Advocacy

Official Statement of the Santa Monica Police Officers Association on the OIR report   The Santa Monica Police Officers Association is grateful for the investigative work done by the OIR group into the events of May 31, 2020. The resulting report is a document our organization and its members have carefully reviewed, and policy changes based on its recommendations that will equip our department to best serve the public’s safety will be wholeheartedly embraced.   However, it is important to note that only 13 officers

The upheaval of the past year was enough to test the most resilient and grounded among us. Santa Monica police officers were not immune to the stress of the pandemic coupled with a social reckoning of our profession. Initially, we, the sworn officers of the SMPD, felt unfairly lumped into the national indictment of unprofessional police officers and departments. We were angry at having to defend ourselves and the service we provide to our community. But slowly, and after a lot of individual introspection, as a group we started