'How many people are being shot?' L.A. sheriff's watchdog decries lack of transparency

A little more than two years ago, the primary watchdog over the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department laid out numerous ways the agency was failing to provide the public with basic information about how often deputies use force, the number of complaints alleging misconduct and how many deputies were being disciplined.

'How many people are being shot?' L.A. sheriff's watchdog decries lack of transparency FFUhOG

'How many people are being shot?' L.A. sheriff's watchdog decries lack of transparency FFUhOG

This week, Inspector General Max Huntsman complained that little has changed.

Huntsman said the department is moving too slowly to publish important data — such as how many citizen complaints resulted in investigations. He said he’s privately pushed the department to be more transparent and post the information online but believes he’s “getting slow-walked” by sheriff’s officials.

“In our modern, digital age, there is no reason not to have immediate information on the website accessible by anybody regarding critical information that we all want to know,” Huntsman said at Thursday’s meeting of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission. “How many people are being shot? How many people is force being used against? … When people are found to have lied, do they get fired?”

In response to Huntsman’s report in 2014, the department began publishing online data about shootings by deputies, including how many officers discharged a firearm, how long the officers have served, and the race and gender of the deputies and anyone wounded or killed in the incidents. Huntsman said the department should go further and post information on any type of force, including sheriff’s dog bites and events resulting in broken bones, as well as data on complaints and discipline.

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'How many people are being shot?' L.A. sheriff's watchdog decries lack of transparency

'How many people are being shot?' L.A. sheriff's watchdog decries lack of transparency

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