The new policy, which was passed by the Police Commission on Tuesday, forbids officers who carry firearms while off duty from drinking to impairment.
The Los Angeles Police Department has tightened its policy on off-duty officers drinking alcohol while armed, making it a violation for an officer to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.04% or higher.. The change prohibits officers who are carrying firearms while off duty from drinking “to the extent that it causes impairment.”
Tuesday’s votes comes several weeks after LAPD brass issued a departmentwide bulletin cautioning cops not to drink and drive, following the arrests of seven officers on suspicion of getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. The rule change capped a long-running debate over whether the department should tighten its rules on drinking. Apointed to apparent failures by the department to develop clear policies despite multiple instances of drunk and armed off-duty officers allegedly causing trouble.
Department statistics presented at the Commission meeting Tuesday showed that the department fielded at least 35 drug and alcohol related complaints last year, 18 of which led to arrests. Those numbers started to climb again, after falling from 50 complaints in 2019 to 21 and 30 in the subsequent two years.
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