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MCDONNELL: SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT PROBING POSSIBLE DEPUTY GANGS
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell invited the Sheriff ’s Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) to join the LASD’s Office of Inspector General’s investigation into whether secret gangs that might be condoning criminal acts are operating within the ranks of LASD’s deputies.
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Renegade cliques erode public confidence as well as internal morale, and they will not be tolerated within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department," McDonnell told a meeting of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission last week. In the statement he made before the Commission, McDonnell said, “At the end of the day, everyone, most importantly our public, should be confident that there are no “gangs” of deputies operating subversively
anywhere within the Department.” subgroups of deputies engaged in The department, along with the unprofessional or improper conduct. Sheriff 's Inspector General and county Other allegations date back to the 1970s. counsel, will look into why the groups However, despite all this, no one has form, whether they are undertaken a serious, exclusive, if members comprehensive study of are required to act a the issue. I intend, on certain way and if they my watch, to get to the endorse bad behavior. bottom of it.” In his statement, M c D o n n e l l M c D o n n e l l previously had said that acknowledged to the he was investigating the COC, “These kinds of matter after revelations disturbing allegations came to light following about deputy cliques a taped deposition have been raised of Compton Deputy periodically about the Samuel Aldama. Sheriff ’s Department Aldama, who for many years. As you Sheriff Jim McDonnell d e s c r i b e d know, I served on the u n d e r Citizen’s Commission on Jail Violence. oath a tattoo on his calf That body uncovered similar allegations featuring a skull in a in 2012 about deputies in Patrol Stations, military-style helmet and also in Custody. But the problem and bearing the letters the perception go back much further. CPT for Compton, The Kolts Report in 1992 raised along with a rifle, allegations about the existence of n Deputy Gangs, see page 8
These kinds of disturbing allegations about deputy cliques have been raised periodically … for many years.
Teenager Creates Site Giving Children Answers on Deportation By Susan Haigh
Mely Corado Praised as Daughter, Sister, Activist and Friend LOS ANGELES—A public funeral and celebration of life service was held Sunday for Melyda Corado, the 27-year-old Trader Joe's assistant manager who was killed in the crossfire of a gunbattle between police and an attempted-murder suspect who fled into her store, sparking a threehostage situation. When my mother hour "Thank you to everyone who has shown their love died, Mely really and support during this immensely difficult time," brother, Albert, wrote on his Twitter page. stepped up. she Corado's "My family and I are heartbroken, but are so grateful was everything for everyone's generosity in helping us cope with the of my sister." to me. I feel like I lossThe 10 a.m. funeral service was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills. Albert lost my heart. Corado said the public was welcome to attend. Albert Corado Albert Corado, Mely's father told the crowd, "When your mother died you become an orphan. When you wife died you become a widower. But when you daughter dies there are no words." Later, choking back tears, the distraught father remembered a time when Mely was younger and sick and had just lost her mother who died. n Mely Corado, see page 8
finishing the program in the spring of 2017. She launched her website, In Case of HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)—A high school Deportation, this month. student has designed an online resource to help The online program is geared toward immigrant children and teenagers learn how to children ages 8 to 18 and is written in a way prepare for the possible deportations of parents young people can understand, Bell said. It or guardians. explains what deportation is, how to talk Sixteen-year-old Jody Bell, who will be to family members about it, what a child's a senior this fall at Greenwich High School, options are if a parent or guardian is deported said she came up with the idea after hearing and what should be considered when making firsthand the concerns of some close friends a deportation preparedness plan for a child. who were afraid to speak Bell suggests practical with guidance counselors steps like making sure The online program is geared or adults about their fears children have keys to their toward children ages 8 to 18 houses and copies of their surrounding deportation. Many, she said, have and is written in a way young medical records and know family members who are how to find legal help and people can understand. at risk of being deported, financial assistance. as President Donald She came up with Trump's administration has taken a harder line information through months of her own on immigration. research and discussions with experts, “They would talk to close friends, like me and including advocacy groups, immigration some others,” Bell said. “And that, I think, was lawyers and state officials. one of the first times that I recognized that this The teen's platform, which she plans to was an issue.” continue evolving and updating, is already Bell, who turns 17 next month, being used by several school districts, said she knew she wanted including Greenwich and New Rochelle to “take action” on the Schools of New York, said Girls With immigration issue but was Impact CEO Jennifer Openshaw, unsure what to do. That was a tech entrepreneur and financial around the time a guidance expert who started the nonprofit counselor told her about a program. new Connecticut-based Openshaw said girls like Bell, organization called Girls who have participated in the With Impact , a program program, have a “huge leg up” in billed as a “12-week college because they've created a mini-MBA” in real business plan and launched which teenage something tangible, like Bell's girls create online program. businesses, Operating for about a nonprofits or year, Girls with Impact projects that works with about 15 girls will affect the per class, who live all across world and the country. their success in The organization has life. plans to run 10,000 girls Bell was through the year-round among the program by 2022. first group A new class begins in of graduates, the fall.