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“This was the first request made to the L.A. County area for mutual aid to be sent to Santa Barbara County for the Thomas fire,” Alexander said.
Read More →A gunman who killed a Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant in Lancaster, CA, on Wednesday first wounded him, then stood over him and fired four additional rounds into the lawman's body, Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Thursday. "This was a calculated execution," the sheriff said. More Here.
Read More →The new computer systems will provide more than 2,400 field units with greater access to new public safety technologies. Deputies will now be able to utilize the Sheriff's Data Network, Intranet and other criminal databases from their vehicles.
Read More →There's an old chestnut that says the Chinese word for "crisis" is the same as the Chinese word opportunity.
Read More →Faced with mounting pressure over a jail abuse scandal and criticism of his management, Sheriff Lee Baca on Wednesday agreed to dozens of reforms including the establishment of an independent inspector general to scrutinize Sheriff's Department operations.
Read More →The message began “**Attn all personnel**” and said that the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s hazmat team reported the air in Altadena is “‘hazardous, containing lead, asbestos and other harmful particulates.”
Read More →Newly elected Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has decided to drop discipline guidelines adopted in 2013 to stop jailhouse beatings by deputies and in 2016 to deter lying.
Read More →Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced Tuesday that he would not seek a fifth term in office and would instead retire at the end of the month.
Read More →The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recalled 200 badges that were given out to local politicians following the arrest of city officials in Cudahy and the release of a photo showing a young woman wearing a badge and brandishing two pistols.
Read More →Former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka and a second high-ranking officer in the Sheriff's Department orchestrated a plot to obstruct a federal investigation into excessive force and corruption in the county’s jails, according to a federal grand jury indictment.
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