Continuing to demonstrate his status as the top challenger to incumbent L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, LAX Police Chief Cecil Rhambo’s campaign announced that he had raised $212,993 in the fundraising quarter ending December 31, the most of any candidate running against Villanueva during that period.
Call follows allegations of violent sheriff’s gang known as “The Executioners.” On Tuesday, Compton Mayor Aja Brown called on state Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the U.S. Justice Department to investigate whether deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Compton station have engaged in misconduct, excessive force, discriminatory policing and improper stops, searches or arrests. Standing in front of the Martin Luther King Jr. monument, Mayor Brown’s announcement followed allegations of a violent gang of sheriff’s deputies who call themselves “The Executioners” and control the Compton station through force, threats, work slowdowns and acts of revenge against those who
In retaliation for being absent for three consecutive meetings, the Civilian Oversight Panel utilized its new authority of granting a subpoena, by ordering the Inspector General to summon Alex Villanueva and his representatives to attend the next meeting on May 21
The Los Angeles Police Department will shift half the detectives working in its community stations to daily patrol in order to ensure public peace.