LA County asks judge to hold Sheriff Villanueva in contempt for ignoring subpoenas
The embattled sheriff has ignored three subpoenas from the Civilian Oversight Commission.
12 January 2022
The embattled sheriff has ignored three subpoenas from the Civilian Oversight Commission.
12 January 2022
The county of Los Angeles asked a judge to hold Sheriff Alex Villanueva in contempt for ignoring three subpoenas issued by the Civilian Oversight Commission last fall, in a court filing on Wednesday. The commission ordered Sheriff Villanueva to testify on two different topics: a unit within the sheriff's department set up, according to the Los Angeles Times, to investigate critics of the department; and the department's policy regarding gangs, or "deputy cliques," amongst sheriff's deputies. "Villanueva disobeyed all three subpoenas by refusing to appear before the [oversight commission] and by declining to testify under oath," reads the court filing. ...