Sheriff Baca On Jails, Gangs & Illegals: On Cable TV Sunday & Monday (10 min Video Preview here)

Los Angeles, CA L. A. County Sheriff Leroy Baca has been building the case for bigger and better jails to accommodate more and more inmates for the past several years. In a two-part Full Disclosure Network interview Baca describes the jail disturbances and overcrowding in County jails, the court order that forced inmates to back-up into the inmate reception area. And he lashes out at the Mexican Government for “dumping their desperate citizens” on the United States. Watch this 10 minute video preview of a two-part interview with Sheriff Baca that will be featured on Sunday and Monday as follows:

L. A. Cable Channel 36 Sunday March 16th 8 p.m. Part 1

Sunday March 16th 8:30 p.m. Part 2
Monday March 17th 4 p.m. Part 1

Monday March 17th 4:30 p.m. Part 2
Click here for a listing of other cable channels and airtimes


Other issues addressed by Sheriff Baca area:

* The fallacies of an “Open Border” policy.
* Iillegal immigration is overwhelming the resources of Los Angeles.
* Mexican & Latin countries are dumping desperate citizens on the U.S.
* Mexican Mafia influence and gangs on local politics and city governments within Los Angeles.
* LA County Board of Supervisors vs Sheriff on coverage in unincorporated area contracts
* Recruiting Deputies of diverse backgrounds vs lowering hiring standards

Viewers are invited to participate in an online survey and leave comments for interactive discussion on the topics.

Billed as “the news behind the news” the Full Disclosure Network® is an independent, educational, public affairs cable program featured on 43 cable systems and the worldwide Internet website http://www.fulldisclosure.net/ Produced by Emmy winning Host Leslie Dutton and Producer T. J. Johnston. In 2002 the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the show with a local public affairs Emmy for their series entitled “L.A.’s War Against Terrorism”. Channels and airtimes can be found on the website.

Video News Blog Special On Sunday L.A. 36 Cable Channel & More

Los Angeles, CA. Full Disclosure Network® is re-releasing a Video Blog Special two-part series to be featured tonight Sunday and Monday as follows:

L. A Cable Channel 36:
Nov. 25th Sunday, at 8 p.m. Part 1 8:30 p.m. Part 2
Nov. 26th Monday, at 4 p.m. Part 1 4:30 p.m. Part 2
For a list of other air times & cable channels (click here)

These two-half hour programs feature six short video news blogs on Hot Issues that have been featured only on the Internet. Following each program cable TV viewers are invited to participate in an interactive survey on each Hot Issue via 1-800-867-7777 toll free number or on the Internet website where bloggers are posting comments and sparking further debate.

OR CLICK ON THE TITLES BELOW TO WATCH VIDEO BLOGS ON LINE:

SCHOOL BONDS & PUBLIC FINANCE (Part 1)

• Video Blog #8. (5 min) Mysterious School Financing Disclosed. (10:45 min) L.A. Unified School Board member David Tokofsky describes the LAUSD multi $billion dollar public financing plan. Features 3 minute audio of un-televised Board vote to issue $50 million in non-voter approved Certificates of Participation (COP) Bonds.


• Video Blog #9. (6:40 min) Budget Buster Bond Defended. Los Angeles Unified School District to net $27 billion in bonds and state matching funds in 7 year period with voter approval of 2005 $3.95 bond measure. California taxpayers contributing half these funds, while L. A. property owners pay again with property taxes. Tokovsky describes how the money is used.


• Video Blog #12 (8:24 min) Bond Brokers Bilk Taxpayers for Secret Billions? State Controller Kathleen Connell, Jon Coupal of Howard Jarvis Taxpayers, LAUSD Board Member David Tokofsky and former D.A. Prosecutor Anthony Patchett spill the beans on the how the district is able to access $billions of dollars in bonds.

ILLEGALS, SHERIFFS, CAMPAIGN POLITICS (Part 2)

• Video Blog #10. LAPD, Sheriffs vs FEDS on Illegal Aliens (8 min) The pros and cons of having law enforcement officers arrest criminal illegal immigrants. Featuring former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, LAPD Commission Presidents Edith Perez and Rick Caruso, and Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona.


• Video Blog #11. Sheriffs Debate Guns & Badges for Political Donors(7:48 Min) L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca and Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona describe their policies of giving guns and badges to political campaign contributors. One accepts political contributions from Department staff and Deputies the other rejects them.


• Video Blog #13 Exclusive Jail Riot Video, Policy Debate on Illegal Criminal Inmates (5:45 min) Graphic jail riot video, shows the racial unrest among criminal illegal immigrants and massive overcrowding in So. California jails. Also features L. A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, the late Sheriff Sherman Block and Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona venting their frustration over the revolving door policy which permits 70% of deported criminals to return time and again.

Known as "the news behind the news" Full Disclosure Network® cable television programs are featured on 45 cable systems and the Internet since 1992. Produced by Emmy Award winning host Leslie Dutton & Producer T. J. Johnston, in 2002 the Full Disclosure® special series "L. A.''s War Against Terrorism" was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a local Emmy Award for a public affairs, informational series. Channels and air times and a complete program listing can be found on the website at http://www.fulldisclosure.net/

Tonight on Cable TV: L.A.'s Jails....Who's Watching The Jailers?

SHERIFF LEROY BACA & THE ACLU? MIKE GENNACO OR MERRICK BOBB ?

Los Angeles, CA, On CABLE TV TONIGHT & MONDAY, a two-partFull Disclosure Network® special series features representatives from Police Monitoring organizations describing current jail overcrowding and what they do and how they do it to keep the L. A. County Sheriff Leroy Baca and his Department on the straight and narrow.

WATCH THESE EXCLUSIVE SHOWS TONIGHT & MONDAY ON:
L.A. Cable Channel 36
Sunday, Sept, 30th 8-9 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 1st 4-5 p.m.

OTHER CABLE CHANNELS AND AIR TIMES ARE LISTED HERE

Not on Los Angeles Cable? To view video previews here, click on these links:
Part 1 and Part 2

Featured in this two-part series are:

• Sheriff Leroy Baca
• Mark Rosenbaum, ACLU’s Legal Director
• Mary Tiedeman ACLU Jail Project Director
• Captain Tim Cornell, LASD Inmate Reception Center
• Mike Gennaco, Chief Attorney LASD Office of Independent Review
• Merrick Bobb, Pres. Police Assessment Resource Center (PARC)

Highlights from the two programs are:

• Explicit details of the numerous problems encountered by both the ACLU monitors and the L.A. County Sheriffs Department are provided in depth.
• Inmate Riots On Video: jail disturbances on video are featured in the FDN preview and series, to demonstrate the circumstances that exist from time to time and explanations for the cause are provided.
• Three Civilian Monitors for the Sheriff: The Board of Supervisors already was contracting with Merrick Bobb of PARC, who describes his goal to make law enforcement “effective”.
• IG Mike Gennaco explains how and why the Sheriff formed the Office of Independent Review with funding from L. A. County Board of Supervisors
• Roy Burns, former head of ALADS comments on the impact of policies developed by the monitors.

Billed as "the news behind the news" the Full Disclosure Network® is an independent, educational, public affairs cable program sponsored by the Citizens Protection Alliance. Produced by host Leslie Dutton and T.J. Johnston the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented FDN with a 2001 Emmy Award for the public affairs series entitled "L.A.'s War Against Terrorism". Channels and airtimes. For the past fifteen years FDN has covered critical public policy issues, in-depth, that are often ignored by the mainstream media.

Tonight: Sheriff Baca, Jail Policies & Monitoring Police on Cable TV Channel 36.. Watch Internet Previews Here

Los Angeles, CA, In a two-part cable and Internet television series covering L.A County Sheriff Lee Baca’s policies involving the jail crisis and police monitoring are to be revealed by the Full Disclosure Network® on the L.A. Cable Channel 36, on Sunday July 1st 8-9 p.m. and again on Monday , July 2nd, 4-5 p.m.

Sheriff Baca describes the cause of the current jail overcrowding and the police monitoring organizations describe what they do and how they do it to keep the L. A. County Sheriff’s Department on the straight and narrow path in law enforcement.

Featured in this Part 1 and 2 are:

• Sheriff Leroy Baca
• Mark Rosenbaum, ACLU’s Legal Director
• Mary Tiedeman , ACLU Jail Project Director
• Captain Tim Cornell, LASD Inmate Reception Center
• Mike Gennaco, Chief Attorney LASD Office of Independent Review
• Merrick Bobb, Pres. Police Assessment Resource Center (PARC)
  

Highlights of the two program airing back to back are:

• Explicit details of the numerous problems encountered by both the ACLU monitors and the L.A. County Sheriffs Department are provided in depth.


• Inmate Riots, jail disturbances on video are featured in the FDN preview and series, to demonstrate the circumstances that exist from time to time and explanations for the cause are provided.


• Three Civilian Monitors for the Sheriff: The Board of Supervisors already was contracting with Merrick Bobb of PARC, who describes his goal to make law enforcement “effective”. Mike Gennaco explains how and why the Sheriff formed the Office of Independent Review with funding from the County Supervisors. Roy Burns, former head of ALADS comments on the impact of policies developed by the monitors.

Short previews can be watched here:

• Part 1
• Part 2

Billed as "the news behind the news" the Full Disclosure Network® is an independent, educational, public affairs cable program. In 2002 host Leslie Dutton was presented with a local public affairs Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the series entitled "L.A.'s War Against Terrorism". Channels and airtimes. For the past fifteen years FDN has covered critical public policy issues, in-depth, that are often ignored by the mainstream media.

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Sheriff Baca vs Sheriff Arpaio on Jails, Early Releases & More: Video (7 min)

June 7, 2007 --The Full Disclosure Network(R) is re-releasing a seven minute video news blog featuring L. A. County Sheriff Leroy Baca and Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Maricopa County AZ) debating who has the toughest jail system. The video is available FREE, 24/7, on demand as a public service and viewers are encouraged to leave their comments below the video streaming screen for debate and discussion.

STRIKING CONTRAST IN JAILS
This short video demonstrates the striking contrast in policies and attitude in Arizona and California. The Sheriffs offer their own rationalization for circumstances in their jails. At the close of the video news blog viewers are asked to participate in a survey of jail policies.

SHERIFF BACA POINTS OUT:
That criminals in Los Angeles county jails are tougher and more violent and make Sheriff Joe’s jails look like a “summer camp”. Baca points out that in L.A. County jails there are 1,200 murderers waiting for trial and 4,000 gang members who commit 500 murders a year. Baca also says that Sheriff Joe’s criminals are mild and they have committed lesser offenses and are not the hard core criminals such as in Los Angeles County jails

SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO
Is often referred to as "the Toughest Sheriff in America” because he houses jail inmates in Korean war tents on the desert in temperatures that reach up to 140 degrees in the summertime. In this video he boasts about spending only 30 cents a day, per inmate, for meals saying he hopes they will never come back to jail once released.
Sheriff Joe challenges Sheriff Baca’s early release program by inviting him to send the overflow of inmates from L. A. to Maricopa County where he proudly displays a vacancy sign and promotes the austere accommodations for the 10,000 plus inmates in his jails.

CABLE CHANNELS:
Full Disclosure Network’s(R) regular cable and Internet television programs are featured on 43 cable television systems and video streamed on the Internet at the website www.fulldisclosure.net. Channels and airtimes are listed here.

ABOUT FULL DISCLOSURE (R)

The Full Disclosure™ program is billed as “the news behind the news.” In 2002 host Leslie Dutton was presented with a local public affairs Emmy by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the series entitled “L.A.’s War Against Terrorism”

CIVILIAN POLICE MONITOR: MERRICK BOBB ON THE RECORD Internet Video Preview (4 min)

Los Angeles, CA: What qualifications does it take to become the civilian police monitor for the largest county in the nation? In a newly released two-part interview, on the Full Disclosure Network® (FDN), UC Berkeley educated attorney Merrick Bobb, reveals his background on how he got the job as the civilian monitor of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He describes how he develops recommendations on strategic police tactics and jail operations while under contract to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and responds to a critical report prepared by the Sheriffs Deputy’s union.

Viewers are invited to watch a FREE four-minute preview of this two-part interview with Bobb, conducted by host Leslie Dutton and now available online, 24/7, on demand, as a public service. Also featured in the interview and preview is Roy Burns, former President of ALADS, the Association of L.A. Deputy Sheriffs. The full interview is featured on 43 cable TV systems and eventually available online to FDN subscribers.

Highlights of the full interview are:

Part I: Background & Foot Pursuits

Segment #1
Merrick Bobb describes in detail how he became interested in law enforcement policy and tactics following the Rodney King incident when he served as a Deputy Legal Counsel on the Christopher Commission to reform the LAPD.

Segment #2
Bobb describes how he developed the LASD policy to ban solo foot pursuits by Deputies chasing fleeing suspects and expresses the concerns that motivated him alone to initiate this policy recommendation.

Segment #3
He fields criticism leveled at him by the ALADS (Sheriffs Deputy’s Union). He details his recommendations on when, how and why Sheriffs Deputies should call for back up. This segment features Roy Burns, former LASD Detective who was instrumental in organizing a scathing rebuttal to Merrick Bobb’s Report to the Board of Supervisors on the solo foot pursuit ban.

Part II: Methodology & Jail Operations

Segment #1
As the civilian monitor Bobb describes his goals and methods used to develop recommendations while not having a law enforcement background or training. He points out his experience on the COLTS Commission as having been important. And he describes the values and traits found in most law enforcement officers as being important considerations for the motivation behind their actions.

Segment #2 In this segment Bobb explains the purpose of JAIL and the difference between county jails and state prisons and the role of jailers. He comments on the strikingly different jail operations in Maricopa County and condemns conditions that would make inmates uncomfortable, citing rehabilitation as a goal and the Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.

Segment #3 Finally, Bobb points out that there is one major reason why there are problems in jail operations. He carefully states that he does not fault the County Board of Supervisors for the problem. He addresses the early release of inmates versus the need to build more jails. And, defers to a “smarter and safer” approach to law enforcement over a “softer and gentler” one.

The Full Disclosure® program is billed as “the news behind the news”. Host Leslie Dutton has been conducting interviews with law enforcement officials regarding police politics and public policy since 1992, interviewing all the Chief's of Police from Ed Davis to William Bratton and most of the Police Commission Presidents and Los Angeles County Sheriffs Block and Baca. In 2002 Dutton was presented with a local public affairs Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the series "L.A.'s War Against Terrorism".