“It was not a booking by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department directly, and we cannot confirm whether LASD staff were present." Deputy Maria Lucero, a spokesperson for the department, also ...

but the Oversight Commission report said that the gangs have become “embedded” in LASD culture, to the point that they are “tolerated or ignored.” Two recent undersheriffs, the second-in ...

“We have repeatedly brought the problem of public displays of suspected gang logos to LASD attention privately ... the messenger,” he said. “This logo was in place in a high traffic area ...