An LAPD officer who secretly recorded colleagues allegedly making racist, sexist and homophobic comments is expected to face a felony eavesdropping charge Friday, turning a police accountability complaint into a criminal case against the person who collected the evidence. The recordings were made while he worked in the department’s recruitment operation.
Los Angeles County prosecutors are expected to charge Officer Daniel Flores under California’s privacy law, with the District Attorney’s Office planning to address the case Friday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Times. Flores’ attorney, Alan Jackson, said his client will fight the charge and plead not guilty.
Flores reportedly turned roughly 90 recordings over to his superiors after capturing conversations between March and October 2024 inside city personnel facilities near LAPD headquarters. Earlier LAPD coverage described the recordings as evidence in a wider scandal involving officers assigned to help decide who could join the department.
The allegations include officers referring to Black people with racist language, making derogatory comments about queer colleagues and women, and discussing an Asian supervisor’s recruitment efforts in offensive terms. Flores also said he overheard a supervisor make a disparaging comment about the death of Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela, according to the Times’ report.
The department found Flores guilty of policy violations and recommended a 22-day suspension without pay,...
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