Los Angeles — According to a new report, 3 employees at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department violated policy in actor-director Gibson's misdemeanor drunk driving arrest. A sheriff's supervisor considered withholding details about Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic rant from an arrest report but was eventually overrruled by a captain, said a department watchdog on Thursday.

The report reveals that Sheriff's personnel neglected to take Gibson's palm print upon his release, follow proper procedures before driving him to a tow yard to retrieve his car and sign a certain department form.

 The report also discusses the controversy as whether Department officials attempted to censor the original arrest report in order to deflect attention from alleged inflammatory statements that he made.

Consequently, the employees - two sergeants and a jailer - have since been disciplined for the minor procedural violations, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. One received a one-day suspension; the other two received a written reprimand.

However, Alan Nierob, Gibson's spokesman declined to comment on the report, issued by the Office of Independent Review.

After pleading no contest to the charge on Aug. 17, 2006, Gibson was given three years' probation, ordered to pay $1,400 in fines and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

The report also concluded that no violations have been found in Paris Hilton's jailing earlier this year for driving on a suspended license while on probation for an alcohol-related reckless-driving case.

"The Office of Independent Review is doing exactly what it's supposed to do, which is monitoring the Sheriff's Department," Whitmore said. "That makes transparency more than a buzzword, it makes it a reality."

Gibson was arrested in August 2006 on Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway for speeding and he made anti-Semitic comments to the arresting deputy. Gibson was given three years' probation, ordered to pay 1,400 dollars in fines and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

Gibson's remarks, detailed in a report leaked to celebrity Web site TMZ.com, provoked outrage and he later apologized.