Endorsement: Yes on Measure R for sheriff accountability and smarter criminal justice (via latimesopinion)
Los Angeles Times editorial board endorsements for the U.S. House, California ballot measures and more.
Public outrage over the beatings led the Board of Supervisors to create a commission to investigate jail violence, made up of civic leaders along the lines of the Christopher and Kolts commissions. After months of hearings, the panel in 2012 issued a searing report and called for reforms, including more effective oversight — but stopped short of demanding an oversight body akin to the Los Angeles Police Commission.
The same is true of the inspector general — a position the board created in 2014 with the hope that he could foster sheriff transparency and accountability.The supervisors recently approved subpoena power for the inspector general. That’s an important step forward, but Measure R would appropriately grant that power to the oversight commission as well, opening the department further to civilian scrutiny.
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