150 North Los Angeles Street, Room 507
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-485-3243
LAPD’s Personnel Division, under the command of the Personnel Group, provides human resources-related services to the Department. Police Administrator Sue Gordan is the Commanding Officer of the Personnel Division. Responsibilities of this Division include conducting investigative backgrounds of sworn and civilian candidates, processing, interviewing, and screening civilian (non-sworn) applicants, scheduling job interviews and medical exams, and conducting pre-exit interviews of employees. In addition, Personnel Division maintains a database of Department personnel and prepares the Table of Organization and related charts.
Other duties of the Personnel Division are: processing and investigating medical histories and information pertaining to sick or injured-on-duty (IOD) employees who apply for pensions, ensuring that proper medical treatment is provided to employees who are injured on or off-duty, obtaining pertinent medical information from treating physicians and maintaining confidentiality of medical records. Personnel Division also administers the Department’s Safety Program.
Personnel Division is composed of the following sections: