Transparency
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department believes in being forthcoming regarding our activities and policing efforts. Transparency allows honest analysis related to the quality of our work and builds trust within the communities we serve. This approach also opens up dialogue to ensure certain concerns, crime trends, and needed corrective action is being applied in a fair and impartial manner.
Compliance
AB 481 – Military Equipment
AB 481 requires each law enforcement agency to adopt, and the applicable governing body to approve, a written military equipment use policy to continue use of previously acquired military equipment…
Body-Worn Camera
This page will provide public information on the history of the BWC program plan, the body-worn camera testing process and development, and an implementation plan.
Civilian Oversight
These reports are based on the Department’s “Letters of Intent” and does not reflect modifications to recommended discipline due to Grievances, Skelly Hearings, Arbitration Hearings, Civil Service Commission Hearings, and/or Court Litigation.
Complaint Policy
Public trust is vital to our mission, and rests on Department responsiveness to community needs and expectations. To foster public confidence in the Department and to promote constructive communication, commendations and complaints must be received with equal professional interest and courtesy, and given appropriate supervisory attention.
Discipline
These reports are based on the Department’s “Letters of Intent” and does not reflect modifications to recommended discipline due to Grievances, Skelly Hearings, Arbitration Hearings, Civil Service Commission Hearings, and/or Court Litigation.
LASD Manuals and Policy
The official manuals of the Department is a consolidation of existing orders and manuals which are Departmental in scope. It is comprised of Department policy and those procedures which affect two or more Divisions of the Department.
Open Solicitations
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is searching for qualified contractors to provide various professional services for the Department. All solicitations, open and closed, are listed by the date the solicitation opened to the public.
SB 1421 – Personnel Record Disclosures
This web page contains documents disclosable under SB 1421 and SB 16 which the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has previously released to individuals or organizations upon request to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Summary Corrective Action Plans
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors established protocols in lawsuits. Where the liability settlement or judgment exceeds $100,000, a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) (confidential document) and a Summary Corrective Action Plan (SCAP) (a public record) must be produced.
Dashboard Data
R.I.P.A Dashboard
AB 953 – The Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) of 2015 requires all California law enforcement agencies to collect specific information on certain types of police contacts.
Sworn Personnel Complaints
This dashboard provides statistical information about personnel complaints received by the Department. Information is broken down by practice area; Patrol, Custody and, all other. Users can search by date, practice area and, rank of employee.
Taser Deployments
This dashboard tracks the deployments of tasers by Department personnel.
Public Force Statistics
Providing information about the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s use of force incidents.
Crime Stats Dashboard
This Dashboard provides 10 years, plus the current year of Part I crime statistics in areas served by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Stats and Reports
Audit Reports
The Audit and Accountability Bureau (AAB) conducts law enforcement performance audits consistent with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards. The AAB is authorized to audit any area of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (Department) and maintains organizational independence and objectivity by reporting directly to the Sheriff.
Community College Bureau Reports
The Sheriff’s Department Community College Bureau (CCB) periodically provides annual and semi-annual reports in compliance with contract requirements as the primary security provider for the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). Additional reports may be posted here periodically regarding emergency preparedness, operational assessment(s) and/or staffing recommendations for protecting the LACCD campuses.
Crime and Arrest Statistics
The Crime and Arrest Statistics Summary is issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. This publication is a summary of reported crimes, arrests, and calls for service data occurring within the Department’s jurisdiction.
Custody Division Reports
Custody Division collects and releases data in various units with in the custody environment.
Deputy-Involved Shootings Statistics Data
These Data Files contain all Deputy-Involved Shooting Incidents which include the following: Hit Shooting Incidents, Non-Hit Shooting Incidents, Animal Shootings, Warning Shot Incidents, Unintentional Discharge Incidents and Shooting Incidents – Other.
Deputy Involved Shootings – Summaries and Critical Incident Briefings
The Sheriff’s Department conducts very thorough and clearly-defined investigations into shootings and uses of force. Homicide Bureau is responsible for the criminal investigation of all deputy-involved shootings when a person is struck by gunfire.
Fiscal Information
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s 5th-Month Budget Status Report (BSR), which is a requirement of the County Board of Supervisors and the Chief Executive Officer.
Foundations and Donations
The LASD collaborates with a number of Foundations and non-profits and receives a number of donations from members of the public to support our work, the stations within the communities we serve, and the men and women who dedicate their lives to public service.
Hate Crime Data
In California, you may be the victim of a hate crime if you are targeted because of your race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or if you are targeted because you are associated with a person or group with one or more of these “real” or “perceived” characteristics.
Homicide Bureau Statistics and Reports
The reports and statistics on this page are reflective of murder incidents investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department – Homicide Bureau. The homicide data is gathered from areas patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
In-Custody Death
An In-Custody Inmate Death is defined as any inmate death that occurs in Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Custody Services Division jail facilities, Court Services Division lockups, Patrol Operations Division station jails, or in a hospital where an inmate is receiving care. For the purposes of In-Custody Inmate Deaths, an inmate is a person incarcerated in a local detention facility (Sheriff’s Station), court lockup, or Custody Operations facility.
Mental Evaluation Team Reports
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Mental Evaluation Team (LASD MET) provides crisis assessment, intervention and targeted case management services to diffuse potentially violent situations, prepare appropriate documentation to assist in the placement of persons with mental illness in acute inpatient psychiatric facilities, and/or to link these individuals to outpatient mental health services or appropriate community resources.
UAS Reports
These activity reports contain all deployments of the Department’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
Use of Force
Sometimes it is necessary for Department members to use force in self-defense, defense of others, and during the execution of lawful duties. When Department members use force, they may only use that amount of force that is objectively reasonable, proportional, and which reasonably appears necessary at the time to defend others or themselves, effect an arrest or detention, prevent escape, or overcome resistance.
Watch Commander Service Reports
Public trust is vital to our mission, and rests on Department responsiveness to community needs and expectations. The watch commander reports track service complaints across the department.
Settlement Agreements
Antelope Valley Settlement Agreement
The mandates contained in the Settlement Agreement between LASD and DOJ have been summarized by the AV/DOJ Compliance Unit.
Custody Settlement Agreements
Los Angeles County has reached an agreement with the American Civil Liberties Union to significantly improve conditions in the jail system.