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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]
An L.A. County sheriff's deputies union recently elected to its board a veteran lawman with a controversial tattoo who was involved in two shootings that cost the county $4 million.
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]
Overall, cases involving alleged members of deputy gangs have cost the county — and taxpayers — more than $55 million in legal payouts. Though none of those cases centered on an Industry ...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday asked Sheriff Robert Luna for a progress report on his promise to root out deputy gangs from the nation’s largest sheriff’s department.
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]
A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has sued the county, alleging he was retaliated against and wrongly fired. Ex-deputy says he was fired after refusing to affiliate with alleged deputy gang
In March 2021, she published her LACSD gangs series, "A Tradition of Violence: The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department" in Knock LA. [4] [2] Her reporting stated that multiple gangs are active in the department and alleged that gang members have killed 19 men of color around Los Angeles. [7]