LA county axes leadership in juvenile detention system over rampant violence, officer morale collapse – LA Probation Dept cuts 14 managers, 13 chief deputies amid struggles with violence and staffing

July 8, 2024

Authorities in Southern California have axed more than a dozen top officials after complaints of violence and injuries from rank-and-file officers in the county’s juvenile facilities.
Los Angeles County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa said that 14 top managers would be impacted and 13 chief deputy positions would be eliminated – “an entire layer of management” in the department, which has 6,600 employees.
The impacted individuals were offered positions in other county offices, authorities said.
Sources tell Fox News Digital the shakeup is connected to chaos within the county’s juvenile facilities. Officers have been complaining of increasing violence against themselves and between inmates at the jails for at least the past two years.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-county-axes-leadership-juvenile-detention-system-rampant-violence-officer-morale-collapse

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