The LAPD said Tuesday its officers who work on a local narcotics task force with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration reported a 377% increase in the.
Matthew Burson, a former captain in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, confirmed he was instructed not to investigate the Banditos, one of the controversial groups often referred to as "deputy gangs."
One former official says he was told by Sheriff Alex Villanueva's then-chief of staff not to ask questions about the group. The former chief of staff contends they never discussed the Banditos.