Following a directive from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, the LAPD says it will begin providing regular public reports on its officers' contacts with federal immigration agents, and the Department's oversight board said its investigators would begin reviewing body-worn-video recordings to make sure officers were obeying policies and laws that prevent police cooperation with most immigration enforcement. "We are pretty much doing everything that's in that directive," LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said last week of the Mayor's new instructions, and promised more information at the Board of Police Commissioners meeting set for March 3. The Commission's Office of Inspector General said it would conduct an audit of officers' immigration-related interactions with federal agents, including reviews of body-worn-video recordings. "We'll be working with the Department to request notification of all future incidents of Department personnel responding to calls for service at the scene of immigration enforcement action," Inspector General Matthew Barragan told Commissioners. Under state law and LAPD policy officers are forbidden from assisting with the enforcement of civil immigration laws, and in 2025 the LAPD provided specific instructions to officers on what to do if dispatched to a federal enforcement incident, including keeping the peace, crowd control, using body-worn-video to document what was taking-place, and, if possible, attempting to obtain the names and ID numbers of federal agents. Chief McDonnell said in January he would not direct officers to attempt to enforce the state's ban on immigration agents wearing masks and concealing their identities; in February a federal judge blocked the law from taking effect because it did not apply to all law enforcement officers. The law does require federal agents to wear identification that shows their agency and badge or ID number. Bass' directive was issued February 10 and said it was part of the City's efforts to, "confront federal overreach by the Trump administration and protect Angelenos from the ongoing, dangerous federal immigration raids." Local Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news. One of the elements instructed the LAPD to begin making public reports about officers' contacts with ICE and other federal agents conducting immigration enforcement. "Mayor Bass directed the LAPD to begin regular briefings to the Police Commission to ensure transparency and accountability," her office emailed Monday. "This follows Executive Directive 17, which the mayor recently signed to reaffirm Los Angeles’ commitment to protecting immigrant communities and maintaining a clear separation between local policing and federal immigration enforcement." The LAPD has for several years designated one of its command staff as the Department's immigration affairs liaison officer, but until now the person in this position has not made public reports about the data collected on immigration incidents.