In one of the bodycam videos LAPD officer Gaxiola picks up Shield’s wallet, shows it to Lee who then points to the suspect, indicating that it was his wallet. The wallet is put down and a bag of ...

LAPD Sgt. Mitzi Grasso said, contrary to a statement from a department official last week, that the badge found in Martinez’ possession was a duplicate, not the original one issued to Kubly.

When Cecilia Dominguez joined the Los Angeles Police Department in the late 1960s, women wore skirts and their badges designated them as “policewoman.” The badges changed in the early 1970s to ...

Rudy Martinez, then serving as a volunteer at the Los Angeles Police Department, “refused to cooperate” with investigators and quickly resigned after he was asked about the badge, which was ...

The footage tells a different story. LAPD officer Gaxiola, as CBS Los Angeles identified him, picks up Shields’s wallet from the street and shows it to another officer who then points to Shields.