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Sheriff’s Department announces long-awaited policy banning deputy gangs
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sheriff’s Department announces long-awaited policy banning deputy gangs

LA Times  

Nearly two years after Sheriff Robert Luna took office and promised to eradicate deputy gangs, and three years after state lawmakers greenlighted a measure requiring police agencies to ban the groups, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unveiled a much-awaited anti-gang policy Wednesday to comply with the law. At the time, Villanueva said that made him the first sheriff to …

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Robert Luna to become L.A. County sheriff as Alex Villanueva concedes
2 years, 1 month ago

Robert Luna to become L.A. County sheriff as Alex Villanueva concedes

LA Times  

Robert Luna speaks at a campaign event in East Los Angeles in September. The retired Long Beach police chief, who will be the next sheriff of Los Angeles County, said he was “deeply honored and humbled” voters had elected him. “The safety of the community depends on him succeeding.” L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva details his accomplishments Tuesday at the …

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The Philippines unleashed 'death squads' on suspected drug users. Will Bongbong Marcos end the war?
2 years, 7 months ago

The Philippines unleashed 'death squads' on suspected drug users. Will Bongbong Marcos end the war?

ABC  

In the final days of his wild and bloody presidency, Rodrigo Duterte was wistful about a few things he had yet to achieve for the Philippines. But Mr Duterte's war on drugs was still a broadly popular campaign, which was initiated after his election win in 2016 and saw mass arrests, police shootings and killings of alleged drug dealers and …

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L.A. County sheriff has legal power to ban gang-like groups of deputies, county lawyers say
3 years, 3 months ago

L.A. County sheriff has legal power to ban gang-like groups of deputies, county lawyers say

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has broad legal authority to crack down on entrenched, gang-like groups of deputies that have been accused of glorifying violence and whose members have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in legal payouts, according to attorneys for the county. “We’re trying to run an organization, not engage in a witch hunt.” California FBI …

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Push to clear homeless camps from Venice Beach gears up
3 years, 6 months ago

Push to clear homeless camps from Venice Beach gears up

LA Times  

Outreach workers on Friday wrapped up the first — and easiest — phase of the Venice Beach cleanup, persuading dozens of homeless people camped on the boardwalk to move into shelters. Under the close watch of homeless advocates, resident activists and news media, outreach workers from St. Joseph Center, followed by city sanitation crews, removed all vestiges of encampments from …

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California launches probe of L.A. County Sheriff's Department
3 years, 11 months ago

California launches probe of L.A. County Sheriff's Department

LA Times  

Gen. Xavier Becerra on Friday announced he is launching a civil rights investigation into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, an agency beset by allegations of deputy misconduct, controversial shootings and resistance to oversight from Sheriff Alex Villanueva. “There are serious concerns and reports that accountability and adherence to legitimate policing practices have lapsed at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s …

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Sheriff’s deputies sue county, accusing Banditos colleagues of beatings, withholding backup
5 years, 3 months ago

Sheriff’s deputies sue county, accusing Banditos colleagues of beatings, withholding backup

LA Times  

Several sheriff’s deputies working at the East Los Angeles sheriff’s station say they were harassed by former colleagues. The allegations are included in a lawsuit filed against Los Angeles County this week by eight Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who say they were routinely harassed by the Banditos, a clique of predominantly Latino deputies who wear tattoos of a skeleton …

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Hopes for a new investigation into Mitrice Richardson case end in disappointment
5 years, 3 months ago

Hopes for a new investigation into Mitrice Richardson case end in disappointment

LA Times  

Friends of Mitrice Richardson started Tuesday with high hopes of a new investigation, as they marked the 10th anniversary of the 24-year-old’s mysterious disappearance from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station in Calabasas on Sept. 17, 2009. After years of suspicion that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department had covered up what really happened to Richardson, and a lawsuit that ended …

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