California
The new policy banning the sale of guns by L.A. County departments is one of several steps the county has taken in the wake of the Monterey Park mass shooting in January.
Sept. 12, 2023
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department must turn over thousands of pages of records related to deputy misconduct and instances in which deadly force was used, a judge ruled Friday.
June 25, 2021
Opinion
A report on L.A. County sheriff “subgroups” reiterates the problem of an unofficial and unacceptable parallel system of supervision, deployment and promotion.
Sept. 14, 2021
Villanueva and Luna square off in L.A. sheriff’s debate: How to watch
Sept. 21, 2022
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he’s issuing more gun permits since the Supreme Court ruled applicants don’t have to explain why they want one.
June 30, 2022
A federal judge on Friday approved a $14-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit over the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s practice of holding people beyond their release dates because of requests from immigration authorities.
Feb. 4, 2022
Few, if anyone, expected Alex Villanueva to make Los Angeles County election history.
July 3, 2018
A Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in a case against a man facing life in prison because the Sheriff’s Department held him in cells without beds or blankets for two nights.
Sept. 2, 2022
The deployment of reserve deputies is part of a plan to head off a threat by state regulators to close L.A. County’s juvenile facilities. A third juvenile hall would be reopened under the plan.
May 2, 2023
The discovery of more than 4,000 pounds of meth followed the probe into the sale and transportation of it in Riverside and L.A. counties, a department statement said.
March 15, 2024