Alene Tchekmedyian covers the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. She previously wrote about the county’s criminal courts and breaking news throughout California. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader. She grew up in Huntington Beach and graduated from UCLA.
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The L.A. County sheriff’s deputies involved in Dijon Kizzee’s fatal shooting are identified as a trainee and a supervising officer.
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A House subcommittee asks the Department of Justice to investigate alleged abuses by “criminal gangs” in the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
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Attorneys for the family of Dijon Kizzee said he was shot at 15 times by sheriff’s deputies in Westmont as he ran away
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A grainy but graphic video obtained by The Times shows a struggle between Kizzee and deputies before he tries to run away and deputies gun him down.
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The fatal shooting by deputies of Dijon Kizzee spurs new outrage in Westmont neighborhood.
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As cases are tossed or rejected by prosecutors, the reliability of police accounts increasingly is being challenged amid a push for criminal justice reform.
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Set to retire Monday, L.A. County Chief Executive Sachi Hamai will receive $1.5 million and private security services to address concerns for her personal safety, according to a settlement agreement and a letter sent to county supervisors.
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‘Ghost guns,’ inking parties and a decades-long struggle to crack down on cliques within the Sheriff’s Department
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Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s captains are on administrative leave following allegations of sexual misconduct, according to officials and public safety sources.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva moves to fire or suspend 26 employees over a 2018 fight associated with the Banditos clique.