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Election 2026: LA County Sheriff’s race will be contested
Lt. Oscar Martinez, a Sheriff’s Department employee, will challenge Sheriff Robert Luna, who is seeking reelection.
1 dead, 4 wounded after shooting in South Los Angeles
It happened at around 2:20 p.m. in the 11000 block of S. Manhattan Place, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's ...
Los Angeles sheriff's department to retest 4,000 DNA samples after using faulty kits for 8 months
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal ...
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department used faulty DNA kits in 4,000 cases
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will retest more than 4,000 DNA samples after announcing it used a faulty testing ...
L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. can’t get inmates to court on time, angering judges, delaying justice
Moving defendants from jails to courts is one of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's main responsibilities. For more than ...
Feds launch investigation into whether California sheriff’s department infringes on 2nd Amendment rights
The investigation comes after the California Rifle and Pistol Association and other Second Amendment rights activists sued ...
Los Angeles sheriff retesting 4,000 DNA samples due to possible error
"We take the integrity of our criminal investigations and the reliability of our forensic testing very seriously,” L.A.
Faulty DNA test kits forces LA County Sheriff to review cases
The department said they were using the faulty DNA test kits for eight months until the manufacturer notified them. Deputies ...
1 killed, 4 injured in Los Angeles shooting
Detectives are investigating a shooting that killed one man and injured four other victims in unincorporated Los Angeles on Saturday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said deputies ...
4,000 DNA samples to be re-tested by LA County Sheriff’s Department
The department recently learned that some kits “were prone to intermittently poor performance with potential to cause ...
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DOJ to investigate LA County Sheriff's Department over gun permit wait times, fees
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it would be launching an investigation into the Los Angeles Sheriff’s ...
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Seeks Public’s Help Locating At-Risk Missing 13-Year-Old Raymond “Sophia” Saiz, Last Seen in Lancaster
Los Angeles County Sheriff Seeks Public’s Help Locating At-Risk Missing 13-Year-Old Raymond “Sophia” Saiz, Last Seen in ...