The accused officers have been removed from their posts with “no police powers,” the LAPD chief said. In light of a whistleblower’s complaint that alleged racism and discrimination by officers within the Los Angeles Police Department,

Chief Jim McDonnell on Tuesday called details of a whistleblower’s complaint alleging racism and discrimination by officers in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Recruitment and Employment Division a “major setback.

The involved officers have been “assigned to home” without police powers, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said during a Tuesday Board of Police Commissioners meeting.