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Previously secret LAPD discipline records reveal lying, sexual misconduct by officers

LOS ANGELES - One Los Angeles police officer was fired for sexual misconduct after a woman accused him of raping her outside a Hollywood apartment complex.

Another lawman was fired for perjury after dash camera video contradicted his testimony in a South L.A. gun possession case.

Documents from the two misconduct cases are among the first released by the Los Angeles Police Department under a landmark state transparency law that requires law enforcement agencies to publicly disclose records of internal investigations into police shootings, severe uses of force and confirmed cases of sexual assault and lying by on-duty officers.

The department made the documents public after

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