4 L.A. County probation officers have been positioned on depart in reference to “youth-on-youth violence” inside a Downey detention facility, officers introduced Friday.
The self-discipline comes after eight officers working at Los Padrinos juvenile corridor had been positioned on depart for permitting a bunch of youths to beat up a teen in December. The involvement of 4 extra sworn peace officers might point out that worrying incidents of guards being current whereas youths assault one another are extra widespread than beforehand identified.
L.A. County Probation Division Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa stated the self-discipline in opposition to the 4 further officers, which occurred after an inner evaluation, was “a part of a complete push to root out departmental workers chargeable for perpetrating a tradition of violence, medication, or abuse in County juvenile establishments.”
“My dedication to dig deeper into potential wrongdoing, to take quick motion, and to publicly disclose my actions ought to make it clear that we’ll not tolerate something that creates or contributes to a tradition of violence in our juvenile services,” Viera Rosa stated in a information launch, whereas providing no specifics on what occurred.
The incidents have been turned over to the California legal professional common’s workplace to analyze, in line with the Probation Division.
The Occasions obtained footage of the December incident earlier this month exhibiting at the least six youths assaulting a 17-year-old whereas guards stand by, laughing and at one level shaking fingers with an assailant. The 17-year-old sustained a damaged nostril, in line with his public defender, Sherrie Albin.
The video raises the query of whether or not the violence was coordinated, with one county supervisor calling the conduct “organized fights.”
