LA County Probation just released some new figures showing that the number of its employees who...
Jails Commission Members Endorse a Sheriff’s Candidate….A New Candidate for Sheriff…the LASD is Sloppy With Money….& More
MEMBERS OF CITIZENS COMMISSION ON JAIL VIOLENCE TO ENDORSE JIM MCDONNELL FOR SHERIFF Executive...
LA Child Sex Trafficker Pleads Guilty…Gov Brown to Increase Spending on Private Prisons…State School Board to Decide on New School District $$$ Rules…and More
US ATTORNEY BIROTTE ANNOUNCES GUILTY PLEA OF LOS ANGELES CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER On Tuesday, US...
LA Supes Talk Interim LA Sheriff, Majority of LASD Excessive Force Payouts Related to Patrol, Marijuana Offense Lifers, and the Empowerment Congress Summit
SUPERVISORS HOLD PRIVATE SESSION ON INTERIM SHERIFF The LA County Board of Supervisors held a...
Federal Judges to Issue Ruling on CA Prison Pop, from Lockup to Running for CA State Assembly, Split-Sentencing in Contra Costa, and Kelly Thomas
FEDERAL JUDGES PREPARED TO RULE ON HOW CALIFORNIA WILL ALLEVIATE PRISON OVERCROWDING A federal...
NEW CANDIDATE: Long Beach PD Chief Jim McDonnell Has Jumped into the Race for Sheriff
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...