As Los Angeles County officials begin the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, public safety officials are providing residents with tips on how to avoid potential scams. On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department posted a list of tips to help residents avoid scams associated with the COVID-19 vaccine. “As the COVID-19 virus vaccines begins distributing to Los Angeles County ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors delayed a motion Tuesday that directs county staff to look into how to either impeach or take away some of the responsibilities of Sheriff Alex Villanueva, as well as to explore how to shift the position of Sheriff from an elected one to an appointed one. During their regular meeting Tuesday, the Board ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva took to social media Wednesday to respond to a resolution from the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) calling for him to “resign immediately.” On Wednesday, Villanueva hosted a Facebook Live in which he addressed a resolution from the COC published on Oct. 15, which states that the Commission “has lost confidence in ...

Several Los Angeles County officials called for Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s resignation Thursday, including members of the County Board of Supervisors and the Civilian Oversight Commission that oversees the sheriff’s department. The calls for action are the most recent development in a long line of confrontations between Villanueva, the County Board, and the Commission, which have included barbed social media statements ...

A contract for acquiring body-worn cameras for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has been finalized, announced the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Wednesday. The contract for the body-worn camera program is set to ensure greater accountability of the LASD has been finalized, enabling the Department to now order cameras and equipment at its discretion starting Wednesday, according ...

Hilda L. Solis, chair pro tem for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, joined community leaders from the Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission (COC), Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Anti-Recidivism Coalition to provide their expertise on the topic of criminal justice reforms. Solis, representing the First District on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors announced Thursday that Sheriff’s Department deputies are expected to start receiving body-worn cameras in July, officials said. The rollout of the body-worn camera program that is expected to ensure greater accountability of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is on target for mid-to-late July, following months of back-and-forth collaborative efforts between the County ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced the department had determined a group of inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic had deliberately attempted to infect themselves with COVID-19 during his weekly virtual press conference on Monday. The department released footage captured by the facility’s video surveillance equipment which shows multiple men sharing from a single bottle of hot ...

The impact of the $400 million shortfall in the Board of Supervisors’ recommended budget compared to the $3.9 billion budget submitted by the Sheriff’s Department was outlined by Sheriff Alex Villanueva during his COVID-19 status update on Monday. “We’re doing our best, we don’t really have any fat to trim, so what we’re doing is shifting around things that are ...

Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department provided an update on Friday regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their deputies and the inmates under their jurisdiction. Out of the roughly 18,000 people employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Station, 29 have tested positive for COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus. This has prompted 376 personnel to ...