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Since photos' release, LAPD has been quietly scrubbing police rosters from portal

Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles on June 28, 2021.

LOS ANGELES — As the hand-wringing at Los Angeles Police Department headquarters continues over the release of police officers' pictures, the city has been quietly scrubbing the names and ranks of cops from its public records website.

Earlier this month, hawk-eyed LAPD watchers began noticing the disappearance from the city's records portal of LAPD personnel rosters that had previously been released through a public records request.

As with all city departments, the LAPD maintains a roster with the names of its

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