Council Sweetens Deal in Search for Police Inspector General
Five years after the Christopher Commission suggested creating an inspector general to oversee the Los Angeles Police Department’s internal disciplinary system, the City Council has decided that it needs to pay more and change the job description in order to attract candidates.
After the council sent the matter to its Personnel Committee last week, the committee on Monday revised its initial job description, which along with a salary of roughly $76,000 had originally attracted only a handful of viable candidates.
Last week, the council sweetened the deal by at least $15,000, also in hopes of garnering more appropriate applicants.
The Christopher Commission was formed after the 1991 riots and issued a host of recommendations aimed at reforming the LAPD.
A key proposal was the creation of a position, independent of the department’s Internal Affairs Division, to be the link between the Police Commission and the LAPD’s disciplinary wing.
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