Deputy shortage in L.A. County Sheriff’s Department

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits arrive for the first day of academy at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park all dressed in black suits, for "Black Monday." After a brief classroom session drill instructors begin the yelling, and the class assembles on the "Grinder" for exercises and training.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits arrive for the first day of academy at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park all dressed in black suits, for “Black Monday.” After a brief classroom session drill instructors begin the yelling, and the class assembles on the “Grinder” for exercises and training.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department will soon be short over 1,000 deputies, partly due to a court-ordered settlement with the ACLU that requires more staffing in the jails.

Deputy shortage

Drill instructor Guillermo Martinez gets into the face of the recruits shortly after they arrive for the first day of their academy at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Deputy shortage

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits line up for a long run on their first day of training on what tradition calls “Black Monday” at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Deputy shortage

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits grimace in pain after standing and squatting shortly after arriving for the first day of training.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Deputy shortage

Recruit John Fitzgerald applies ice to an injured knee after the first hour on the first day of academy at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Deputy shortage

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department drill instructors surround one recruit while another does push-ups shortly after their arrival for the first day of their academy at the Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Deputy shortage

Sheriff’s Department applicants undergo their physical screening at Excelsior High School in Norwalk, where they are asked to run, do sit-ups, push-ups and several agility tests.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Deputy shortage

An evaluator makes sure that one of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department applicants touches his chest on a water bottle while undergoing physical screening at Excelsior High School in Norwalk, where applicants are asked to run, do sit-ups, push-ups and several agility tests.

  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)