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A judge on Monday denied a motion from L.A. County's attorney that could have led the case to dismissal.
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Episode 3 explores the history of deputy gangs. We hear a deputy’s firsthand account of working alongside the Banditos gang, and the sheriff defends his handling of the issue.Listen 42:35
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Frank Hernandez was caught on bystander video repeatedly hitting a man during an attempted arrest in 2020.
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California has consolidated nearly every medical parole patient at a single facility — one with a troubled track record.
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Current and former medical staff describe a working environment that is dysfunctional, abusive and detrimental to providing health care, with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sean Henderson at the center of the storm.
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A judge ruled the video could be released as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of 38-year-old Edward Bronstein, who died after a DUI stop in 2020.
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An LAist review of millions of criminal cases found a dramatic decline in the rate at which the DA charges misdemeanors.
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Data we obtained shows huge drops in cases in which prosecutors have sought longer sentences for defendants accused of using guns during a crime and/or committing a crime for the benefit of a gang.
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The lawsuit names four deputies who were on scene and accuses them of being “negligent,” “careless” and “using unjustifiable lethal force.”
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The city of Bakersfield released documents under a recent law that increases transparency in policing. The investigation is part of an ongoing collaboration among 40 state newsrooms, including LAist.
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David Ordaz Jr. was in the midst of a mental health crisis when a family member turned to law enforcement for help. Now, charges have been filed against one of the deputies involved in his killing.
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There's LAPD and LASD — and 70 more(!) police departments operating in Los Angeles County.
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Getting out of jail just got a whole lot easier, and affordable, thanks to the California Supreme.
