Investigators laid part of the blame on Baca’s second-in-command, saying Undersheriff Paul Tanaka urged deputies to be “aggressive” by telling them to “function right on the edge of the line” and discouraged supervisors from investigating misconduct.
They also noted Tanaka vetoed an attempt to break up ganglike “deputy cliques” in Men’s Central Jail that were “highly resistant to supervision, committed acts of open insubordination, and sought to intimidate, bully and undermine supervisors whose policies they did not like.”
- Commission on Jail Violence finds brutality, abuse in Los Angeles County jails, DailyNews.com, September 7, 2017.
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