REIMBURSEMENTS FOR DAMAGED PERSONAL EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY - As a deputy sheriff, you may be faced with a situation where your personal equipment, eye glasses or uniform used for work is damaged course of your duties.

Julie Petrelli Defense Representative

BOB HERMANN CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT - A TOTAL SUCCESS - Another year and another charity golf tournament done. All in all it was a great deal of fun and I hope that next year we do even better.

Tim White Treasurer

IF YOU ARE BEING QUESTIONED BY A SUPERVISOR, AN ALADS REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD BE BY YOUR SIDE - I have been asked two questions so many times that I think it is important to put the questions and the answers right here for every deputy sheriff and district attorney investigator to see.

Derek Hsieh Executive Director

THE BEST OF HUMANITY - Another month has passed and we again find ourselves mourning the loss and remembering the sacrifices of brave law enforcement officers, murdered in the line of duty.

Sean Van Leeuwen Vice President

ATTACK ON LAW ENFORCEMENT - Recent editorials by the Los Angeles Times and the liberal media typify the unfounded attacks on law enforcement nationally.

George Hofstetter President

THE LIFE AND SPAN ON A BALLISTIC VEST: TAKING GOOD CARE OF YOUR VEST MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE - One of the pieces of your equipment that may just save your life and that you should always be sure is functioning properly is your ballistic vest.

Tim Heinemeyer Defense Representative

IS PILL CALL CAUSING MORE DEPUTIES TO USE FORCE? - On some floors [in custody], inmates are lined up in large groups to wait and see the medical staff. While they wait, the inmates become more and more restless finally resulting in becoming confrontational.

Tim White Treasurer

LASD STAFFING: REALITY CHECK 2016! - Now that they have come to terms with the reality, the department is seeking good ideas to help fix the problem. Despite the fact that ALADS' assertion of the staffing shortage fell on deaf ears in the past, we are more than willing to share ideas with the department now.

Derek Hsieh Executive Director

REMEMBERING DALLAS - The recent murder of five fellow cops in Dallas is still fresh in all of our minds and weighing heavily on our hearts. What happened in Dallas on 7/7 will rank with 9/11 as an event we will all remember where we were and what we were doing when we first heard the news.

Sean Van Leeuwen Vice President

EOW 7-7-16 - The officers murdered in Dallas will be missed but never forgotten by those of us who do the job. We remember them and their families in our thoughts and prayers.

George Hofstetter President