The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Sheriff Lee Baca and let stand a ruling that says he can be personally sued for racial violence in the county jails, which Baca's department runs.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department needs top-to-bottom reforms to fix failures of leadership by Sheriff Lee Baca, who allowed excessive force by deputies to fester in his jails despite repeated warnings, a blue-ribbon commi... Read Post
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and his top aide are scheduled to face a county commission created to examine allegations of abuse inside the department's jails. Read Post
Investigators for a blue-ribbon commission probing allegations of abuse and deputy misconduct in L.A. County's jails issued a searing critique Friday of how Sheriff Lee Baca and his chief deputy managed the department. Baca failed t... Read Post