Los Angeles LAPD I CI (2025-2026 inspection cycle)

Initial Inspection Report 2025-2026 Biennial Inspection Cycle Date of Exit Briefing: 12/22/2025 Inspection Type: Comprehensive County: Los Angeles Facility Name(s): LAPD Type I Facilities BSCC #(s): 2341, 2380, 2501 BSCC Type: I Facility Representatives: Custody Services Division Gwendolyn Jacson BSCC Field Representative: Rafael Gomez Corrective Action Plan Required? YES DATE CAP DUE TO BSCC: 1/22/2026 Current Items of Noncompliance Title 15. Section Description 2341-Metropolitan Detention Center 2380-Valley Jail Section 2501-77th Street Division § 1027.5 Safety Checks (d) Safety checks shall occur at random or varied Subsection (d): intervals. Safety checks in sobering and safety cells are not occurring at random and varied intervals. 2341-Metropolitan Detention Center 2380-Valley Jail Section 2501-77th Street Division § 1055. Use of Safety Cell Subsection (b): Continued retention is not being reviewed at a (b) A person shall be placed in a safety cell only with minimum of every four hours. the approval of the facility manager or designee, or responsible health care staff; continued retention shall be reviewed a minimum of every four hours. The agency policy requires incarcerated persons to be medically evaluated every six hours. State regulation states that an evaluation shall be reviewed at a minimum of every four hours. 2341-Metropolitan Detention Center 2501-77th Street Division § 1056. Use of Sobering Cell Safety checks in the sobering cell are being completed Intermittent direct visual observation of people held in no less than every half hour. the sobering cell shall be conducted no less than every half hour. Such observation shall be documented. LAPD Initial Inspection Report Page 2 Title 24. Section Description 2341-Metropolitan Detention Center Combi fixtures in ADA cells and holding cells require a 13-102 (c) 6. Design requirements ligature-resistant lavatory closure panel and a ligature- resistant deck-mounted drinking fountain fixture.