Long beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell announced Monday afternoon that he has jumped into the race...
The LASD Latest, the Problem with Plea Bargains, and New Sentences Under CA’s Fair Sentencing for Youth Act
ADVICE FOR THE FUTURE LASD INTERIM SHERIFF…AND MORE One of the next big questions, following...
LA Libraries to Issue High School Diplomas, Life as a Kid in a GPS Ankle Monitor, LA’s Potential Sheriffs…and More
LA PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM TO PILOT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PROGRAM The Los Angeles Public Library...
Governor’s Budget Proposal Banks on a Postponed Overcrowding Deadline…New Federal Guidelines on School Discipline…Must Read LASD Editorials
GOV. BROWN’S NEW BUDGET PROPOSAL AIMS TO REDUCE PRISON OVERCROWDING Counting on a two-year...
Sheriff Lee Baca Retires: “I Will Go Out on My Terms” More Candidates Consider Running…& Indictments Loom
It was a strangely melancholy, almost Shakespearean scene on Tuesday morning at the Monterey Park...
SHOCKER: Sheriff Lee Baca to Announce His Retirement on Tuesday at 10 AM.
Photo of Lee Baca by Saxon Brice for WitnessLA In a surprising turn of events, WitnessLA has...
Head of LA Anti-Gang Dept. Resigns…Realignment, “Flash” Arrests, and the Battle Against Recidivism…and More
GUILLERMO CESPEDES TO LEAVE POST AS “ANTI-GANG CZAR,” AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR...
Playing Catch Up: Some Highlights of What We’ve Missed
ONE SIMPLE FIX FOR LA’S FOSTER CARE SYSTEM THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IMMEDIATELY SEZ BLUE...
WitnessLA is Going Dark During the Holidays… (Mostly)
WLA will be (mostly) dark during Christmas week and New Year’s week. By...
Don’t Close Child Dependency Court…Lee Baca’s Approval Rating… Baca Uses the “B” Word: Bitter…..”Circle It!” Don’t Suspend Say TX Students….Graduation & Crime & Money
PLEASE DON’T CLOSE CHILD DEPENDENCY COURT. JUST DON’T DO IT! On Wednesday there was a...
LA Sheriff’s Department Had Special Hiring Program for Pals……Citizen Previn, LA County’s WatchDog…The Dangers of LA’s Private Foster Care System…Mississippi Contemplates Serious Sentencing Reform…
THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT’S SPECIAL FAVORS HIRING SCHEME The LA Times’...
Former Boston Prosecutor Gets Self Arrested in NY to Examine System…..Sheriff Admits to 80 Bad Hires, Talks Reform….LA County Plans to Lobby CA for Realignment $$$.
FORMER BOSTON PROSECUTOR GETS SELF ARRESTED TO LOOK INSIDE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, DOESN’T LIKE...
LASD Obstruction of Justice Defendants Go to Court…One Whistleblower Among Those Indicted
7 PLEAD NOT GUILTY By Monday afternoon, all seven Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department members...
An “Epidemic” of Brady Violations…ATF Agents Behaving Badly…. Fed Judges Now Add Solitary to CA Prison Talks
CHIEF JUDGE KOZINSKI FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT SEZ THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT The...
SHERIFF’S ELECTIONS WATCH: More Commentary on the Fed Indictments and What They Portend
The unsealing of 18 federal indictments against working and retired members of the Los Angeles...
Press May Lose Access to LA Dependency Courts, Pregnancy and Parenthood in CA Prisons, Tanaka on Concealed-Carry Permits, the LASD “Asshole Culture,” and More
APPEALS COURT (TENTATIVELY) SAYS JUDGE HAD NO RIGHT TO GRANT MEDIA ACCESS TO DEPENDENCY...
Black Kids 8% of SF Students and 50% of “Defiance” Suspensions…LA Supervisors on LASD Indictments…and Gov. Brown Gets More Time to Drop Prison Pop
SF SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVES TOWARD ELIMINATING SUSPENSIONS FOR “WILLFUL DEFIANCE” AFTER...
SHERIFF’S ELECTION WATCH: Candidates Comment Re: Fed Indictments…..and on Which Way LA? Ridley-Thomas Talks About Changing the State Charter to Appoint Not Elect LA Sheriffs
CHALLENGERS FOR SHERIFF BACA’S JOB SPEAK OUT After federal indictments were unsealed Monday...