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History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

1998 - On December 7 Leroy D. Baca was sworn in as Los Angeles County’s 30th Sheriff.

In 1857, the outstanding crime was the murder of James Barton, Sheriff of Los Angeles County, and several members of this posse by members of the Flores Daniel Gang.


Ali Hamsa

After a short stint at the Ministry of Transport in 1992, his relentless pursuit of knowledge led him to obtain his Ph.D. in 1997 and upon returning from the United States, he began serving at Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister's Department.

Angelus Oaks, California

On February 12, 2013, in a rural area northeast of Angelus Oaks, the search for Christopher Dorner ended after a standoff with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Chevrolet K5 Blazer

Some decommissioned M1009s end up in law enforcement use (e.g. with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) or sold through government auctions, but a handful are still in use by the National Guard.

Communist Women's International

While in the USSR a numerically powerful communist women's movement emerged under the Russian Communist Party's Women's Department (Zhenotdel), organization of women workers in other parties around the world was frequently given short shrift relative to other activities of the communist parties affiliated with the Comintern.

While the Women's Department (Zhenotdel) of the Russian Communist Party had some success in mobilizing Soviet women for administrative tasks in Soviet Russia, the Communist Women's International and the Communist Women's Secretariat ultimately proved a failure outside the borders of the Soviet Union.

Danish Act of Succession referendum, 2009

The Prime Minister's Department admitted the official campaign video is an imitation of a sketch from the British comedy show, Harry Enfield's Television Programme.

El Monte Berry Strike of 1933

Thus white landowners, the El Monte and Los Angeles Chambers of Commerce, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department supported the Japanese farmers in the strike.

Forensic tire tread evidence

This forensic technique was first invented in 1930 by David Chapman, a researcher affiliated with the Sheriff's Office in Los Angeles, California, in the United States.

Hurlstone Park, New South Wales

After the Postmaster-General's Department refused to open a post office called Fernhill, a 1910 referendum chose the name 'Hurlstone', after the nearby Hurlstone College.

Kolender v. Lawson

William Kolender was a losing appellant who was acting in his capacity as Chief of Police of San Diego, as was John Duffy who was acting in his capacity as Sheriff of San Diego County.

Narngulu, Western Australia

The name Crowther, after a local merchant, was objected to by the Postmaster-General's Department, as there was a town named Crowther between Cowra and Young in New South Wales.

Pirate radio in Australia and New Zealand

Early to mid-1960s Bruce Jackson and friends from Vaucluse High School were raided by the PMG for operating an AM pirate station that unbeknown to them covered all of Sydney.

Richland County Sheriff's Department

Also known for the Michael Phelps incident where the Olympic champion had his picture taken while smoking from a marijuana pipe.

Riverside County Sheriff's Department

This function is mandated by Public Law 280, enacted in 1953, which transferred the responsibility of criminal law enforcement on tribal land from the federal government to specified state governments including California.

San Sevaine Flats

Henry was killed by a posse led by San Bernardino County Sheriff Benjamin Franklin Mathews on September 14, 1865, at San Jacinto Canyon in what is now Riverside County, California.

Susan Cullen-Ward

She was a great-great-granddaughter of The Hon. Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior, an Australian politician who served as Postmaster-General in the ministries of Robert Herbert, Sir Robert Mackenzie, and Arthur Hunter Palmer in Queensland.

Treasury Solicitor's Department

Her Majesty's Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor is currently Sir Paul Jenkins, KCB, QC.

Ventura County Sheriff's Department

In the 1974 film Chinatown, Roy Jenson plays Claude Mulvihill, a hired tough guy and former Ventura County Sheriff who had been on the take from rum runners during Prohibition.

William Deane

After graduation, he worked in the federal Attorney-General's Department in Canberra and at the law firm Minter Simpson (later to become Minter Ellison).


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