The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) is a joint city-county law enforcement agency,which has primary responsibility for law enforcement,investigation,and corrections within the consolidated City of Jacksonville and Duval County,Florida,United States. Duval County includes the incorporated cities of Jacksonville,Atlantic Beach,Baldwin,Jacksonville Beach,and Neptune Beach;the beach cities have their own police departments as well.
Law enforcement in Los Angeles County is conducted by a variety of law enforcement agencies.
The Compton Police Department was the municipal law enforcement agency for the city of Compton,California until it was disbanded by the City Council in September 2000. The Compton City Council then contracted with the County of Los Angeles for law enforcement services provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The Long Beach Police Department provides law enforcement for the city of Long Beach,California.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD),officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department,is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County,California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States and the third largest local police agency in the United States,following the New York Police Department,and the Chicago Police Department. LASD has approximately 18,000 employees,9,915 sworn deputies and 9,244 unsworn members. It is sometimes confused with the unrelated Los Angeles Police Department which provides law enforcement service within the city of Los Angeles,which is the county seat of Los Angeles County.
George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who is the district attorney of Los Angeles County. A member of the Democratic Party and a former Republican,Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor,he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD,and Chief of Police in Mesa,Arizona and San Francisco.
Robert Julio Garcia is an American educator and politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 42nd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 28th mayor of Long Beach,California from 2014 to 2022. He was both the city's youngest and first elected openly LGBT mayor,as well as the first Latino to hold the office. He is the second person of color to be mayor of Long Beach,after Republican Eunice Sato,a Japanese-American who served from 1980 to 1982. A former member of the Long Beach City Council,he was vice mayor from 2012 to 2014.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) is the police union representing Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers up to the rank of lieutenant. LAPPL has a membership of 9,900 sworn officers.
James McDonnell is the former sheriff of Los Angeles County. McDonnell was elected as L.A. County's 32nd sheriff on November 4,2014,defeating former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka. He replaced interim sheriff John Scott on December 1,2014. Scott replaced former sheriff Lee Baca. Previously,McDonnell served as the Chief of Police in Long Beach,California and before that in the Los Angeles Police Department. McDonnell was defeated in 2018 by Alex Villanueva.
Alejandro Villanueva is an American law enforcement officer who served as the 33rd sheriff of Los Angeles County,California from 2018 until 2022. He defeated incumbent sheriff Jim McDonnell in the 2018 L.A. County Sheriff's race,making him the first to unseat an incumbent in over 100 years. Before becoming Sheriff,he was a lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS) is one of two police unions for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) officers,the other being the Los Angeles Sheriff's Professional Association (LASPA).
Andres Guardado was an 18-year-old Salvadoran-American man shot in the back and killed by a deputy sheriff from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on June 18,2020,in the unincorporated community of West Rancho Dominguez,California,just outside of the Harbor Gateway section of the City of Los Angeles. Guardado ran from two uniformed police officers into an alley,where he died after being shot by deputies. Seven shots were fired and Guardado was hit in the upper torso. Police say that Guardado produced a handgun during the chase. Investigators do not believe it was fired. Accounts of the incident are disputed between police and witnesses. Police stated they were searching for footage of the incident. Store-owner Andrew Heney reported that several cameras at the scene,including a digital video recorder that stored surveillance footage,were taken and destroyed by police.
The 2022 Los Angeles elections were held on June 7,2022. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 8,2022. Eight of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while three of the seven seats in the LAUSD Board of Education were up for election. The seat of Mayor of Los Angeles was up for election due to incumbent Eric Garcetti's term limit. The seats of the Los Angeles City Controller and the Los Angeles City Attorney were also up for election,as their incumbents,Mike Feuer and Ron Galperin,were running for mayor and California State Controller respectively.
The 2022 Los Angeles County elections were held on November 8,2022,in Los Angeles County,California,with nonpartisan blanket primary elections for certain offices being held on June 7. Two of the five seats of the Board of Supervisors were up for election,as well as two of the countywide elected officials,the Sheriff and the Assessor. In addition,elections were held for the Superior Court,along with two ballot measures.
Walter Michael Ezell is a former American law enforcement officer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2022 Long Beach mayoral election was held on June 7,2022. Because no candidate reached 50% of the vote,there was a runoff election on November 8,2022. Although incumbent Mayor Robert Garcia was eligible to run for a third term,he opted to run for the U.S. House instead. Rex Richardson was elected mayor,defeating Suzie Price.
Rex Richardson is an American politician from California who has served as the mayor of Long Beach,California since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Richardson previously served as a councilmen of the Long Beach City Council,representing the 9th District From 2014 until 2022.
The 2024 Los Angeles County elections will be held on November 5,2024,in Los Angeles County,California,with nonpartisan blanket primary elections for certain offices being held on March 5. Three of the five seats of the Board of Supervisors are up for election,as well as one of the countywide elected officials,the District Attorney.
Max Huntsman is an American attorney who became the first Inspector General of Los Angeles County,California in 2013. He is recognized for his oversight of the county's law enforcement agencies,with a focus on constitutional policing and justice administration. Huntsman graduated from Yale Law School and started his career as a civil servant in 1991,at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office,where he handled political corruption and police misconduct cases.
