Part 2 · Accreditation record
WASPC accreditation fraud
The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs granted LSPD its first accreditation in May 2020 on the strength of a submission certified by Chief Beazizo. That submission, and the 2024 OPS three-year review that followed, contain identical sworn statements that LSPD had no racial or bias-based investigations during periods in which the IAPro log shows multiple.
"In 2018 and 2019, there were no reports or investigations conducted in regard to minority or racially based incidents or unlawful harassment."WASPC accreditation submission · April 22, 2020
The same submission, four pages earlier, lists OPS 2019-0015 (Hildebrant / Wells, race comments about a mixed-race child) in its Administrative Reviews section. The IAPro log shows that in the week before this submission, Beazizo had removed Bias-Based Policing classifications from OPS 2018-0012, 2018-0017 and 2019-0021 — classifications he had personally added.
WASPC certified this submission under Standards 4.3, 13.3, 14.1 and 14.2 — the exact standards governing internal investigations, bias-based policing, and complaint documentation.
"From 2021 to 2023, there were no reports or investigations conducted in regard to minority or racially based incidents or unlawful harassment."LSPD OPS Three-Year Overview · signed by Chief Beazizo · emailed Feb. 6, 2024 to Mayor Brett Gailey & City Administrator Gene Brazel
The same report identifies a single "complaint rejected" for the period — OPS 2021-0017, Bloom — an immigrant woman whose complaint explicitly raised bias. The report had been preceded, three weeks earlier, by Cleanup Session 3 in the IAPro log.
AllegationOPS 2018-0017
Elijah Slade — Black man
False arrest, handcuff injury, racial slurs by Cpl. Fiske. Bias-Based Policing tag added Dec 4, 2019, removed Jan 15, 2020. Courtesy/Disrespect allegation deleted. Denied in WASPC 2020.
AllegationOPS 2019-0015
Gregory Ward — mixed-race child
Cpl. Wells's racial comments about a mixed-race child's hair. Barnes 'resolved' by phone. Listed in WASPC submission while WASPC submission denied any race investigations existed.
AllegationOPS 2019-0021
Hispanic / Latina complainant
Bias-Based Policing tag added Dec 13, 2019; removed Jan 16, 2020 — days before WASPC accreditation. Denied in WASPC 2020.
AllegationOPS 2019-0031
Hymes / Irwin — off-duty profiling
Bias-Based Policing tag added Dec 13, 2019; de-classified Jan 16, 2020. Denied in WASPC 2020.
AllegationOPS 2020-0027
Erika Johnson / Julie Family — Latina DV victims
Downgraded from External Complaint to Administrative Review. Allegations against Wells, Marshall and Warbis deleted; officers reclassified as witnesses. Closed Unfounded.
AllegationOPS 2021-0017
Bloom — immigrant woman
Closed Unfounded Jun 15, 2021; retroactively changed to Complaint Rejected Apr 21, 2022. Cited as the lone 'complaint rejected' in the 2024 OPS review that denied any racial investigations.
AllegationOPS 2022-0032
Romeo Asuncion — Hispanic teenager
Tosha Edwards's email to Beazizo explicitly used 'POC,' 'brown skinned,' 'racist vigilantes,' and requested implicit-bias training. Mayor Gailey copied. Closed Unfounded Feb 1, 2023. Denied in OPS Review 2024.