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- ADVERTISEMENT - At that point in 2016, the Downtown lockup was in “shambles,” according to one department official’s assessment, with violations of state standards that included deficient mental health services, substandard training, lax record-keeping and even inadequate jailhouse bedding. With no oversight from prior managers, staffers had gone “rogue” and were abusing overtime, the official said in internal police documents. And it was the freshly hired Tom Behrens’ job to reform the troubled operation. But the assignment wouldn’t last long. Then-LBPD Jail Administrator Tom Behrens, third from left, at a promotions ceremony with several high-ranking Long Beach police employees in 2016. Photo courtesy the Long Beach Police Department.