Once released only to police chiefs, so-called
investigation letters now lay out, in pages of detail,
the events leading up to each OIS, the investigation,
and the legal findings that support conclusions.
Welter says such a change has helped ease tensions
and raised public confidence in law enforcement.
Still, he says, as recent events in Anaheim indicate,
a lot of work remains to be done.
After the Operation Halo sweep, some residents
spread rumors that Anaheim officers were randomly
arresting kids.
“All those suspects we arrested were documented
gang members or ones seen selling guns or
drugs,” Welter says. “We didn’t just randomly pick
somebody off the street.”
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