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Early history. Following the organization of the State of California into counties, the Sheriff's Department of Los Angeles County was formed in April, 1850. [ 1] Elections for the office of sheriff were held annually until 1882, when the term was increased to two years; in 1894 the term was increased to four years.
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 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.
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 ...
But an 80-page Sheriff's Department report recently reviewed by The Times — part of a more than 300-page investigative case file — shows investigators relentlessly pursued a probe focused on ...
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Sandra Hutchens. Sandra Sue Hutchens (March 18, 1955 – January 4, 2021) was an American law enforcement officer who was the Sheriff - Coroner of Orange County, California. She was appointed to the position on June 10, 2008, replacing acting sheriff Jack Anderson, who had led the department since the January 14, 2008 resignation of Mike Carona.