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In this image taken from police body camera provided by Los Angeles Sheriff's office on June 24, 2023, a Sheriff's deputies arrested a couple in a grocery store parking lot in Lancaster, Calif. The Los Angeles County sheriff has opened an investigation into two deputies' actions after a bystander's cellphone footage showed one of them tackling a woman while she filmed her husband being handcuffed in what the scandal-ridden department described as disturbing. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office via AP)

L.A. County sheriff’s department calls video of deputy tackling woman ‘disturbing,’ opens inquiry

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2020, file photo Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles. Villanueva says he will not enforce the county's vaccine mandate in his agency. Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff's department in the county with roughly 18,000 employees, said Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in a Facebook Live event that he does not plan to carry out the county's mandate, under which Los Angeles County employees had to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

Los Angeles County sheriff won’t enforce vaccine mandate

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

In this Sept. 10, 2020, file photo Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles. Villanueva says he will not enforce the county's vaccine mandate in his agency. Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff's department in the county with roughly 18,000 employees, said Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in a Facebook Live event that he does not plan to carry out the county's mandate, under which Los Angeles County employees had to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

Los Angeles County sheriff won’t enforce vaccine mandate

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Customers wear face masks in an outdoor mall with closed business amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles. Coronavirus cases have jumped 500% in Los Angeles County over the past month and health officials warned Tuesday, July 13, 2021, that the especially contagious delta variant of the disease continues to spread rapidly among California's unvaccinated population. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)

Biden official sees return of mask mandates as ‘very reasonable’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this March 29, 2019, file photo Tiger Woods watches his drive on the sixth hole during round-robin play at the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship golf tournament, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Tiger Woods was driving almost 90 mph when he crashed SUV near LA

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo a vehicle rests on its side after a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County sheriff says detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California but would not release details on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, citing privacy concerns for the golf star. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Column: Woods deserves privacy, but public has right to know

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo a vehicle rests on its side after a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County sheriff says detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California but would not release details on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, citing privacy concerns for the golf star. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Tiger Woods deserves privacy, but public has right to know

By Tim Dahlberg - Associated Press

This photo from video provided by Fox11 Los Angeles shows some of the people arrested at a party in the high desert city of Palmdale, Calif., overnight Saturday to Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. Officials say Los Angeles County deputies arrested nearly 160 people, many of whom were not wearing masks, who attended an illegal &quot;super-spreader&quot; party over the weekend despite surging coronavirus cases. Authorities announced Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 that the party in Palmdale resulted in the arrests of 158 people, 35 of whom were juveniles. Deputies found six weapons at the home and were able to rescue a 17-year-old human trafficking victim. KTTV Fox 11 first reported the party and arrests. (Fox11 Los Angeles via AP)

Underground Southern California party ends in 158 arrests

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

How ICE ‘abandoned’ cities and forced communities like Los Angeles to embrace sanctuary status

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, still image taken from video released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, shows Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva taking questions at a late-night news conference about the condition of two Sheriff's deputies in Compton, Calif. Authorities searched Sunday for a gunman who shot and wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who were sitting in their squad car, an apparent ambush that drew an angry response from the president and sparked an anti-police protest outside the hospital where the deputies were being treated. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Los Angeles: ICE ‘abandoned’ local law enforcement, spurred embrace of sanctuary policies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Najee Ali, of Project Islamic Hope, presents Sgt. Larry Villareal, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept., flowers for deputies recovering at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The two deputies were shot Saturday while in their patrol vehicle in an ambush-style attack. Ali was especially troubled by reports that protesters were at the hospital chanting &quot;we hope they die&quot; while the officers were fighting for their lives. (David Crane/The Orange County Register via AP)

LA Sheriff to politicians: Emphasize trust in justice system

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

A screen grab from a security camera video released the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a gunman walking up to sheriff's deputies and opening fire without warning or provocation in Compton, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Officials say two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were shot in their patrol car at a Metro rail station in what appeared to be an ambush. The sheriff's department said the male and female deputies were shot in the head and had multiple gunshot wounds and were undergoing surgery. Deputies were searching for a suspect. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Search continues for gunman who shot California deputies

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

A screen grab from a security camera video released the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows a gunman walking up to sheriff's deputies and opening fire without warning or provocation in Compton, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Officials say two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were shot in their patrol car at a Metro rail station in what appeared to be an ambush. The sheriff's department said the male and female deputies were shot in the head and had multiple gunshot wounds and were undergoing surgery. Deputies were searching for a suspect. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Gunman sought after California deputies shot in patrol car

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva talks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, outside the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters, with members of the &quot;Safe LA Task Force&quot;, announcing arrests for arson, looting, assault and vandalism, among other crimes, that occurred during protests against police brutality in the Los Angeles region. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

DHS says Los Angeles sheriff’s sanctuary policy will kill innocent people

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LA sheriff probes deputy-gang claim, seeks to punish dozens

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, right, announces the rollout of body-worn cameras for deputies during a news conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Villanueva said 1,200 deputies in five patrol stations will receive the body cameras beginning Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies to get body-worn cameras

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the family of Robert Fuller via Najee Ali shows Robert Fuller, who was found dead Wednesday, June 10, 2020, hanging from a tree in Poncitlán Square, in Palmdale, Calif. (Courtesy of Robert Fuller Family via AP)

Feds to review cases into hanging deaths of 2 black men

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018 file photo, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks during a ceremony in Monterey Park, Calif. Villanueva says inmates at a jail tried to infect themselves with the coronavirus by sharing a cup of water and a mask, and showed surveillance videos from two units at the North County Correctional Facility in Castaic. The footage shown Monday, May 11, 2020 captured inmates in one unit sharing a cup of water and others in a second unit sharing a mask. He said 21 inmates in the units were later diagnosed with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Alex Villanueva: California inmates try to infect themselves with coronavirus

By Stefanie Dazio - Associated Press

LA sheriff removed as emergency operations director

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

LA County sheriff abandons effort to close gun stores

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