The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a $1.75-million settlement with a Pico Rivera woman who accused sheriff’s deputies of performing two illegal cavity searches while looking for drugs. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the deputies named in the lawsuit were not fired and that the department denied all liability during the trial. The deputies told a different story in the incident report they wrote afterward. Though they admitted bringing up the possibility of a cavity search, court records and depositions indicated they denied conducting one. Though others at the scene were let go, Sanchez was arrested and taken to Pico Rivera sheriff’s station.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 17, 2024 09:23 UTC