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LA County Probation Dept. investigates injury claims
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Sep 17, 2014
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LA County Probation Dept. investigates injury claims
One Los Angeles County agency is working to weed out the bad apples filing bogus injury claims and get people back to work. The effort is not without controversy.
The Los Angeles County Probation Department's administrative offices are located in Downey.
The Los Angeles County Probation Department's administrative offices are located in Downey.
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One Los Angeles County agency is working to weed out the bad apples filing bogus injury claims and get people back to work. The effort is not without controversy.

Officials have taken stabs at reforming California worker's compensation system many times over the years, but as anyone involved in it will tell you, it's still in need of fixing.  

KPCC’s Rina Palta reports on one Los Angeles County agency’s campaign to weed out the bad apples and get people back to work — and it's not without controversy.

Read the full story: Questionable injury claims spur investigations at LA County Probation Dept.