According Mosely in the Season 9 premiere, the Los Angeles branch of NCIS has a reputation for using lethal force “far above and well beyond” any other unit in the agency.
That’s not to say that suspects don’t die on the NCIS mothership or NCIS: New Orleans, but Los Angeles kills off bad guys like they’re extras in an action movie, and the agents are pretty trigger-happy.
Still, Mosely was firm that the time has come for the L.A. agents to start taking responsibility for their lethal force.
Callen attempted to brush aside her point by claiming that the West Coast criminals are nastier than the criminals faced by the other NCIS units.