LAPD hasn't been LAPD since the Rampart scandal. It is still operating under a consent decree from the federal government. The goal is to be more sensitive, gay friendly, and accommodating to women. They gutted the SWAT team for these goals. It's so bad that the police had to abandon the anti gang task force because no cops wanted to be part of it.
LAPD remains an extension of MS-13 and the Mexican Mafia. Their primary function is drug trafficking.
A side function being shooting at random citizens in pickup trucks for no reason!