Jan 25 2012
LA Times: L.A. County sheriff’s watchdog details deputies’ bad behavior
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 …
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