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Criminal

Apr. 30, 2010

Sheriff Monitor Leaked Informant I.D.

A civil rights attorney said the Los Angeles Sheriff Department's Office of Independent Review outed her to deputies as the source of a tip about an inmate beating, causing her to stop working at the jail.

By Sandra Hernandez

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department agency that investigates misconduct claims revealed the identity of a confidential informant to sheriff's deputies, the Daily Journal has learned.

The informant, a civil rights attorney who provided legal rights counseling at Men's Central Jail, provided a tip to the department's Office of Independent Review...

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