On Friday, April 30, 2021, AFSCME Local 685 Member and Detention Services Officer/DSO
Michael Wall, a loving father and brother, who was a 14-year veteran of the L.A. County Probation Department, was on duty at Central Juvenile Hall.
Shortly after physically restraining a youth who led a group attack on another minor, DSO Wall went in pursuit of two youth involved in the assault. The youth ran out the classroom and into the open field in front of the school.
“While in pursuit, DSO Wall began to experience medical distress,” said Local 685 Institutions VP Sr. DSO Eric Walton. “DSO Dollberry recognized DSO Wall was in distress and caught him just as he collapsed, preventing him from hitting his head on the pavement. A collaborative effort of labor, including AFSCME Local 685’s and SEIU Local 721’s DSOs, SDSOs, and nursing performed 8 cycles of CPR in attempt to preserve and revive DSO Wall.” DSO Wall was transported to the hospital where he underwent emergency surgery