Carranza

BACKGROUND

I. LAPD’s classification of crimes

The LAPD participates in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR), which tracks crimes nationwide based on the seriousness of the crime, frequency of occurrence, pervasiveness, and likelihood of being reported. Before law enforcement agencies report their crime statistics to the FBI, they must classify crimes according to criteria set forth in the UCR’s manual. As the UCR is a nationwide program, its classification system does not correlate with California law or the Penal Code. To classify a crime, law enforcement agencies use the crime reports that detail the facts of each incident to analyze those facts according to the UCR’s classification system. The relevant UCR classifications here are aggravated and simple assaults. The UCR defines an aggravated assault as an

1 All undesignated statutory references are to the Labor Code.

2 unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury and is usually accompanied by use of a weapon or means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. The UCR defines a simple assault as an assault…