“Los Angeles police officers tampered with voice recording equipment in dozens of patrol cars in an effort to avoid being monitored while on duty, according to records and interviews.

An inspection by Los Angeles Police Department investigators found about half of the estimated 80 cars in one South L.A. patrol division were missing antennas, which help capture what officers say in the field. The antennas in at least 10 more cars in nearby divisions had also been removed.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and other top officials learned of the problem last summer but chose not to investigate which officers were responsible. Rather, the officials issued warnings against continued meddling and put checks in place to account for antennas at the start and end of each patrol shift.”* Desi Doyen (Green News Report), John Iadarola (TYT University), Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report) and Michael Shure break it down.

*Read more here from Joel Rubin / LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-lapd-tamper-20140408,0,7666331.story#axzz2yXts5MJP