2 Organized Crime Division Officers Under Investigation

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating two officers of its organized crime division who may have had a “possible improper association with an informant,” authorities said Friday.

The probe, ordered by Chief Daryl F. Gates, will look into allegations that the officers “may have provided too much information to their contact while receiving very little information in return,” department spokesman Cmdr. William Booth said.

No disciplinary action will be taken against either officer pending completion of the investigation by the Internal Affairs Division, Booth said.

The identities of the officers, both members of the department’s Organized Crime Intelligence Division, were not disclosed.

‘Too Much Information’

Booth refused to give further details of the investigation, but said the probe was not focusing on “misconduct . . . but (on) abuse by providing too much information.”

The OCID, a unit made up of 56 investigators, typically targets organized crime elements, including extortion schemes, insurance fraud, labor racketeering and counterfeiting.

Last year, the unit was involved in the investigation that led to the arrest of Barry Minkow, the founder of ZZZZ Best Carpets, who now faces a host of criminal charges stemming from a loan fraud scheme.