Office of the Inspector General

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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The mission of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is to provide strong, independent and effective oversight of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and to ensure transparent, accountable and constitutional policing for the County of Los Angeles.

The Office of Inspector General was created by ordinance in 2014. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors created the Office of Inspector General to provide independent and comprehensive oversight and monitoring of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and its jail facilities. The Inspector General reports directly to the Board of Supervisors and makes regular reports to the Board on the Sheriff's Department's operations. The Office of Inspector General's reports to the Board of Supervisors are public reports.

In January of 2016, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to implement the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission. The commissioners of this historic body are drawn from many disciplines, faiths, and backgrounds. They meet together monthly to hear public input and make recommendations to the Sheriff and the Board of Supervisors on critical issues. The Office of Inspector General is honored to work closely with the commission. We invite you to visit their website here and to come to their monthly meetings!

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Recent Items of Interest

The Office of Inspector General has issued our report, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Santa Clarita Valley Domestic Highway Enforcement Team. Please click on the link to view this report.
The Office of Inspector General has delivered our Report-Back on LASD Internal Administrative Investigations and Dispositions of Disciplinary Actions, including the response of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Please click on the link to review the report-back and response.
- Memorandum from County Counsel re: Office of Inspector General Report and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Response
Protecting Vulnerable Communities: A Review of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Hate Crime Policies, Procedures, and Training, April 2019
Letter to Sheriff Villanueva from the Inspector General sent December 4, 2019.
The Office of Inspector General has issued a letter to the Board of Supervisors, the subject of which is entitled Report Back on the OIG Investigation and Improving Safety in the Juvenile Facilities. To view this report back, click on the link.
The Office of Inspector General has submitted to the Board of Supervisors our Report Back on Ensuring Safety and Humane Treatment in the County's Juvenile Justice Facilities. The report may be accessed by clicking on the link.
The Office of Inspector General has released its Reform and Oversight Efforts: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department - December 2018 report. This report may be accessed by clicking on the link.

About Office of the Inspector General

Max Huntsman, Inspector General, is a seasoned County employee with more than 22 years of progressively responsible experience working for the Office of the District Attorney. As a Deputy District Attorney he is most known for anti-corruption efforts and has conducted investigations and prosecutions of numerous local county and city officials. He spent several years cross-designated as a Special Assistant United States Attorney conducting “pay-to-play” investigations of the City of Los Angeles which resulted in federal and state prosecutions and was followed by a change in administration. Mr. Huntsman has also tried a variety of crimes up to and including murder and spent many years prosecuting white collar crime. Mr. Huntsman was selected in 2013 to become the County of Los Angeles’s very first Inspector General.

Mr. Huntsman graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 1991, Mr. Huntsman earned a Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School and is currently a member of the State Bar of California.

RECENT REPORTS

1. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Santa Clarita Valley Domestic Highway Enforcement Team
2. Report-Back on LASD Internal Administrative Investigations and Dispositions of Disciplinary Actions, April 2019, including the response by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and County Counsel.
3. Protecting Vulnerable Communities: A Review of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Hate Crime Policies,Procedures, and Training
4. Report Back on the OIG Investigation and Improving Safety in the Juvenile Facilities-March 8, 2019
5. Reform and Oversight Efforts - December 2018
6. Report Back on Ensuring Safety and Humane Treatment in the County's Juvenile Justice Facilities
7. Second Report Back-Sheriff's Department's Adherence to Policies Regarding Cooperation with Immigration Authorities

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