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Lee Baca. Leroy David Baca (born May 27, 1942) is a former American law enforcement officer and convicted felon who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from 1998 to 2014. In 2017, he was convicted of felony obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. Baca was elected Los Angeles County's 30th sheriff against his mentor ...
Then-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca speaks at a news conference in 1999. The Sheriff's Department said Baca, who has Alzheimer's disease, was found overnight in El Monte.
Lynwood Vikings. The Lynwood Vikings is one of several deputy gangs [ 1] of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), appearing to meet the legal definition of a gang [ 2] when taking into account the department's repeated illegal conduct. [ 3] The Vikings, formerly based at the now-defunct Lynwood station, are composed of sworn ...
Paul Tanaka. Paul K. Tanaka (born 1959) is an American convicted felon, former politician, and former law enforcement officer who served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department until his conviction in 2016. He was convicted April 4, 2016, in Federal Court of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.
That was an apparent reference to a decade-old scandal in which Sheriff Lee Baca and other top officials were convicted in a scheme to obstruct an FBI investigation of abuses in county jails.
Baca joined the Sheriff's Department as a deputy in 1965 and was first elected in 1998 to lead the 10,000-member law enforcement agency that controls the Los Angeles County jail system, which ...
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.
(See former L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca.) ... of and unable to effectively address the ways in which their officers exhibit bias,” according to a report from the state auditor’s office ...