LAPD Federal Search Warrant Participation

At a glance

• What: a motion posted and referred on 2026-10-21 (Public Safety) by the 15th District councilmember (McOsker; the signature line is partly illegible in the journal) asking the LAPD, with the City Attorney, to report on its policies for joining federal search warrant operations.
• Where it stands: introduced and referred; no vote yet.
• Next: committee consideration.

What the motion says

• Prompted by reports that LAPD officers accompanied Homeland Security Investigations agents in Wilmington when federal search warrants were executed on October 19, 2026, in a statewide voter fraud investigation.
• The report would cover: any legal requirement for LAPD to accompany federal agencies executing warrants in the City; whether LAPD may decline when its help is not legally required or needed for public safety; and the nature, basis and extent of LAPD's involvement on October 19, including whether it was requested or required.
• Related: Skid Row Federal Enforcement Operation.

Sources

• City Council journal, October 21, 2026: https://lacity.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument?meetingTemplateId=156215&compileOutputType=1

Log

2026-10-21 - City Council

Motion posted and referred (no vote).