Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Archives

Lawless California? Homicides Up Again In 2021

January 14, 2022 8:43 am

December was another violent month in California. And 2021 showed homicides on the increase in the state. “There was a 94% increase in homicides from 2019 to 2021 in areas patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,” CBS Los...

LA County Sheriff’s Department Sees Massive Loss of Employees, Applicants Due To Vaccine Mandate

October 30, 2021 2:15 amNovember 1, 2021 11:18 am

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a statement on Friday that 30% of the Department’s 18,000, or roughly 5,400 employees, are no longer available to work due to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors vaccination mandate for...

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Announces His Department Will Not Be Enforcing County Vaccine Mandate

October 8, 2021 2:01 pm

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced during a Q and A session on Thursday that he would not be enforcing upcoming County and City vaccine mandates for his employees. LA County’s mandate, which stated that all employees must be...

Pressure Mounts on LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to Resign As More Groups Join Resignation Effort

June 9, 2021 2:58 pmAugust 4, 2021 2:13 pm

The Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP) became the latest group calling for the resignation of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Tuesday, formally adopting a resolution that specifically notes the shooting of Andres Guardado as the main reason...

Black Lives Matters-Los Angeles Calls For Police Unions To Be Decertified, Dissolved

February 26, 2021 7:40 amMarch 4, 2021 11:51 am

On Wednesday, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles (BLMLA) announced a new campaign to decertify the two largest law enforcement unions in Southern California as labor unions and to disband them. According to BLMLA, they want both the Police Protective League, the...

Gov. Newsom Signs ‘Kobe Bryant Law’

September 29, 2020 2:38 pmSeptember 29, 2020 2:39 pm

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will fine first responders who share photos of accident scenes. Assembly Bill 2655, authored by Assemblyman Mike Gipson (D-Carson), will make sharing a photo of a body from a...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Clears Protest Camp Outside LA City Hall

September 15, 2020 11:30 am

On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) cleared Grand Park, a large park across from Los Angeles City Hall, of all protesters and demonstrators, ending a four-month-long encampment in the area. The end of a four-month old protest...