No Job is Too Big and No Responsibility is Too Small
by Lee Baca
As Sheriff of our nation's largest county serving ten million people, my responsibility for public safety requires constant action, innovative, strong core values, cutting edge technology, and positive political partnerships at the federal, state, and local level.
Also required is a daring to be different, no fear of criticism, transparency regarding our mistakes, full respect and cooperation with the media, and big ideas. Most important is the training of all my employees to be leaders who thirst for knowledge to do better. This permeates our thinking and actions. Read more at LASD.org
Message from the Captain
After seeing decreases in many crime categories for the past four years within the station area, 2009 brought us new challenges and an overall crime rate increase. Fortunately, by working proactively and aggressively, we were able to focus our resources toward prevention and enforcement accordingly. With the economic challenges continuing from 2008, we anticipated increases in certain crime categories. When they began to occur, we were prepared to meet them head on. Read more
