Author: Coalition of L.A. Probation Unions

LOS ANGELES – In response to this morning’s announcement by the California Attorney General placing the Los Angeles County Probation Department under receivership, the Coalition of L.A. Probation Unions issued the following statement: “We are cautiously optimistic that the Attorney General’s action will finally bring the accountability that Los Angeles County desperately needs,” said Stacy Ford, President of the Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officers Union, AFSCME Local 685. “For years, the Board of Supervisors has ignored our warnings and failed to invest in the sworn officers who serve on the front lines. The result has been a manufactured crisis – one…