Los Angeles deputy gangs allegedly plaguing sheriff's department

There’s a different kind of gang problem in Los Angeles County, the people meant to serve and protect a population of more than 9 million people, allegedly part of powerful gangs going back decades, according to watchdog groups and the alleged victims of their crimes. Groups of LA sheriff deputies with threatening names like the Banditos, the Cavemen, the executioner’s, the deputies Rep their cliques, tattooing their bodies with logos and throwing up gang signs. The gangs facing allegations they use violent excessive force against Angelinos. To me, they’re punks. The people that killed my sons, that executed my sons, and intimidate fellow deputies who don’t play along. The terrorizing behavior costing the LA County taxpayers of fortune. The Inspector Generals office counts $54,000,000 in settlements involved solving deputy gang activity, the first obstacle to eradicating them. Though many past sheriff’s dispute their very existence. Well, you’re still trying to pretend the deputy gang exists and work in the punk side of Philippines under the investigation continues, but the current sheriff, Robert Luna, who took office in late 2022, went public with his efforts to combat the problem. We must eliminate Deputy Gains. A city and state approved civilian oversight Commission released a 70 page report last year on how the Sheriff’s Office should crack down on them. The commission’s special counsel telling us they turned over a list of more than 20 recommendations. But so far, members of that oversight board, as well as attorneys for the victims, say Sheriff Luna hasn’t put a stop to the gangs like he promised. It’s a lot bigger than one sheriff. It’s sheriff after sheriff, administration after administration. In a statement to NBC News, the LA Sheriff’s Office say they’ve drafted a new law enforcement gang, Click and subgroups policy, but that it’s still under negotiation with the powerful deputies union. We don’t get it. We were trying to publicize the existence of the deputy gangs and put put the community and power over the gangs and over the Sheriff’s Department itself. In the meantime, a growing chorus in LA who say it’s time to stop waiting for the county or the sheriff to clean things up if this a gang problem isn’t promptly solved, that the next logical step will be federal litigation. The appointment of a monitor, and oversight by a federal judge. Other police departments who struggled with different issues like excessive force and police bias in cities like Detroit, Seattle, and Pittsburgh all saw what officials say were significant improvements under federal oversight. But the Department of Justice so far hasn’t moved in that direction. NBC News reached out to the DOJ for comment, but haven’t heard back. If these alleged gangs are dealt with, it won’t be soon enough for people like Sergeant Rosa Gonzalez, who claims she was retaliated against for speaking out against the East LA Bandidos. Gonzalez declined an on camera interview with NBC News, saying doing so would mean facing further consequences, proving the stronghold these supposed gangs still have over one of the largest populations in the country, Priya Sridhar, NBC News.