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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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