Amid criticism that it was failing to expose misconduct, the Los Angeles County sheriff’s watchdog presented a secret report to county officials this month detailing several cases of bad behavior by deputies.

A copy of the confidential report was obtained by The Times. In it, the Office of Independent Review takes credit for pushing sheriff’s officials to clamp down on a variety of misconduct — from unreported force on a jail inmate to a deputy who cursed at a citizen.

Michael Gennaco, who heads the Office of Independent Review, declined to elaborate on what prompted his report to the Board of Supervisors.

After allegations of inmate abuse and other deputy misconduct became the subject of an FBI investigation last year, some board members questioned how effective Gennaco has been in monitoring misconduct probes within the department.

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