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For decades, there have been allegations from many different quarters that deputy gangs exist within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Several prior commissions have voiced concerns about the department's gang culture and urged each elected sheriff to act swiftly to eradicate deputy gangs or cliques.

I'm in a classroom at Loyal Law School, just a few blocks from downtown Los Angeles.

It's late May, 2022, and I'm here for a meeting of the Sheriff's Civilian Oversight Commission.

They're talking about one of the most pernicious problems facing the L.A. County Sheriff's Department,

one that Alex Vinaueva has at times refused to acknowledge,

and at other times has taken credit for fixing.

Unfortunately, sheriff leadership has refused to investigate,

even though allegations about deputy gangs have hurt the relationship between the department

and the communities it is supposed to serve.

This is the commission's most important work since it was created in 2015,

after a jail violence scandal and cover-up sent former Sheriff Lee Baca

and his undershare of Paul Tanaka to federal prison.

At the heart of that scandal, gangs of law enforcement officers, sheriff's deputies,

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