County To Calculate Cost Incurred By Deputy Cliques

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The county Board of Supervisors has voted to calculate the total cost of allegations against members of sheriff’s deputy cliques or gangs over the last three decades. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl asked for a chronological list of all legal claims and settlements dating back to 1990 related to secret societies of deputies accused of violence against jail inmates and harassing fellow deputies. The April 30 motion also calls for an evaluation of “corrective action plans” put in place to try and fix root causes. “Deputy gangs have cost the county many millions of dollars in claims and settlements, and have fostered a climate of inhumane treatment of inmates and civilians,” Kuehl said…LEGGI TUTTO