Cursory deputy gang probes at Lakewood, Industry stations criticized in watchdog report

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The latest watchdog report comes as another deputy gang-related lawsuit hits the L.A. Sheriff's Department.

Early last year, investigators at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department learned that a group of deputies at the Lakewood station shared a common tattoo: a spade, with the number 13. So, according to a new oversight report, officials decided to do a survey: Were the tattoos the sign of a new deputy gang? When a few dozen deputies said no, the report said, the department took their word for it and stopped investigating.

“The deputy punched Stevens hard in the face, and several of the other defendant deputies immediately grabbed Stevens to make sure he wouldn’t be able to defend himself,” the lawsuit said. “This was a one-sided attack on innocent victims and not in any way a two-way fight.

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