LOS ANGELES — After Mayor Karen Bass vetoed a proposed ballot measure that would have changed the LAPD's disciplinary process and expanded the chief's power to terminate officers, five City Council members introduced a motion Wednesday calling for a "comprehensive review" of the system.

Council President Paul Krekorian introduced the motion alongside council members Tim McOsker, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Monica Rodriguez and Eunisses Hernandez, in hopes a review of the disciplinary system will guide them and the mayor in presenting a ballot measure to voters, which would most likely occur by 2026.

The motion seeks to establish a partnership between the mayor's office, the Los Angeles Police Department, Board of Police Commissioners, City Council offices, residents and public safety advocates to review various aspects of the LAPD's disciplinary process, including:

• Generation, filing and receipt of complaints;
• investigation timelines and processes;
• Rules and processes for hearings;
• Selection of advocates and quasi-judicial officers;
• Due process before, during and after administrative hearings;
• Burdens of proof;
• Authority and responsibilities of the chief of police;
• Range of disciplinary actions, including dismissal, suspension and demotion;
• Legal rights and remedies of parties post-process; and
• Reporting and transparency to public bodies and the public.

The motion also calls for regular community meetings throughout the city to discuss matters related to the disciplinary system and the pending review.

"Working together, we can create a system that enables the department to act decisively in cases of egregious misconduct," Krekorian said in a statement. "The people of Los Angeles, and the officers who put their lives on the line to defend them, need to know that misconduct or abuses of authority will not be tolerated, and that the enforcement process will be fair, transparent and consistent."

On Tuesday, the City Council passed on the opportunity to override Bass' recent veto of the previously proposed ballot measure. In a letter, Bass highlighted police officers' collective frustrations with the current disciplinary system.

The ballot proposal intended to expand the chief's ability to fire officers for serious misconduct, and also change the composition of the department's Board of Rights.

Currently, the chief can only recommend that an officer be terminated — but ultimately the decision is left to the Board of Rights, a three- member panel that serves as a quasi-judicial body.

The proposal sought to allow the chief to fire officers outright for engaging in sexual misconduct, fraud, excessive force or abuse on duty, among other violations.

The proposal intended to change the makeup of the Board of Rights from two sworn officers and one civilian member to one sworn officer and two civilian members. It also would have repealed an option that gives officers facing disciplinary action the right to request an all-civilian Board of Rights panel.

In June, as part of the council's deliberations on the proposal, LAPD leadership warned the measure would create a two-tier disciplinary system in which some officers would be fired by the chief and others would face Board of Rights hearings.

Bass said she looked forward to working with the council to do a "thorough and comprehensive review with officers, the department, and other stakeholders to ensure fairness for all."

McOsker, who spearheaded the ballot proposal, expressed his disappointment with Bass' veto. He told City News Service, "I think that power, that authority for the chief, would be a significant reform and opportunity to make the department more accountable than what it is today."

But, the councilman was in support of the new attempt to review LAPD's disciplinary process, saying in a statement that it "represents a timely opportunity to work together to ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability in how we handle police misconduct."