Long Beach Police Suspend Officer Maxwell Schroeder For 'Biased And Prejudiced' Comments In Torrance Racist Texts Scandal

Los Angeles CA

10 December, 2021

5:17 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles: LONG BEACH (CBSLA) — A Long Beach police officer who was identified as one of more than a dozen who exchanged racist text messages with his colleagues in Torrance has been suspended, officials said Friday. Officer Maxwell Schroeder, a former Torrance police recruit who has been with the Long Beach Police Department since 2016, has been suspended for "comments that were biased and prejudiced in nature." Long Beach police says it was notified on Aug. 19 about biased and prejudiced remarks made by Schroeder in electronic communications with a non-LBPD employee. An internal administrative investigation was immediately launched, and the officer, identified as Schroeder, was reassigned to desk assignment, a statement from the department said. Read more at CBSLA CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.