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WEB2 days ago · Mayor Picks Jim McDonnell as new LAPD chief, triggering an array of opinions pro & con. As most readers know, on Friday morning, Oct 4, Mayor Karen Bass announced her selection of former LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as the next chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. McDonnell was one of three finalists...
LA County Probation puts 66 officers on leave pending disciplinary ...
WEBMay 14, 2024 · LA County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa announced Monday that the department he leads has put 66 sworn probation officers on administrative leave since the beginning of 2024, pending internal affairs investigations into allegations of official misconduct, including at the county’s youth facilities. According to the email sent by Chief ...
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WEBAugust 26, 2024. 1 Comment. by Lynn Addington, Professor, Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, American... August 20, 2024. 1 Comment. Two new reports from The Sentencing Project reveal that while the number of kids in juvenile... August 14, 2024.
New LA Innocence Project, Funded by Exoneree, Will Partner With ...
WEBAug 23, 2022 · Photo: Paula Mitchell, director of the LAIP at Cal State LA, speaks during a news conference on Aug. 19 announcing the new partnership. Mitchell was joined by Cal State LA Executive Vice President and Provost Jose A. Gomez, exoneree and founding donor of the project Andrew Wilson, State Sen. Bob Hertzberg, State Sen. Steven Bradford, Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, and Katherine Roberts ...
Former LA Sheriff’s Lieutenant & Son Federally Indicted for …
WEBJul 7, 2017 · Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Lieutenant, and His Son, a Former Compton Cop, Indicted for Cross-Country Drug & Money Laundering Conspiracy . Last week twenty-two alleged members and associates of two street gangs, the Los Angeles-based Grape Street Crips, and the Memphis-based Peda Roll Mafia, were indicted by a federal grand jury for being part of a reported drug and money laundering ...
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WEBA new lawsuit brought by an eyewitness whistleblower shoots giant holes in Villanueva’s story about the incident of the head-kneeling deputy—plus lots more in the way of alleged corruption by LA County’s sheriff. This morning, attorney Vincent Miller released the second complaint in a series of civil rights...
Deputy Gangs hearing #6: harassment of witnesses
WEBSep 26, 2022 · Written by Celeste Fremon. On Friday, September 23, the LA County Sheriffs Civilian Oversight Commission held the sixth of its special public hearings on the issue of deputy gangs. The event, which was held both in person and virtually, was set to begin at 9 a.m. But before the hearing’s special counsel, Bert …
Youth Diversion Programs in LA and SF Offer Kids Accused of …
WEBJul 23, 2022 · For a little over six months, kids accused of some serious crimes in Los Angeles County have the opportunity to avoid incarceration, court, and convictions through a special youth diversion program that brings kids into a restorative justice process with the individuals they have harmed, and gives victims a voice in the process.
Gladiator School: Memories From the Terrible Past of California’s …
WEBOct 21, 2020 · Editor’s Note: Since the Gold Rush, California’s youth prisons or “correctional institutions” have been characterized by neglect, violence, and abuse, despite attempts at reform. During the bad old days of the mid-1990s through to the early 2000s, when California’s youth prison system was known as the California Youth Authority, or CYA, the system was plagued by a mind-numbing level ...