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News

• Statement Requesting Sheriff's Cooperation Regarding Deputy Gangs (November 18, 2021)
• Statement Regarding Subpoena Power and Deputy Gangs (October 21, 2021)
• Oversight Panel requests County Counsel forward potential LASD illegal activity to the California Attorney General for investigation (September 23, 2021)
• Media Release: Oversight Panel Takes Action on Deputy Cliques (May 20, 2021)
• L.A. County Approves Removing Financial Burdens for Families: Providing Free Phone Calls and Eliminating Profits and Mark-Ups on Commissary Items in the LA County Jails and Juvenile Camps and Halls (Release by Supervisor Solis, May 18, 2021) (Motion)
• L.A. County Publishes First-Ever Online Jail Decarceration Dashboard (Release by Supervisor Hahn, May 18, 2021) (Motion)
• County Bail Reform Plan Will Implement Recent State Supreme Court Ruling (Release by Supervisor Kuehl, April 21, 2021) (Motion)
• Civilian Oversight Panel Took Action on Budget Priorities, Deputy Cliques & Use of Force Investigations (April 15, 2021)
• L.A. County Board of Supervisors Weigh Options for Removing the Sheriff (Release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas, November 10, 2020)
• Ensuring Fair and Thorough Investigations of Deputy Shootings (Release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas, October 27, 2020)
• Board Approves Motion to Make Further Investments in Violence Prevention and Resources to Support Communities Impacted by Trauma (Release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas, September 29, 2020)
• Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Moves to Ensure Transparency and Accountability in Recent Police Shootings by LASD (Release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas, September 1, 2020)
• Update on the Implementation of Body-Worn Cameras by the LA County Sheriff’s Department (Release by the Board of Supervisor's Executive Office, June 25, 2020)
• Ensuring a Timely & Independent Investigation of the Death of Andres Guardado (Release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas, June 23, 2020)
• Board of Supervisors Continues to Request Immediate Implementation of Body Worn Cameras by the LA County Sheriff’s Department (Release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas, June 23, 2020)
• Civilian Oversight Commission Statement to the People of L.A. County on the Killing of George Floyd and the Civil Unrest (June 4, 2020)
• Civilian Oversight Panel Issues Subpoena to Sheriff Villanueva After He Repeatedly Fails to Attend Oversight Meetings (May 7, 2020)
• Subpoena power process explained & LASD highlights their website (February 22, 2020)
• In Historic Move, Board Grants Civilian Bodies Overseeing Sheriff’s and Probation Departments Subpoena Power (January 29, 2020 release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas)
• Oversight panel hears Inspector General's concerns and Sheriff's Department discusses Body Worn Cameras policy (January 16, 2020)
• Video: Building bridges in community policing (November 25, 2019)
• Panel requests investigation into harassment of families following a fatal use of force (November 19, 2019)
• Civilian oversight panel says the Sheriff should turn over deputy misconduct Brady list (October 22, 2019)
• Strengthening Civilian Oversight of the Sheriff’s Department Through Subpoena Power (October 15, 2019, media release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas)
• A path to gaining access to Sheriff's Department data, documents and direct testimony (October 15, 2019)
• Civilian oversight panel creates a committee to review the Inmate Welfare Fund (September 17, 2019)
• Confidential deputy misconduct may be shared with prosecutors, court rules (August 26, 2019)
• Preliminary Injunction reaffirms oversight panel’s position that reinstatement rules must be followed (August 20, 2019)
• Civilian Oversight panel condemns the use of East L.A. Sheriff station's Fort Apache insignia (July 23, 2019) 
• County to Explore Expanding Inspector General Authority to Investigate Sheriff’s Deputy Secret Societies (July 23, 2019, media release by Supervisor Hahn)
• Demanding Accountability (Public Defender release, July 19, 2019)
• Supervisors Create Program to Support Families Affected by Sheriff Use-of-Force or In-Custody Deaths (July 9, 2019, media release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas)
• Board of Supervisors unanimously votes for a program to support families affected by fatal use-of-force and in-custody deaths (July 9, 2019)
• Supervisors Look to Support Families Affected by Use-of-Force or In-Custody Deaths (June 25, 2019, media release by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas)
• Advancing Body-Worn Cameras and the Family Assistance Program (June 20, 2019, statement by Supervisor Ridley-Thomas)
• Oversight panel prioritizes further review of LASD's Internal Administrative Investigations and approves Immigration policy recommendations (May 21, 2019)
• Sheriff’s oversight commission in listening mode at recent Carson town hall (5-4-2019, Daily Breeze)
• Civilian oversight panel directs the Inspector General to conduct an inquiry into secret deputy subgroups (4-23-2019)
• VIDEO: Building ties between law enforcement and people with mental illness (March 13, 2019)
• VIDEO: Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission Holds Town Hall at Hart Park (March 2, 2019)
• Civilian Oversight Commission Votes to Oppose Mira Loma Women’s Jail (January 22, 2019)
• VIDEO: MET teams at work (October 30, 2018)
• VIDEO: Building dialogue on community policing (October 22, 2018)
• Civilian oversight panel unanimously passes Family Assistance and Communication recommendations (September 27, 2018)
• Civilian oversight panel for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department elected new leadership (August 17, 2018)
• VIDEO: Building trust - highlights from the inaugural meeting of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission (February 6, 2017)

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