A new whistleblower lawsuit against the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in general, and Sheriff...
Archive - August 2022
WitnessLA a finalist for Non-Profit News Award!
Every year the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) selects the winners of the INN Nonprofit News...
More on the LASD Deputy who crashed & left the scene arrested for drunk driving
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal was first to break the news on Friday night that a Los Angeles...
Reefer Madness: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Destroys Home due to… Solar Panels
Here’s the funny thing. Sergeant Olguin had no search warrant. According to a lawsuit filed by...
New LA Innocence Project, Funded by Exoneree, Will Partner With Forensic Scientists to Uncover Wrongful Convictions
Andrew Wilson spent 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Now, with a founding...
After Decades of Fed Oversight, OIG Finds Medical Care at CA’s High Desert Prison “Inadequate”
After two decades of federal oversight of the state’s prison system, medical services at...
Nation’s First Standalone Prison Campus Celebrates Graduation
But COVID-19 outbreaks at San Quentin loomed in the background of the festivities.
Efforts to gather enough valid signatures to put recall of LA DA George Gascón on the ballot fails a second time
Monday afternoon, Dean Logan, Los Angeles County’s Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, sent out...
What question do you wish someone would ask LA DA George Gascón?
WitnessLA—which in this case means me—is interviewing Los Angeles District Attorney George...
College requirements for police forces can save Black lives, but may increase arrest rates
Editor’s Note: On January 1, 2022, Ab 89, the Peace Officers Education and Age Conditions for...