Audit Finds Few Problems With Anti-Terrorist Unit

A three-year audit of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Anti-Terrorist Division found relatively few problems with the way officers in the unit performed their secretive duties.

Despite a concern by some activists that the unit’s intelligence-gathering powers could be abused to violate people’s civil and privacy rights, the Police Commission audit found that nearly all investigations were handled properly.

One detective with the unit was disciplined and removed from the division for improperly doing investigative work on his home computer, the audit reported.

According to the report, the unit was involved in dozens of investigations, including spying on white supremacist groups and following suspected terrorists.