EDITOR’S UPDATE: The motion you’ll read about below passed unanimously on Tuesday, May...
Archive - April 2018
LA Sheriff’s Sergeant Convicted in Obstruction of Justice Case Asks to Be Sent Home from Prison for Treatment of Stage 3 Cancer
On September 23, 2014, Scott Craig, a former sergeant in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...
The Inmate Suicide Crisis Plaguing San Diego County’s Jails
Inmates in San Diego County’s jail system commit suicide at much higher rates than inmates in...
LA City Attorney Taps CSUN’s Criminology & Justice Studies Dept. to Help Assess Its Community Justice Programs
By Carmen Ramos Chandler California State University, Northridge’s Department of Criminology and...
Pro-Bail-Reform Website Profiles Rogue Bail Bondsmen and Bounty Hunters
As California lawmakers and state officials move toward reforming the cash bail industry via SB 10...
Appeals Court Rules Against Criminalizing Truant Kids
Late last week, the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco ruled in favor of a...
Why Assaults On Officers in LA County’s Juvenile Halls Are Soaring
On Monday, April 16, a Detention Services Officer was escorting a young probationer to the...
OP-ED: Los Angeles Hunts For Police Chief With the “Right Stuff”
When Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck retires in June, he’ll leave to his successor the best...
First Responder PTSD and Suicides, and the Silence That Surrounds Them
Law enforcement officers and firefighters are more likely to commit suicide than to die in the line...
Gorsuch Is Swing Vote in Important SCOTUS Immigration Law Decision
The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) effectively ensures that any immigrant, even those...