Apr. 27, 2026
Jury awards $14.6M to LAPD officers in whistleblower retaliation case
Four LAPD officers won a $14.6 million verdict after alleging the department retaliated against them for reporting safety concerns and unlawful training practices at a firearms facility.
A jury awarded four Los Angeles police officers $14.6 million in a whistleblower retaliation case that alleged the LAPD punished them for reporting unsafe conditions and potential legal violations at the department's Davis Training Facility.
The officers -- firearms instructors Kristine Salazar and Mark Hogan and armorers Craig Burns and Alex Chan -- said they began raising concerns in 2018 about critical staffing shortages that left recruits without adequate firearms training...
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