The LAPD has closed off the area of the Hollywood VIP hotel after reports came in of an armed man in distress inside a hotel room. The man was escaping officers after stealing a vehicle. He ran straight into the hotel lobby before entering an unlocked room.
At least 18 secret subgroups have operated within the L.A. Sheriff's Department over the past 50 years, according to a report by Loyola Law School's Center for Juvenile Law & Policy. Some have operated as "deputy gangs," encouraging violence against local residents, jail inmates and even fellow deputies who challenge them, according to the report.
The report, which cites reporting done by KPCC/LAist, identified 11 "deputy gangs" and seven "subgroups." Some have tattoos, hand signals, and rituals that are similar to a criminal street gang, it said.
Many of the groups "foster a culture of violence and escalate uses of force against community members," said Loyola Law School Professor Sean Kennedy, who led the study and sits on the L.A. County Civilian Oversight Commission, the watchdog group for the agency. The department has "a longstanding, broad institutional problem in need of serious reform," he said.
Some of the groups, including one comprised of Black deputies, appear to have been more benign, the report said.
The Sheriff's Department said in a statement that it is "aware of the non-peer reviewed report containing non-academically acceptable citations and unproven allegations as a primary basis for content," adding that the report would "extrapolate anything that would be helpful."
Villanueva "was the first and only Los Angeles County sheriff to ever successfully implement a policy banning the formation and participation in cliques and sub-group," the statement said.
Ron Hernandez, the president of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, told KPCC's Larry Mantle that he wore the tattoo of one of the groups but that it engaged in no wrongdoing. He would not say which group. Nonetheless, he favored the elimination of all subgroups within the department.
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The report, which cites reporting done by KPCC/LAist, identified 11 "deputy gangs" and seven "subgroups." Some have tattoos, hand signals, and rituals that are similar to a criminal street gang, it said.
Many of the groups "foster a culture of violence and escalate uses of force against community members," said Loyola Law School Professor Sean Kennedy, who led the study and sits on the L.A. County Civilian Oversight Commission, the watchdog group for the agency. The department has "a longstanding, broad institutional problem in need of serious reform," he said.
Some of the groups, including one comprised of Black deputies, appear to have been more benign, the report said.
The Sheriff's Department said in a statement that it is "aware of the non-peer reviewed report containing non-academically acceptable citations and unproven allegations as a primary basis for content," adding that the report would "extrapolate anything that would be helpful."
Villanueva "was the first and only Los Angeles County sheriff to ever successfully implement a policy banning the formation and participation in cliques and sub-group," the statement said.
Ron Hernandez, the president of the Association of Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs, told KPCC's Larry Mantle that he wore the tattoo of one of the groups but that it engaged in no wrongdoing. He would not say which group. Nonetheless, he favored the elimination of all subgroups within the department.
(Read more.)
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Gangs? Cliques? Subgroups? Call Them What You Will — There've Been 18 (Yes, 18) In The LA Sheriff's Department
The report identified 11 "deputy gangs" and seven "subgroups." Some have tattoos, hand signals, and rituals that are similar to a criminal street gang, it said.
San Diego Sheriff: We go back to September 1957 and San Diego Sheriff Bert Strand showing off what was then a state-of-the-art patrol car. Strand spent 21 years in office and had the longest term of any San Diego County Sheriff. http://joinsdsheriff.net
National forecast. Plenty of weather happening across the country in the next week. First up: Bigtime rain and snow for the West which will help the extreme drought, and get set for cold and SNOW for the Midwest and parts of the Northeast early next week!
Chavez was accused of being a communist and was monitored by the FBI for years. But the bust may not go over too well with some in the Latino community - he was opposed to illegal immigration.
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/now-do-you-get-it-biden-removes-bust-of-winston-churchill-replaces-it-with-socialist-cesar-chavez-op-ed/
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/now-do-you-get-it-biden-removes-bust-of-winston-churchill-replaces-it-with-socialist-cesar-chavez-op-ed/
Here comes the Middle East wars again.
"Thanks" Democrat voters
Large US military convoy enters northeast Syria after Damascus demands immediate withdrawal.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/large-us-military-convoy-enters-northeast-syria-after-damascus-demands-immediate-withdrawal/
"Thanks" Democrat voters
Large US military convoy enters northeast Syria after Damascus demands immediate withdrawal.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/large-us-military-convoy-enters-northeast-syria-after-damascus-demands-immediate-withdrawal/
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NYPD: Earlier today our Bomb Squad responded to a 911 call for a suspicious device in Brooklyn. After an initial investigation, the device was determined to be a hoax. Our department treats these calls with extreme caution and this investigation remains ongoing.
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New: We can’t change trajectory of the COVID19 pandemic in the next couple of months, says Joe Biden.
⚠️ LA — Portions of Lower World Way and the Sepulveda Boulevard access ramp near Los Angeles International Airport will be closed for construction starting Monday through Feb. 5. The two right lanes on Lower World Way will be closed from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. along with a single lane of the southbound Sepulveda Boulevard access ramp, according to Los Angeles World Airport officials. From 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., a single lane of Lower World Way and the southbound Sepulveda Boulevard access ramp will be closed, officials said. Crews will be conducting a modified lane configuration from World Way to southbound Sepulveda Boulevard.
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Donald Trump has opened his official Trump hotel in Washington D.C. to law enforcement officers that were forced to wait outside in the cold & rain
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AR-15 COM -- Is The NRA Taking Its Ball And Going Home?
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WARNING! GRAPHIC CONTENT! A little before 8:15 p.m. on January 15, 2021, members of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) were conducting a follow-up investigation regarding a possible gang-related #shooting in the southern region of Sacramento County. During the investigation, evidence gathered led detectives to a location in Carmichael near Ranger Way and Rampart Drive. Detectives located a vehicle connected to the investigation, occupied by at least two subjects. Gang Detectives attempted to contact the occupants of the vehicle. At some point during the contact, multiple shots were fired striking one detective and the suspect. Fire personnel responded; however, upon arrival, they pronounced the suspect identified as 25-year-old Kershawn Geiger, deceased at the scene. The wounded detective was transported from the scene to an area hospital for treatment.