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Who Will Guard the Guardians?

By Lawrence Taylor

In today’s "Physician, heal thyself" department, a look at drunk gun-toting cops: Alcohol a Growing Problem in the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, Report Says Liquor-related arrests of department employees have nearly tripled since 2004, watchdog agency finds. Baca and unions are at odds on new policy barring drunk deputies from carrying guns. Los Angeles, CA.  Apr. 16 – There has been a dramatic upswing in the number of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies arrested for alcohol-related offenses in recent years, suggesting a growing drinking problem within the department, a county watchdog agency reported Wednesday. Last year, 70 sworn and civilian employees of the Sheriff’s Department were arrested...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on April 16, 2009 (boomark / email).