(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 3 in a four-part series about conditions in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department under Sheriff Robert Luna, in the wake of a rash of suicides in the department. As in Part 1 and Part 2, what you are about to read in this installment is an open letter from an active L.A. County Deputy Sheriff, whose name is being withheld due to fear of retaliation. The letter is published in its entirety, with original spelling and grammar. Part 4 will contain personal accounts from several sworn staff of the department that detail an extremely toxic and desperate work environment.)Read More
After Four Colleagues Commit Suicide, an L.A. County Deputy Sheriff Writes a Heartbreaking Letter
