The $22 million Compton pays each year, makes it one of the sheriff’s largest clients. County, all of which negotiate five-year agreements. The Sheriff’s Department provides law enforcement services to 42 cities in L.A. “To call it a fraud, that might be a little bit of a stretch.” If we’re missing that target, I don’t think it’s going be the grand conspiracy that the outgoing mayor of Compton wants it to be,” he said, referencing Mayor Aja Brown, whose term is up next month. we have to get close to the 100%, either slightly above, slightly below.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said during a news conference Wednesday that the department is conducting a thorough audit. The fraud allegations surfaced earlier this year when a lawyer representing an anonymous deputy assigned to the Sheriff’s Compton station contacted city officials.Ī sheriff’s spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, but said after the whistleblower’s claims first came to light that “an inquiry is being conducted” into the allegations. “For the Sheriff’s Department to be defrauding them of those dollars and essentially to steal money right out of the city coffers, that can’t go unaddressed.” “Taxpayers are footing the bill for law enforcement services and they’re expecting those services to be provided,” Compton City Attorney Damon Brown said Wednesday. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies set up a crime scene in Compton.
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