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« New TItle II prosecution | Main | Thought re: Pizza Hunt »

LA county sheriff in the limelight

Posted by David Hardy · 1 August 2007 06:06 PM

Newsweek has the story. The relevant part:

"The sheriff has issued concealed-weapon permits to such actors as Ben Affleck, and in 1999, less than a year after being sworn in, he set up an “executive reserves” unit that allowed celebrities to wear a badge and carry a gun. All they had to do was take 64 hours of training and pass the department’s background check.

Critics of the program, who said it was nothing more than a sly way for Baca to pay back friends and supporters, were incensed when, less than a month after the unit was initiated, one of those reservists—Scott Zacky of the Zacky Farms chicken dynasty—was stripped of his badge for drawing a gun outside his Bel Air mansion after mistaking a couple on a date for car thieves. The unit was suspended in late 1999 after one member, a wealthy Baca supporter who owns a jewelry store, was arrested for money laundering."

Here's video of the sheriff explaining that he's issued less than 500 CCW permits for the county, including those issued to retired federal agents, judges, and "victims of violent crime." It'd appear that to get one you have to be a campaign contributor, a public official, or already have been victimized.

7 Comments | Leave a comment

Letalis | August 1, 2007 7:47 PM | Reply

Baca? Isn't he the guy who had uniformed officers running errands for Paris Hilton?

Letalis | August 1, 2007 7:49 PM | Reply

Why yes, he is the guy.

RKV | August 1, 2007 9:02 PM | Reply

Similar situation here in Santa Barbara County. Sheriff's Council got badges, CCWs and a heap of trouble for self-dealing. Got the one term Sheriff (Anderson) dumped.

Jonas Salk | August 1, 2007 10:09 PM | Reply

Good thing Georgia is a "shall issue" state.

:D

karrde | August 2, 2007 11:45 AM | Reply

I believe that the "friends and supporters of the sherriff get CCW's" was regularly-seen pattern under Michigan's may-issue Concealed-Carry system. (That was before 2001, when "shall-issue" laws were passed.)

Hopefully California sees a similar sanity on this issue.

steveH | August 2, 2007 6:56 PM | Reply

California? Not likely.

It wasn't all that long ago that the Sacramento County Sheriff got in hot water for issuing CCW permits to people who lived in other counties. Which is definitely against the rules here.

There only attraction had been that they'd contributed significantly to the Sheriff's election campaigns.

Oldcrow | August 3, 2007 5:50 AM | Reply

Hmmm anyone consider using the gun grabbing lefties own tactics against them? i.e... research how many people of color have been issued CCW's by Baca vs's whites and them double whammy with the fact they are all wealthy. Then statrt screaming Jim Crow laws from the roof tops!

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