Staffing levels were dangerously low as the shift began on Nov. 3, allowing youths to overpower probation officers. The escape was foiled outside, however.
Los Angeles County moved some 275 youths to Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, pictured here, in May 2023. , during which one youth managed to scale a wall and reach a waiting car before he was apprehended, according to aStaffing levels were dangerously low as the shift began that night.— for the shift, but only 40 showed up.
An officer stationed in a nearby outpost saw them, but could not call for assistance because his radio was not charged, investigators found. A juvenile “threatened him not to come out of the outpost” and he complied. The SEO officers searched the perimeter and found the escaped youth “with a female companion in a car approximately 600 feet from the facility,” the report states. A change of clothes was prepared inside.in just four months. Yet, the OIG’s investigation suggests the Probation Department had failed to learn to from thewere not separated. In fact, one juvenile involved had “used the same method to assist another youth to escape in the earlier attempt,” according to the report.
Additionally, officers did not know how to contact local law enforcement for help and could not use their radios to connect to law enforcement channels. One officer tried to text the Downey Police Department to no avail, while another called 911 instead. “The Department is committed to full implementation of any corrective actions that strengthens and improves the operations of our juvenile facilities as well as cooperation with the OIG,” probation officials said in a statement.is expected to reassign 200 officers from the department’s field operations to Los Padrinos on 60-day rotations. Those officers will undergo training prior to their deployment.
In a statement, she said it is “critically important we not only find out what failures led to escapes from Los Padrinos, but ensure that the probation department puts in place measures to prevent them from going forward.”
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