The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department searched offices and houses of key officials in an investigation of a contract with LA Metro.
Some big names and big offices in Los Angeles County politics and government were named in the search warrant that sent detectives to the Santa Monica home of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who is also a member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors.
The Sheriff’s Department also served a search warrant at the home of Patricia “Patti” Giggans, a member of the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission, appointed by Kuehl. The nine-member oversight commission advises the Board of Supervisors and was created to increase transparency and accountability at the Sheriff’s Department.
Giggans is also executive director of Peace Over Violence, a nonprofit that advocates for victims of sexual abuse and harassment and delivers intervention, education and emergency services. POV operates LA Metro’s “Off Limits” sexual harassment counseling hotline, and the hotline staff work out of an LA Metro office on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles.
The three other locations searched by L.A. County sheriff’s detectives were the offices of the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration, where the Board of Supervisors meets and members have offices, as do many county staff; the headquarters of the county’s transit agency, LA Metro; and the headquarters of Peace Over Violence. Metro responded with a statement on Wednesday saying it is “fully cooperating with LASD to comply with the search warrant.
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