COMPLAINTS ON DEPUTIES INCREASING, ACLU SAYS.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Complaints about the conduct of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County deputy sheriffs increased by more than one-third from 1994 through 1996, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . In addition, the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. found that the Sheriff's Department no longer is asking people who fill out complaint forms for their race and age, making it impossible to determine if certain groups are having more problems than others in terms of excessive force, false arrest and rudeness. ``In a diverse community like Los Angeles . . . we need to know who is generating (complaints),'' said Ramona Ripston, executive director of the ACLU's Los Angeles chapter. ACLU researchers found there was a 37 percent increase in the number of complaints against deputies, specifically in the areas of rudeness, excessive force and false arrest. In 1994 there were 2,040 such complaints against deputies, compared with 2,787 in 1996. |
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