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LAPD to change policy on use of informants after furor over decision to spy on anti-Trump group

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department will modify its policies on the use of confidential informants and undercover officers after a Los Angeles Times report revealed the agency had spied on a political group that was planning protests against President Donald Trump in 2017, officials said.

Chief Michel Moore told the Police Commission Tuesday that the decision to deploy informants inside sensitive locations - including churches, hospitals

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