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
-Heroin kills -
Message from The Captain
Working in direct partnership with the city of Santa Clarita and the County of Los Angeles I formed the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Juvenile Intervention Team, or “J‐Team,” in July 2010. Team members and community leaders worked together to outline a comprehensive strategy to address growing concerns regarding drug and heroin use and availability in the Santa Clarita Valley. Early studies indicated we were in fact seeing a substantial upward trend in drug use, which included alarming incidents of teenagers and young adults using the very powerful and addictive illicit drug heroin. Read more
