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Research ReportRICHARD H. DONOHUE, SAMUEL PETERSON, BOB HARRISON, SHAWN HILL, DANIELLE SOBOL, ALEJANDRO ROA CONTRERASOrganizational Assessment of the Los Angeles Police DepartmentFor more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RRA3827-1.About RANDRAND is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. To learn more about RAND, visit www.rand.org.Research IntegrityOur mission to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis is enabled through our core values of quality and objectivity and our unwavering commitment to the highest level of integrity and ethical behavior. To help ensure our research and analysis are rigorous, objective, and nonpartisan, we subject our research publications to a robust and exacting quality-assurance process; avoid both the appearance and reality of financial and other conflicts of interest through staff training, project screening, and a policy of mandatory disclosure; and pursue transparency in our research engagements through our commitment to the open publication of our research findings and recommendations, disclosure of the source of funding of published research, and policies to ensure intellectual independence. For more information, visit www.rand.org/about/research-integrity.RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.© 2025 Los Angeles Police Foundation is a registered trademark.RR-A3827-1 iii About This Report The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), like many law enforcement agencies nationwide, faces challenges related to staffing and morale along with other organizational issues. RAND was asked by the Los Angeles Police Foundation to assess LAPD recruitment, hiring, and retention; the Department’s complaint system and disciplinary practices; and the LAPD’s organizational structure. This report presents the findings related to an overall assessment of the Department and presents a series of recommendations for the Chief of Police. Justice Policy Program RAND Social and Economic Well-Being is a division of RAND that seeks to actively improve the health and social and economic well-being of populations and communities throughout the world. This research was conducted in the Justice Policy Program within RAND Social and Economic Well-Being. The program focuses on such topics as access to justice, policing, corrections, drug policy, and court system reform, as well as other policy concerns pertaining to public safety and criminal and civil justice. For more information, email justicepolicy@rand.org. Acknowledgments We appreciate the contributions of the LAPD staff who provided us time, data, and access, without which this study would not have been possible. In particular,