What’s fireable in the LAPD

Re “Firing of police officers who played Pokemon Go upheld,” Jan. 12

Please tell me this is a joke. Is it April Fools’ Day? Obviously these officers playing “Pokemon Go” instead of responding to a call while on duty deserve some form of discipline.

However, people are routinely killed by police officers, and rarely are officers fired or even punished for doing so.

And a court upheld this! I guess playing a game while on duty is worse than killing someone. What does this say about law enforcement? This is a statement of what’s considered normal for police.

It is also a statement of how low we as citizens have gone. We have some responsibility for this by not insisting on enforcement of strong laws and consequences for officers. We need to unite together to fight police violence as a group, not just along racial lines.

Right now, we citizens are divided. We would have more power if we all came together on this.

Robin Washington

Altadena

Between officers refusing to be vaccinated and playing games instead of responding to calls (“screw it” — really?), at what point does the Los Angeles Police Department realize that its hiring practices, including psychological screening, are subpar and that a house cleaning is in order?

What’s better: fewer police on the beat, but they’re good cops, or keeping the ones we have, even the bad eggs? I’ll take the former.

Barry Davis

Agoura Hills