LAPD Bypasses Federal Law to Allow DACA Officers to Possess Firearms

Commentary The challenge to restore law enforcement personnel levels to the pre-pandemic, pre-defund the police era culminated in the passing of California Senate Bill 960, signed into law in September 2022, allowing non-citizens who are eligible to work in the U.S., including recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, to become police officers. The controversial new law took effect in California on Jan. 1, 2023. Recently, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) took actionable steps to allow non-citizen DACA recipients who graduate from the academy and become sworn officers to carry a firearm full-time, which is prohibited by federal law....