LMPD officer who won $450,000 settlement in whistleblower lawsuit again sues the department

That was just a half-hearted attempt at recreating the appearance of a street crimes unit, which is now over. Putting on plain clothes doesn't make you a real street crimes, narcotics or gang detective. That takes experience in all the specialized techniques that LMPD doesn't do anymore. When you put someone in charge whose claim to fame was patrol, administrative services or SWAT, then it's just the blind leading the blind.