A book-length report released on Monday by a special blue ribbon panel found that the San Francisco...
CALIFORNIA VOICES: It Could Have Been Me – by Alex M. Johnson
My daily uniform of a suit and tie, my professional degrees, my position - makes me no...
Inspector General Gives LA County Sheriff’s Dept. (Mostly) Good Grades in Report on Jail Force Investigations (Except for Those Pesky Bad Grades)
AUDIT OF USE-OF-FORCE INVESTIGATIONS INSIDE LA COUNTY’S JAILS FINDS MUCH PROGRESS, WITH MORE...
LA Board of Supes Votes to Speed Up Use of Body-Cams for Sheriff’s Deputies
CITING RECENT EVENTS, SUPERVISORS VOTE TO PUSH FOR LASD BODY-CAMS ASAP On Tuesday, members of the...
Conversations After Dallas
DALLAS POLICE CHIEF DAVID BROWN SAYS WE ARE ASKING TOO MUCH OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS David Brown, the...
Two Homeboy Industries Trainees Bring Water to Flint, MI, on Independence Day Weekend
EDITOR’S NOTE: As we make our way through these difficult, division-haunted days, take a...
Sentencing of Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca Postponed for One Week
Former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca was originally due to be sentenced on Monday, July 11 in the...
Tragedy in Dallas: Five Dallas Police Officers Dead, Seven Others Wounded in Shooting at Protest
UPDATE: THE LONER WHO CAUSED SUCH DAMAGE Although originally, officials—and...
Alton Sterling’s Death, and the Oakland PD Sex Scandal
IN RESPONSE TO VIDEO OF ALTON STERLING SHOOTING: PROTESTS, CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, AND AN...
Prison Call Fees Increasing After FCC Cap, How “Legal Financial Obligations” Also Burden Poor Inmates, and More
AFTER FCC PUTS CAP ON EGREGIOUS OUT-OF-STATE PHONE CALL RATES FOR PRISONERS—MAJOR PHONE...
9th Circuit Hears Appeal Arguments for 7 Former LA Sheriff’s Deputies – UPDATED
On Tuesday morning, July 5, attorneys for former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy James...
Jerry Brown Blocks Parole—Again—for former Mexican Mafia Hitman Rene “Boxer” Enriquez
On Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown blocked parole for self-described former shot-caller...
LA Supes Vote to Analyze LASD Deputy Probationary Training After IG Report Finds Problems
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department may be failing to weed out problematic or...
A Focus on Homelessness, Veterans Courts in CA, SF District Attorney on SFPD Reform, and Bellfower Shooting Suspect Charged
NEWS ORGS POINT SPOTLIGHT ON HOMELESSNESS IN SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, AND BEYOND This week...
Education Reformer Steve Barr Announces a Run for Mayor in 2017
Running against a well-liked incumbent Los Angeles mayor is usually...
Former LA Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Gets 5-Year Sentence & Scorching Lecture
On Monday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Percy Anderson sentenced former Los Angeles County...
Sentencing Day Arrives for Former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka
Paul Tanaka, the former undersheriff of the Los Angeles County, will be sentenced on Monday morning...
LASD Deputies Shot in Bellflower—UPDATED…Personnel Files & the Oakland PD Scandal…CA DOJ Investigating San Bernardino Child Welfare System…and LAUSD’s Random Weapon Checks
UPDATE: SUSPECT ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SHOOTING DEPUTIES On Friday morning, authorities arrested...