LA County Sheriff

Both candidates for LA County Sheriff appeared at an open forum in Koreatown to discuss different topics including combatting hate against the AAPI community. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Oct. 4, 2022.

Candidates for LA County Sheriff and LA City Mayor went head to head in debates Wednesday night. The candidates addressed issues like homelessness and crime.

State attorney general says it will “assume all responsibility” over case that led to LA County Sheriff’s Department searches of homes and offices last week.

An LA Superior Court Judge Tuesday ordered the LA County Sheriff, the Undersheriff, and all Sheriff employees to temporarily cease searching any computers and hard drives seized during raids last week at the home and office of LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl.

An LA Superior Court judge has ordered the LA County Sheriff’s Department to stop its searches and return computers seized during a search of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Inspector General offices earlier this week, in the first legal challenge to raids that also targeted the homes of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and Sheriff’s oversight commissioner Patti Giggans.

The LA County Sheriff’s Department is the largest law enforcement agency in the US and in two months, voters will decide who holds the top job. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Sept. 12, 2022.

As expected, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to place a measure on the November ballot that would give the board authority to remove a publicly elected sheriff from office for cause.

The driver of a van is dead after a police shooting occurred after he led police on a car chase.

A police shooting occurred in Pasadena after a police were involved in a pursuit.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva declines testifying at COC until certain conditions are met before.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is declining to testify before the Civilian Oversight Commission on Monday unless they meet certain conditions like having a neutral hearing officer.

LA County lawyers are seeking an order directing the sheriff to cooperate with the Office of the Inspector General’s ongoing investigation into LASD gangs.

Supervisors will vote next week on whether to put the proposal on the November ballot. Video aired during Today in LA on Friday, July 8, 2022.

The crowded field had nine candidates vying to become top cop in LA County. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

The two garnered the most votes according to early returns. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday deputies will patrol beaches from Playa del Rey to Malibu over the summer.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva walked into his news conference wanting to know how what he calls stolen property involving an investigation somehow ended up in the hands of the third person, a reporter for the LA Times. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

The Los Angeles County sheriff disputed allegations he orchestrated the cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for more than three minutes. Sheriff Alex Villanueva also indicated Tuesday that a Los Angeles Times reporter is under criminal investigation after she first reported the incident last month and the newspaper published a leaked video showing...

At issue is the case of an LA County Sheriff’s deputy seen in video kneeling on an inmate’s head for three minutes at the San Fernando Courthouse. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, March 29, 2022.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva conceded Tuesday that procedural errors were made in the internal investigation of an altercation in which a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, but he said he immediately ordered a criminal probe into the deputy once he became aware of it.