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 released a report regarding the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's policy on the off-duty possession of firearms by its personnel while under the influence of alcohol. This report may be accessed by clicking on this link.
The Office of Inspector General has delivered to the Board of Supervisors our Report Back on Ensuring Safety and Humane Treatment in the County's Juvenile Justice Facilities. Click on the report title to review the report back.
The Office of Inspector General has released our report on Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Compliance with Transparency Law. Click on the report title to review that report.
The Office of Inspector General has released our Reform and Oversight Efforts report for the second quarter of 2019. Click here to view this report.
The Office of Inspector General has submitted our Report-Back on LASD Internal Administrative Investigations and Dispositions of Disciplinary Actions for the months of March, April and May 2019. This report may be viewed by clicking on the link.
The Office of Inspector General has issued our report on the Initial Implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Process by the the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. This report may be viewed by clicking on the report title. (The referenced exhibits may be accessed here.)
On June 26, 2019, we responded to the motion by the Board of Supervisors that the Office of Inspector General report back on the status of the comprehensive study of secret deputy subgroups within the Department and the Sheriff's cooperation with the study. That report back can be viewed by clicking on this link: Report-Back on the Status of the Study of Secret Deputy Subgroups Including the Cooperation of the Sheriff.
On June 26, 2019, the Office of Inspector General responded to the Civilian Oversight Commission's inquiry regarding Excessive Force in the Sheriff's Department. Our response can be viewed by clicking on this link: Response to Civilian Oversight Commission Ad Hoc Committee Inquiry on Excessive Force.
The Office of Inspector General has released our Reform and Oversight Efforts report for the first quarter of 2019. Please click here to view this report.
The Inspector General's December 4, 2018 letter to Sheriff Alex Villanueva.

About the Office of 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.

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Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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