LA County Board

3. Ensuring Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Compliance with Juvenile\nRecord Sealing Law\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisors Hahn and Barger: Request the\nSheriff, in collaboration with the Director of Youth Development, to report back\nto the Board in writing in 90 days with a plan to develop a Department-wide\nrecord-sealing protocol and enforcement mechanism for youth who qualify,\nincluding youth who have successfully completed diversion programs, in\ncompliance with Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Section 827.95,\nincluding, but not be limited to, plans to update the Sheriff’s Department policies\nto reflect the requirements of WIC Section 827.95, plans to conduct trainings\nfor both new hires and current employees on the law and the Sheriff’s\nDepartment’s updated policies, and strategies for internal enforcement; and\nreport back to the Board in writing in 60 days with a plan for the Sheriff’s\nDepartment to prioritize pre-booking diversion, whenever legally permissible, for\nyouth diversion, including the following:\nA plan to update the Diversion Directive policy to prioritize pre-booking\ndiversion when applicable, including steps needed to confirm whether\nthere is any record created by taking a young person into custody that\nrequires record sealing procedures;\nA plan to amend the Field Operations protocols to incorporate the\nprocedure for diversion, including the prioritization of pre-booking\ndiversion whenever possible;\nA plan to ensure all Field Operations staff and patrol deputies are trained\nin the diversion procedures and know to prioritize pre-booking diversion,\nwith the training plan to consider rolling out the trainings starting with\nstations that have lower pre-booking diversion numbers; and\nA plan to analyze other law enforcement agencies that use pre-booking\ndiversion for youth as their default model, to explore ways that the\nSheriff’s Department can move toward making pre-booking youth\ndiversion the default model, whenever legally permissible. (24-3194)