Sheriff Gangs

Report Reveals that Los Angeles Sheriff Department Rife with Gangs and Cliques

Approximately 16 percent of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies and supervisors continue to operate and recruit personnel to join in secret cliques or gangs like “Banditos” and the “Executioners,” according to an explosive new report authored by The Rand Corporation. The report takes the department to task with authors noting that authorities “either can’t or won’t” stop the practice that has cost taxpayers more than $55 million in settlements in cases stemming from lawsuits alleging that the gangs inflicted violence and mayhem upon citizens. Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who fought subpoenas to avoid testifying about cliques and gangs within his department,