The writers of this article (matt lait/scott glover) are professional cop haters. They only write anything negative about poilce. For fellow cops they are the "Steve Yagman" of journalists. Funy irony is Lait's brother is an LAPD detective. I've had many email chats with Matt Lait. He knows his bias is to sell papers and is slanted.
As for the article, let the investigation begin, I'd bet there are no laws broken, noting wrong with encouraging ANY employee in any profession to do better at whatever it is they do.