Sheriff institutes new policy aimed at eliminating prohibited deputy cliques and gangs

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Set us as preferred The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has enacted a new policy aimed at rooting out prohibited deputy cliques and gangs in its ranks, in an action announced two days after Sheriff Robert Luna was reelected to a second term this week.“There is no place in our Department for cliques that undermine our guidelines, compromise accountability, or erode public trust,” according to a statement from Luna, who has repeatedly promised to eliminate rogue organizations within the department.

The new policy states that department members “shall not participate in, or solicit others to participate in, or join a prohibited clique.” In addition, it requires department employees to participate in investigations of the groups “as a condition of employment.” A “prohibited clique” is defined by the new policy as “an exclusionary subgroup of Department members who engage in activities that adversely affect the employment of Department members or the rights of others in violation of Department or County policy for the benefit of the clique or its members.” The online version of the Sheriff’s Department’s Manual of Policy and Procedures has already been updated to include its new policy on the cliques.Robert Bonner, the influential former chair of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission who oversaw hearings and probes of alleged deputy gangs in that role, applauded the new policy.“This is the policy that, if it is implemented, will actually eradicate deputy gangs in the Sheriff’s Department,” he said in an interview.“This was the policy that was desperately needed.”The new policy is not the first on the issue of deputy subgroups that the sheriff has instituted.

In September 2024, Luna announced a policy that banned membership in deputy gangs and hate groups, required deputies and other ...