Panel Receives Report on Probe of Fuhrman

Los Angeles police commissioners formally received a written report Tuesday documenting the LAPD’s internal investigation of former Det. Mark Fuhrman, whose lies in the O.J. Simpson murder trial caused a national sensation and led to his recent no contest plea to perjury charges.

Although the report has not been released, sources previously have said investigators concluded that Fuhrman manufactured and exaggerated claims of brutality during taped interviews with an aspiring screenwriter.

As reported during the summer, those same sources said that investigators uncovered evidence that Fuhrman mistreated female colleagues when he was assigned to the department’s West Los Angeles Division, and that he could face a reprimand for those actions.

Commission President Raymond C. Fisher would not comment on the report in detail, but agreed that the only recourse available to the department at this point seemed to be a “paper penalty.” Fuhrman is retired, so he cannot face suspension or firing. Commissioners are not able to affect his pension.

The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is awaiting the conclusion of the Los Angeles Police Department’s probe of Furhman, but it has been delayed time and again. Sources close to the commission say some members of the board are not pleased with the investigation and parts of the report.