That s not his job. He chose to do that. Maybe it s time for him to be held accountable for his piss

As we look toward the Jails Commission report Friday, LA Weekly calls our attention to data showing that Sheriff Lee Baca was absent from the county for over a month between January affordable travel for single travelers and July at the height of LASD s expanding scandal. The information came to light as a result of a records affordable travel for single travelers request by eagle-eye county-watcher Eric Preven.
Baca apparently split town as much as his travel budget would allow, making himself into some kind of international ambassador for feel-good cop philosophies like public trust policing and education-based incarceration. (Although we re really not sure how anyone takes him seriously on those issues, considering that the level of mistrust between his department and the Los Angeles public is at an all-time high.)
Baca s travel record affordable travel for single travelers shows that he took a total of 18 trips between January and July, spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on flights and hotel rooms so that he could sprinkle his L.A. Sheriff s wisdoms affordable travel for single travelers all across the globe.
Revelations of brutality by Los Angeles County sheriff s deputies and cover-ups inside the jails have exposed significant shortcomings in the department s civilian watchdog system, which was created to prevent such misconduct.
The watchdogs have come under scrutiny from county supervisors and investigators for a commission examining jail abuse. affordable travel for single travelers The investigators found that neither of the two main civilian monitors regularly analyzed data that tracks violent encounters between deputies affordable travel for single travelers and inmates or examined how the department handled inmate complaints.
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I agree with FTF. Even though most everyone affordable travel for single travelers else on the department is at B2V is there on their dime, it s fair that his being there and representing the department is part of his job. I can see the occasional DC trip, too. But the Middle East stuff, I think, is more a hobby of his than something that s been shown to be in the department s interest. Indeed in retrospect, as the articles suggest, his absences have/will cost the department dearly.
FTF: Great point! But, perhaps I could use another example of poor timing and decision. As you know our beloved Ambassador Chris Simmons was murdered and drug through the streets for nine hours. The two murdered SEALS, who fought bravely, were not there to protect the Ambassador! I strongly believe that President Obama should have cancelled his trip to Vegas to show the American People who was the Commander in Chief! Under normal circumstances I would agree an appearance of Baca at BtoV is not a problem. However, under the current LASD chaos Baca should have stayed behind. My view!
That s not his job. He chose to do that. Maybe it s time for him to be held accountable for his piss-poor decisions. He sure had all the accolades for awhile. He s traveled the world being the big city department superstar and pseudo-expert on everything affordable travel for single travelers from terrorism to community based policing.
I ll bet that if somebody was to ask him if all those trips, in light of the problems affordable travel for single travelers his own department was suffering, were wise decisions, affordable travel for single travelers he would defend his decisions and give some b.s. answer about how those trips benefit the LASD and the citizens of LA County.
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J London, you are absolutely right. affordable travel for single travelers Obama took his many vegas trips right in the middle of a crisis. That would be like Bush remaining in Florida for a couple days when he receive word of the towers going down.
Baca has always courted the middle east community and especially the Asian culture. Not saying it s wrong, that s just Lee. He has a strong political base in both ethnic groups which further enforces the reason why he will never be de-throned. It goes back to his commander affordable travel for single travelers days when he locked his keys in his county ride and had to have a Temple unit unlock it for him. Where was he when this happened? Well