Critics saw this as an overstep of the sheriff’s authority. Last summer, Villanueva deployed his deputies to Venice in a controversial plan to clear out homeless encampments in the area, which as a part of the city of L.A. There have been calls by activists to cancel the Sheriff’s Department’s contracts in the Antelope Valley. The Sheriff’s Department agreed in 2015 to implement sweeping measures to improve policing there, but monitors overseeing the settlement agreement have said progress has been slow. A federal investigation in 2013 found a pattern of unreasonable force and unlawful stops and searches of Black and Latino residents in Lancaster. The problems there started well before Villanueva took office. You'll support more stories like this one, daily. Support our journalismĬonsider subscribing to the Los Angeles Times today. The disparities in citations were first reported by KPCC/LAist. The county’s inspector general last month found that Black students in high schools patrolled by Lancaster station deputies were cited, arrested, suspended and expelled at higher rates than students of other races. The wins come amid increasing scrutiny over the Sheriff Department’s policing in the Antelope Valley. I’m assuming at this point, because he was in uniform.” Luna said.Rolling Hills The Sheriff’s Department serves 42 cities and unincorporated communities within Los Angeles County. “He was just driving down the street and for no apparent reason and we’re still looking into the specific reasons – somebody decided to shoot and murder him. He added, “It could have been just the fact that he was representing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as one of our employees. “I think it was a targeted act based on what we know now, but we’re still in the extremely early stages of this investigation,” Luna said. The sheriff has said it appears to have been a targeted shooting. “This was an attack on all of us.”Īuthorities also said Sunday they have not yet identified a motive. “It was attack on the people, the very people to protect you and your loved ones,” Pippin said during Sunday’s news conference. Rich Pippin, president of the deputy sheriffs association, referred to Clinkunbroomer’s murder as an attack on the law enforcement profession. “Look at your video and make sure that you didn’t capture anything that could be the missing puzzle to apprehending the suspect,” Luna said. The department is asking the public to come forward if they have video that may have captured the shooting.

The LA County Sheriff’s Department issued a bulletin Sunday night with photos of a vehicle captured on surveillance video near where Clinkunbroomer was fatally shot.Ī law enforcement source told CNN the vehicle is believed to be used by the suspect in the shooting. Video that Luna said was widely circulated Saturday night showed Clinkunbroomer’s patrol car and a vehicle of interest – described as a 2006 to 2012 dark gray Toyota Corolla – driving next to the officer. No suspect description was provided and it’s unknown who opened fire on the deputy. “But I’m challenging people’s character out there, to find this absolutely unacceptable and come forward.” “It’s one of the highest ones I’ve seen,” Luna said of the reward. That amount was matched by the City of Palmdale, and the Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs added $50,000. The County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a $100,000 reward this week. “It should be unacceptable to everybody who lives in this community and really, communities across the country, that somebody would attack a deputy sheriff in that manner,” Luna said at a Sunday news conference. The killing of LA County Sheriff's Department Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer is believed to be targeted, officials say.

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