LEROY D. BACA,
SHERIFF
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
Sheriff Baca commands the largest Sheriff’s Department
in the United States with a budget of 2.4 billion dollars. He
leads over 18,000 budgeted sworn and professional staff. The
Sheriff’s Department is the law enforcement provider to
40 incorporated cities, 90 unincorporated communities, 9 community
colleges, and hundreds of thousands of daily commuters of the
Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Rapid Rail Transit District.
Over 4 million people are directly protected by the Sheriff’s
Department.
The Sheriff’s Department also protects 58 Superior Courts
and 600 bench officers. Moreover, the Department manages the
Nation’s largest local jail system housing over 20,000
prisoners.
Sheriff Baca is the Director of Homeland Security-Mutual Aid
for California Region I, which includes the County of Orange.
Region I serves 13 million people.
Sheriff Baca incorporates innovative best practices into his
leadership style based on pro-active, progressive problem solving.
His development of leadership qualities in all levels of the
Sheriff’s Department have resulted in strong solutions
to problems such as drug addiction, domestic violence, homelessness,
gangs, illiteracy,
at-risk youth, parenting, and the quality of life in neighborhoods.
He also manages four non-profit Youth Athletic League Centers
serving at-risk youth in after-school programs involving academics,
sports, and cultural arts.
Sheriff Baca also developed the Office of Independent Review,
comprised of six civil rights attorneys who manage all internal
affairs and internal criminal investigations concerning alleged
misconduct by Department personnel. This unique model of civilian
oversight is a natural model of police accountability.
Sheriff Baca earned his Doctorate of Public Administration Degree
from the University of Southern California. He is a life member
of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, USC Chapter. A strong
advocate of education, he developed the LASD University in conjunction
with 13 universities where over 950 members of the Sheriff’s
Department are enrolled in Bachelor’s and Master’s
Degree programs.
Sheriff Baca was
elected Sheriff of Los Angeles County in December
1998, and was re-elected in June 2006 for his
third term in office. He entered the Sheriff’s
Department on August 23, 1965. He served in the
United States Marine Corps Reserves. |
