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Opens https://lacity.gov/directory in a new window.Los Angeles: On December 5, 2023, at around 11:50 a.m., an on-duty, plain clothes, vice sergeant was in the Topanga Community Police Station vice office when a Non-Tactical Unintentional Discharge (NTUD) occurred. The sergeant was in the vice office, preparing his handgun for an upcoming training when he inadvertently discharged a round, striking a nearby refrigerator.
The round did not exit the refrigerator and no other officers or employees were in the office when the NTUD occurred. No one was injured as a result of this incident.
Force Investigation Division (FID) investigators responded to the scene and are investigating this incident.
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