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“We disagree with the jury’s decision, but we respect it,” Lt. Larry Waldie's lawyer says. “We are going to avail ourselves of all appropriate remedies under the law.”

After the county's watchdog ordered dozens of deputies to show their tattoos and answer questions about deputy gangs, Sheriff Robert Luna on Thursday directed his staff to cooperate with the inspector general's investigation.

The LA County Sheriff oversight commission says there are major unanswered questions in the deputy's killing of Andres Guardado.

Deputies levied a veiled threat against Inspector General Max Huntsman on a defaced poster in a sheriff’s station. Nothing happened.

Prohibiting sheriff’s deputies from joining gangs raises 1st Amendment concerns. But the arguments for doing it are overwhelming.

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A special counsel report found that at least half a dozen “gangs” or “cliques” of tattooed deputies are still active in the Sheriff's Department, including the Regulators, Spartans, Gladiators, Cowboys and Reapers.

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In a conversation with LAist, the new sheriff acknowledges that, as an outsider, "I have my work cut out for me" in winning the support of the department's rank-and-file.

The LAPD said Tuesday its officers who work on a local narcotics task force with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration reported a 377% increase in the...