It may be too early to tell how Sheriff Alex Villanueva will perform over the next four years of his term in office. But if recent actions taken by the county’s top lawman are any indication of what to expect, it’s going to be a bumpy ride... read more.
The Los Angeles County supervisors are facing a familiar problem: how to oversee the work of a county sheriff whose judgment they don’t trust. Since winning an upset electoral victory last fall, Sheriff Alex Villanueva has done little to assure responsible people that he has any business running the nation’s largest sheriff’s department... read more.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors began its formal review today of a proposed $32.5 billion county budget Tuesday that increases spending to fight homelessness and mental illness... read more.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva fulfilled his campaign promise and reinstated a controversial logo at the East Los Angeles station that is considered an insult to the Hispanic community... read more.
Officials working under Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva have been inactivating internal investigations of department personnel at a high rate, with most of the cancellations not conforming with department policies, according to a report issued Friday by the Sheriff’s Department’s chief watchdog... read more.
In a letter sent Thursday to the board of supervisors, Interim Inspector-General Rodrigo Castro-Silva said the department ended 45 ongoing investigations in January and February... read more.
Three years ago, L.A. Sheriff Jim McDonnell banned a logo used by the department's East L.A. station because he felt it was disrespectful to the community. New Sheriff Alex Villanueva has revived the logo and it's once again displayed prominently at the station... read more.
In the past couple decades there have been some amazing oddities at the top of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department. The 30th sheriff, Sherman Block, completed almost four terms, and ran for a fifth, despite being dead (he suffered a fatal brain hemorrhage a few days before the election; he didn’t win)... read more.
Shortly before Alex Villanueva was declared the upset victor in his race for county sheriff, he visited the East Los Angeles station wearing a shirt with a logo of a boot and helmet on it... read more.
The nation’s first response is too often a public safety response. The current state of affairs amounts to a public health crisis, say law enforcement department and policy leaders... read more.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says his eighth-floor executive office complex at the Hall of Justice in downtown has proved to be inconvenient, so he's relocating to a second office in Monterey Park... watch now.
County of Los Angeles, Civilian Oversight Commission Working to boost transparency and increase trust between communities and the LA County Sheriff’s Department, the Commission aims to provide robust opportunities for community engagement, ongoing analysis and oversight of the department's policies, practices, procedures, and advice to the Board of Supervisors, the Sheriff's Department and the public.