.   
      
   The officer, who is assigned to downtown’s Central Division, was   
   placed on leave once supervisors reviewed the footage during a   
   random inspection, LAPD officials said.   
      
   The incident occurred when the officer and his partner responded   
   to a call about a possible dead woman in a residential unit,   
   sources said. Once the two officers determined the woman was   
   dead, one officer returned to the patrol car to retrieve   
   something. During that time, the accused officer turned off his   
   body-worn camera and allegedly fondled the woman’s breasts, LAPD   
   officials said.   
      
   Although the officer deactivated the camera, a two-minute buffer   
   on the device captured the incident. The department is also   
   investigating the officer’s work history.   
      
   “We immediately launched an administrative investigation once we   
   learned about the incident,” chief spokesman Josh Rubenstein   
   said, “and we assigned the officer to home.” He declined to   
   comment further.   
      
   Assistant Chief Robert Arcos called the recording “very   
   disturbing.”   
      
   The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union that   
   represents rank-and-file cops, called the allegations troubling.   
      
   “If this allegation is true, then the behavior exhibited by this   
   officer is not only wrong, but extremely disturbing, and does   
   not align with the values we, as police officers, hold dear, and   
   these values include respect and reverence for the deceased,”   
   the board of directors said in a statement. “This behavior has   
   no place in law enforcement.”   
      
   Currently, when an LAPD officer turns his or her camera on, it   
   automatically begins saving video and audio starting two minutes   
   prior to the activation. It’s unclear for how long the officer   
   fondled the dead woman or what triggered him to later activate   
   the camera.   
      
   Supervisors discovered the act during a random inspection of   
   video recordings.   
      
   Last month, The Times reported that the LAPD would start   
   reviewing random recordings to make sure officers are following   
   guidelines when dealing with the public.   
      
   Chief Michel Moore reached an agreement last month with the   
   union to inspect body-worn camera recordings that don’t involve   
   arrests or the use of force.   
      
   The inspections will allow supervisors to determine whether some   
   officers need additional training or counseling to prevent   
   instances of biased policing, Moore told the Board of Police   
   Commissioners. Supervisors would check to make sure that   
   officers aren’t rude and that they explain their actions when   
   stopping people, he said.   
      
   Even prior to the agreement, police leaders could review   
   recordings and discipline officers for misconduct discovered on   
   video. It is standard for police bosses to review recordings   
   from arrests, when force is used or in cases where the public   
   files complaints against officers.   
      
   The LAPD began field testing body-worn cameras in 2014 and   
   eventually deployed more than 7,000. The department collects   
   about 14,000 recordings each day and has accumulated recordings   
   totaling more than 2.1 million hours.   
      
   https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-03/lapd-officer-   
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