Los Angeles resident Paul Scrivano joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the costs facing taxpayers as the city invests in shelter for homeless. Authorities in Southern California have axed more than a dozen top officials after complaints of violence and injuries from rank-and-file officers in the county's juvenile facilities. Los Angeles County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa said that 14 top managers would be impacted and 13 chief deputy positions would be eliminated – "an entire layer of management" in the department, which has 6,600 employees.
The impacted individuals were offered positions in other county offices, authorities said. Sources tell Fox News Digital the shakeup is connected to chaos within the county's juvenile facilities. Officers have been complaining of increasing violence against themselves and between inmates at the jails for at least the past two years.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY HAS PUT 66 PROBATION OFFICERS ON LEAVE SINCE JAN 1 FOR MISCONDUCT, INCLUDING SEX ABUSE The Coalition of Probation Unions staged a rally to demand L.A. County Board of Supervisors address safety on the job as probation officers were being assaulted at youth facilities.
The rally was held at the Hall of Administration on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) "The entire justice system is a mess, and criminals have the upper hand," said Neama Rahmani, a Los Angeles-based trial attorney and former federal prosecutor.
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