Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

With the inspector general questioning the sheriff’s version of events leading to the arrest of a local reporter, the commission that oversees the agency asked county attorneys Thursday to prepare a report on legal responsibilities involved in law enforcement activities at protests. “Unfortunately, all evidence we have currently gathered suggests that significant parts of the claims made by the...

One of the two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot in an attack last weekend has been released from the hospital, the sheriff said Wednesday.

A coalition of 64 media organizations called on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday to withdraw a citation against KPCC and LAist reporter Josie Huang, who was pinned to the ground and handcuffed while covering an arrest of a man outside a hospital following the shooting of two deputies in Compton. The letter from the Reporters Committee for Freedom…

Community activist Sweet Alice Harris was among a group of leaders who visited St. Francis Hospital Wednesday to pray for the recovery of the two sheriff’s deputies who were shot in Compton and also to show unity with law enforcement. As the deputies continue to recover, with one of the wounded released from the hospital on Wednesday, faith leaders...

The Los Angeles County sheriff on Monday criticized elected officials, sports figures and civic leaders for “fanning the flames of hatred” as America grapples with racism and police brutality, saying they instead should emphasize trust in the criminal justice system. Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s comments to The Associated Press came after the weekend ambush of two deputies who were in...

A local Los Angeles radio reporter covering the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies in Inglewood Saturday night was arrested in an incident largely caught on video that has sparked outrage among journalists and led to calls for an independent investigation. Josie Huang, a veteran reporter for KPCC and its website LAist, was arrested and charged with obstructing a peace...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Sunday joined Bishop Noel Jones of the City of Refuge Los Angeles in a community dialogue. The town hall walk streamed via Facebook Live and can be viewed below.

Lawyers for the family of a 29-year-old Black man was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies who stopped him while he was riding a bicycle spoke out Wednesday after two nights of protests. Calling themselves a civil rights dream team, attorneys for Dijon Kizzee’s family spoke together for the first time via zoom, about their hopes for justice in...

The parents of two Black teens seen in a viral video with authorities pointing weapons at them say they can hardly watch the video of the incident. Tammi Collins said she couldn’t bring herself to watch the full video showing her son, who she wishes to not identify, being ordered to the ground by Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies....

The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department responded Monday to a viral video that showed officers pointing guns at three Black teens who allege they were attacked at knifepoint by a homeless man.

A violent gang of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who call themselves “The Executioners” control a patrol station in Compton through force, threats, work slowdowns and acts of revenge against those who speak out, a deputy alleges in a legal claim. Austreberto Gonzalez, a former Marine and a sheriff’s deputy since 2007, said in a notice of claim ahead...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Saturday denied that the people shown on a video attending a raucous, mask-optional party at a popular Hollywood saloon were department employees. “The persons identified in the video are not employees of the Sheriff’s Department and this event was not hosted by the LASD,” the department said in a social media post. “As...

A woman from Lancaster says Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies violated her Constitutional rights when they burst through her door, handcuffed and moved her outside naked, and terrified her younger sister and son, while allegedly searching for the woman’s brother — who she later learned was being arrested at a different location. She filed a lawsuit in U.S....

Two Democratic lawmakers called Sunday for California’s Attorney General to investigate the fatal shooting of a young man by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. Reps. Maxine Waters and Nanette Diaz Barragan said in a statement  there’s a need for an independent investigation into the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado so the public will trust the findings. “Another day,...

A man reportedly shot during a gunfight with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives in the high desert town of Rosamond Wednesday is the half brother of Robert Fuller, the man found hanged near Palmdale City Hall whose death is now the focus of local, state, and federal investigations, law enforcement and other sources told NBCLA. The man in...

Responding to coronavirus concerns, the sheriff’s department has taken active steps to reduce the inmate population at jail facilities, essentially releasing people with less than 30 days left on their sentences, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Monday. “We’re protecting that population from potential exposure,” he said. “This is about being prepared, not scared.” Since Feb. 28, inmate levels have dropped from 17,076...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s civilian oversight panel has agreed to examine the agency’s policies on taking photographs at crime and accident scenes in response to the controversy over deputies sharing photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others. Sheriff Alex Villanueva asked the Office of the Inspector General to begin an...

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he ordered eight deputies to delete graphic photos of the helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant, Bryant’s daughter and seven others to avoid the risk of the photos being shared and possibly becoming public.

A distraught mother duck couldn’t get to her ducklings below after they fell into a storm drain, but members of the Los Angeles County Fire and University Police departments came to the rescue of the adorable babies Tuesday.

George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign aide who was a key figure in the FBI’s Russia probe, filed paperwork Tuesday to run for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Democrat Katie Hill. Papadopoulos didn’t immediately comment, but on Sunday he tweeted, “I love my state too much to see it run down by candidates like Hill. All talk, no...