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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which was founded in 1850, was the first professional police force in the Los Angeles area. The all-volunteer, Los Angeles-specific Los Angeles Rangers were formed in 1853 to assist the LASD. They were soon succeeded by the Los Angeles City Guards, another volunteer group.
With 8,028 sworn personnel and 4,377 civilian employees (as of December 1, 1996), the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is the largest Sheriff's Department in the world. 1998 - On December 7 Leroy D. Baca was sworn in as Los Angeles County's 30th Sheriff.
Alejandro Villanueva[ 1] is an American law enforcement officer who served as the 33rd sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from 2018 until 2022. He defeated incumbent sheriff Jim McDonnell in the 2018 L.A. County Sheriff's race, making him the first to unseat an incumbent in over 100 years. [ 2]
The 150 Year History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; Sheriffs of Los Angeles County; Sven Crongeyer, 2006, Six Gun Sound : The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Linden Publishing, ISBN 978-1-933502-00-7
A vehicle that struck 22 Los Angeles County sheriff's recruits on a training run around dawn Wednesday, critically injuring at least five of them, was traveling on the wrong side of the road just ...
The Academy. (American TV series) The Academy is a reality television series that provides a behind-the-scenes look at police recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy as they go through an 18-week training course to become deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The program premiered in May 2007 on Fox Reality ...
A Los Angeles County sheriff's recruit who was struck by an SUV during a training run last year has died, authorities said. Alejandro Martinez fought for his life for the past eight months, the ...
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States, maintains and uses a variety of resources that allow its officers to effectively perform their duties. The LAPD's organization is complex with the department divided into bureaus and offices that oversee functions and manage ...