Sheriff's Department is investigating a memo accusing an East L.A. captain of scheming to avoid promoting an 'angry Black' sergeant.
Officials with the current administration declined to comment on the contents of the January memo but broadly confirmed an ongoing probe.
O’Donnell did not respond to requests for comment. An attorney representing him said O’Donnell is preparing to sue for an unrelated claim of political retaliation. “Captain Chavez stated they were Hispanic and they were the ones she could trust out of the sergeants who wanted the position,” the memo says. “She also told me there was no way she was going to allow Sergeant Hoffman to get the position because he was an angry Black guy who filed a claim and for being the anonymous caller at the COC hearing.”
Filed in state court, the lawsuit alleges that racism has “long permeated the culture in LASD” in general, and that at East L.A. in particular, the Banditos have created a hostile work environment for employees who are not Latino. “However, Commander Mejia and Captain Chavez rigged a kangaroo interview process to make it seem that it would be a fair interview process,” the suit alleges. “Plaintiff applied to the position along with a Caucasian male sergeant with a long history as a detective in Operation Safe Street.
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