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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]
Besides corruption, gangs have proliferated with a far greater prominence in correctional facilities. Such examples include gangs such as the 3000 Boys in the Men's Central Jail, named so due to the gang originated from deputies assigned to guard the 3000 level of the jail. The 3000 Boys may be the largest deputy gang within the Los Angeles ...
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.
The first deputy gang acknowledged by the LASD was the "Little Devils" in an internal memo in 1973, although they are believed to have been involved in the death of Los Angeles Times reporter and law enforcement critic Ruben Salazar during the National Chicano Moratorium March against the Vietnam War on August 29, 1970. [30]
Other LASD gangs have included the Hats, the Jump Out Boys, the 2000 Boys, and the 3000 Boys. [2] [4] The 1992 Kolts Commission on police brutality found that cliques like the Vikings were found especially in areas of Los Angeles with large minority populations, [3] but did not "conclusively demonstrate the existence of racist deputy gangs."
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Britta Steinbrenner, retired LASD captain Before retiring, Steinbrenner headed up security for libraries, hospitals and other county buildings. She lists among her priorities crime, deputy gangs ...
The Compton Executioners is a deputy gang within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). [1] [2] In July 2021, U.S. Congressional Representative Maxine Waters called for a Department of Justice inquiry into the existence of the gang. [3] Members of the ‘Executioners’ are deputies operating out of the Compton station of the LASD. [4]