INTRODUCTION: A CIVIL RECKONING BEGINS The civil lawsuit against Rebecca Grossman proceeds in tandem with the fallout from her criminal conviction, with
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As the firestorm over Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez’s now-infamous TikTok escalates nationally, a troubling silence looms from the very law enforcement leadership tasked with protecting the city: Sheriff Robert Luna and the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS).
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A leaked settlement draft between Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna and California Attorney General Rob Bonta has revealed a stunning attempt to cripple the nation’s largest sheriff’s department—all to advance the
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“Small mistakes, the lack of care, little accidents, and somewhere a tipping point is passed, and things go badly wrong.” – Alan S. Kesselheim Recently, I heard someone voice the opinion that
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In a landmark verdict on Thursday, February 6, 2025, a federal jury convicted a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy of using excessive force, marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing national debate
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When protests against ICE enforcement in Los Angeles turned chaotic, demonstrators blocked streets, threw projectiles at officers, and clashed with police. Despite these actions, few immediate arrests were made—a fact that drew
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As Pacific Palisades and Malibu residents pick through the ashes of 6,000 homes destroyed in the catastrophic fire earlier this month, a chilling truth emerges: much of this devastation was preventable. At
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On January 7, as flames tore through Pacific Palisades and Malibu, Mayor Karen Bass was overseas, despite deadly wind warnings issued nearly a week prior. The catastrophic Santa Ana wind event resulted
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Additional resources provided by LAFD Watchdog “We have no additional companies to give to you. No additional companies to give to your structure fires. We will attach you to the brush incident.”
More“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin On December 31st, 2024, between eight and ten PM, the LASD’s Computer Assisted Dispatch system (CAD) began to fail.
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“It would be impossible for me to be insubordinate, in that I am not subordinate to you.” Sheriff Sherman Block responding to LA County Supervisor Gloria Molina, when she cautioned him in
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The turmoil and turnover at LA County Probation has finally hit its peak with the resignation of Probation Director Guillermo Viera Rosa. Sources reveal a memo was sent to the LA County
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