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Dedier "Eddie" Reyes, 40, and David Salcedo, 30, each were charged in December 2021 with one count of filing a false report stemming from a Feb.15, 2018, arrest.
Attorneys for the officers argue they made a mistake but did not intentionally lie.
The former officers are accused of lying about how they found a handgun after they detained two men outside the El Bukanas taqueria in Long Beach on Feb. 15, 2018.