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State prosecutors drop three felony counts against Los Angeles County D.A. advisor
5 months ago

State prosecutors drop three felony counts against Los Angeles County D.A. advisor

LA Times  

Four months after California Atty. Diana Teran, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department advisor who later oversaw ethics and integrity operations at the D.A.’s office, is accused of illegally using confidential personnel records. State prosecutors allege Teran broke the law three years ago when she flagged several sheriff’s deputies’ names for possible inclusion on an internal district attorney’s database …

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County watchdog urges disbanding of sheriff’s ‘aggressive’ Risk Management Bureau
10 months, 2 weeks ago

County watchdog urges disbanding of sheriff’s ‘aggressive’ Risk Management Bureau

LA Times  

Oversight officials this month urged the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to disband a specialized bureau they say is silencing whistleblowers, protecting favored employees and downplaying misconduct in the upper ranks. But the L.A. County Office of Inspector General’s latest report, released Feb. 20, describes a historically “flawed” bureau that became “inappropriately aggressive” under the prior sheriff and has not …

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Deputy cliques in L.A. County Sheriff’s Department likely growing, study finds
3 years, 4 months ago

Deputy cliques in L.A. County Sheriff’s Department likely growing, study finds

LA Times  

The Rand Corp. on Friday released its highly anticipated study commissioned by L.A. County on deputy subgroups. Hundreds of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies said they have been recruited to join secretive, sometimes gang-like cliques that operate within department stations, according to the findings of a survey by independent researchers. In a statement on social media he said that he …

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L.A. supervisors remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as head of emergency operations
4 years, 9 months ago

L.A. supervisors remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as head of emergency operations

LA Times  

When the deadly Woolsey fire erupted in 2018, Los Angeles County officials were unprepared for mass evacuations and other disruptions. After the vote, Villanueva released a statement saying he was waiting for a transition plan from the county, and in the meantime, would continue staffing the emergency operations center “until the county provides suitable replacements.” He provided no additional details …

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L.A. County supervisors and sheriff in standoff over coronavirus emergency response
4 years, 9 months ago

L.A. County supervisors and sheriff in standoff over coronavirus emergency response

LA Times  

The Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal to change Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s role in the county’s emergency response to the coronavirus outbreak. “The allegations he’s making are disappointing because I don’t know where it’s coming from.” But Villanueva called the proposed change a “pure power grab at the worst time possible” and said the timing suggests retaliation for announcing …

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L.A. County supervisors seek to remove Sheriff Villanueva as head of emergency operations during pandemic
4 years, 9 months ago

L.A. County supervisors seek to remove Sheriff Villanueva as head of emergency operations during pandemic

LA Times  

Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the proposal to remove him as the head of the county’s emergency operations center during the COVID-19 pandemic a “pure power grab at the worst time possible.” The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is taking steps to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the head of the county’s emergency operations center during the coronavirus outbreak, a move …

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