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By City News Service
Dec 15, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department consistently obstructs investigations into its conduct and fails to follow the law, according to a report released today by the watchdog agency that oversees the department.
In a report that breaks little new ground, Inspector General Max Huntsman details an impressively long list of complaints and potential violations ranging from allegedly threatening other county officials to failing to disclose the names of deputies involved in shootings.
“The Sheriff s Department has gone to great lengths to keep its conduct secret, the report concludes. “The unlawful acts and potentially unlawful acts enumerated above show a pattern and practice of the repudiation of oversight by the Office of Inspector General, the Civilian Oversight Commission, the Board (of Supervisors) and the public.