A procession of police officers escorts the hearse carrying the body of Whittier Police Officer Keith Boyer on Tuesday. Boyer was fatally shot and another officer was injured another as they responded to a traffic accident on Monday.

LOS ANGELES — A California criminal justice reform initiative played no role in the length of the prison sentence of a gang member who is accused of shooting two police officers, one of whom died, officials said Tuesday.

Michael Christopher Mejia, 26, was arrested Monday after Whittier police Officer Keith Boyer was fatally shot and Officer Patrick Hazell was wounded as they responded to the site of a traffic accident Mejia was involved in.

Jeffrey Callison, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said none of the state's recent criminal justice reform initiatives affected the length of Mejia's prison sentence. Still, a local police union and two Los Angeles legislators have called for investigations into the policies surrounding Mejia's release.

At an emotional news conference on Monday, Whittier Police Chief Jeff Piper and Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell pointed to a series of statewide criminal justice initiatives implemented in the past few years that they said have led to the release of too many criminals.

“We need to wake up. Enough is enough,” Piper said. “You're passing these propositions; you're creating these laws that are raising crimes. It's not good for our communities and it's not good for our officers. What you have today is an example of that.”