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This is a list of gangs whose members are associated with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) (typically deputies). Press reports indicate the LASD has had a problem with gangs since at least the 1970s which has expanded to at least 18 gangs. [1] The department has used the term "cliques" when discussing these groups. [2]
By the late 1980's, another deputy gang called the "Cavemen" had formed within the East Los Angeles sheriff's station. It is alleged that former county sheriff Alex Villanueva is or was a member of the gang, and he stated before a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting on March 12, 2019 that "we were all Cavemen." [4]
Armenian Power graffiti in Little Armenia, Los Angeles MS-13 graffiti. This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California. The County and the City of Los Angeles has been nicknamed the "Gang Capital of America," with an estimated 450 active gangs with a combined membership of more than 45,000. [1]
Hells Angels MC criminal allegations and incidents in California; I. ... (gang) Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department; List of LASD deputy gangs; Los ...
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 ...
A multi-year criminal investigation under former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva into the agency's inspector general — a probe that a legal advisor for the county called "not legally ...
For decades, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been plagued by allegations of secretive deputy gangs operating within its ranks, running roughshod over certain stations and ...
The unit operates using non-sworn pilots, employed by the city of Lakewood, partnered with a sworn deputy sheriff from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Lakewood station. The unit currently operates three Schweizer 300C helicopters, based at Long Beach airport and flies about 1,800 hours per year. Today, the Sky Knight program is ...