Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Eric Strong, on loan to LA County Probation as Chief of Safety, was finally served with a $10 million lawsuit alleging the false imprisonment and the violation of civil rights of Supervising Detention Services Officer Richard Ruiz.
Whistleblowers came forward to The Current Report earlier this year with multiple alarming incidents of kidnapping, illegal detention, false arrest, false imprisonment and a myriad of violations including the Peace Officers Bill of Rights, California criminal and federal civil rights violations.
On February 18th, it is alleged, Ruiz’s state and federal rights violated after a routine security screening at the direction of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant Eric Strong.
Attorney Tom Yu who is representing Ruiz, gave this exclusive quote to The Current Report.
“Mr. Eric Strong and the corrupted regime at the probation department continue to harm their own employees without any kind of accountability. The Board of Supervisors and the Probation Oversight Committee have both turned a blind eye to what is going on inside the department. The probation department does not “[b]uild safer communities through positive change,” rather, the County and the probation department destroy the lives of their employees. We very much look forward to holding everyone involved accountable to the full extent permitted by law.”
Tom Yu posted on social media after successfully serving Strong at his home in Corona.Photo byCece Woods X
The notice to intent to file a lawsuit was filed in May, and after a week of dodging service, Strong, who is personally named in the suit, was successfully served at his home in Corona the day before Thanksgiving.
Notice of intent to file a claim for damages on behalf of Richard Ruiz.Photo byThe Current Report
In 2022, Lieutenant Strong ran for LA County Sheriff in 2022, sources say solicited by LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell with the intention to water down votes in an attempt to derail incumbent Sheriff Alex Villanueva who was running for re-election.
Sources reveal Mitchell’s reward for Lieutenant Strong entering the race was to direct Sheriff Luna to “loan” him to the probation department where he could prove his leadership capabilities, potentially earning him a promotion and perhaps motivating another run for Sheriff.
So far, his leadership has failed miserably leading to multiple incidents of alleged civil rights violations not only of his staff, but civilians entering the facilities, with one of the most recent incidents leading to the $10 million dollar claim filed by Ruiz naming Lieutenant Strong as the injuring party.
More updates on this lawsuit as they are available.
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