Villanueva notifies Gascón that detectives will attend parole hearings to 'give victims a voice'

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has notified District Attorney George Gascón that he will begin sending his sheriff's detectives to parole hearings to "give victims a voice" as long as the newly elected DA continues to refuse to allow his prosecutors to attend them as part of his new reforms.

LASD breaks up superspreader event thrown by AirBnb guest

Another weekend, another large underground party broken up by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's superspreader task force.

LASD breaks up superspreader event at an Airbnb
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Another weekend, another large underground party broken up by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

LA County deputy dies of COVID-19 complications

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is mourning the loss of one of its own.

State attorney general opens civil rights probe into LA County Sheriff's Department

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is launching a civil rights investigation that will seek to determine whether the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has engaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing.

LASD at center of state investigation
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra�is launching a civil rights investigation that will seek to�determine whether the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has engaged in a�pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing.

LA County deputy identified as being at US Capitol

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says one of his deputies was identified as being at the US Capitol at the time of the riot. 

Under new DA, alleged child decapitator, deputy ambusher would be eligible for parole in 20 years

Under reforms from new Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, the suspects in two cases involving the decapitation of two kids, and the shooting ambush of two deputies, will both be eligible for parole after serving 20 years in prison, if convicted.

Deputies searching for Inglewood man missing since Aug. 2020

Authorities on Tuesday asked for the public's help locating a man who has been missing for more than four months and was last seen in Inglewood.  

LASD's Superspreader Task Force makes over 100 arrests in party busts
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The Task Force received word about a massive house party taking place in South LA?and sent a significant amount of resources to break it up.

LA Sheriff Superspreader Task Force detains 900 during NYE party busts

The LA County Sheriff Department’s Superspreader Task Force shut down at least five New Year's Eve parties across the county, resulting in at least 900 people being detained, 90 arrests and/or citations, and the recovery of at least six guns.

LASD bus catches fire on I-5 in Santa Clarita, no one hurt

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department bus caught on fire in the southbound lanes of the 5 Freeway in Santa Clarita.