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WEB4 days ago · September 14, 2024. Written by Celeste Fremon. 26 Comments. It’s been almost exactly a month since, on August 15, 2024, LASD Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez, challenged the demotion she received after becoming a whistleblower for the second time during her 25-years with the nation’s largest... Bill Watch.
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WEBOur Supporters. Our generous and valued supporters include: The California Endowment, The Fund for Investigative Journalism, The Institute for Justice and Journalism (which gave us our first grant, through a fund sponsored by the Ford Foundation). Most recently we have received a 2021-22 John S. Knight Foundation Community Impact Fellowship, to help WitnessLA “focus on practical solutions to ...
Columns
WEBLA Times Op-Ed engages in child welfare fear mongering, but this time, politicians may not be falling for it. July 8, 2024. 2 Comments. A recent column in the Los Angeles Times presents a peculiar theory about social problems: If a... Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews.
Eric Strong is the newest entry to the growing list of people who …
WEBAug 26, 2021 · This week, a new candidate named Eric Strong launched his campaign to become the next Los Angeles County Sheriff, raising the number of people who hope to unseat Sheriff Alex Villanueva to seven, with an eighth rumored to leap in soon.
Probation
WEBNew Probation Commission Must Have Subpoena Power Says Important New Report Detailing the “Dire Need” for Oversight. June 11, 2019. 2 Comments. After ten months of public meetings, which were often intensely emotional, the special panel...
LAUSD Plans to Expand List of Offenses Eligible for Diversion to …
WEBOct 7, 2019 · Since its launch in 2014, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s diversion program has served 1,954 kids that would otherwise have been funneled into the criminal justice system.Of the nearly 2,000 students who were diverted into community programs, only eight percent committed new offenses later. Building on that success, last week, LAUSD officials announced an expansion of its diversion ...
New report addresses disproportionate number of women and …
WEBOct 22, 2021 · The story of the intersection of American women and the nation’s jails is a disturbing one. Fifty years ago, approximately seventy-five percent of the various county jails around the U.S. contained no women at all.
Investigations
WEBFor the young people in Los Angeles County’s 12 juvenile camps, 3 juvenile halls, and one... 1. Teenager at LA County Probation’s Sylmar Juvenile Hall Beaten on Video by Four Probation Officers as Supervisor Watches. THE BEATDOWN On April 24, four Los Angeles County probation officers allegedly beat a non-combative...
Series
WEBA new lawsuit brought by an eyewitness whistleblower shoots giant holes in Villanueva’s story about the incident of the head-kneeling deputy—plus lots more in the way of alleged corruption by LA County’s sheriff. This morning, attorney Vincent Miller released the second complaint in a series of civil rights...
LASD
WEBUpdate on LASD recruits injured, several critically, when hit by speeding SUV in devastating incident. November 16, 2022. 14 Comments. Slightly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, November 16, an SUV traveling southbound on Mills...