Current Events > Four L.A. Sheriffs died of suicide in a 24-hour span

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The suicide deaths of four current and former Los Angeles Sheriffs Department employees over a 24-hour span have prompted a plea from Sheriff Robert Luna urging deputies to check on the well-being of their colleagues and friends.
We are stunned to learn of these deaths, and it has sent shock waves of emotions throughout the department as we try and cope with the loss of not just one, but four beloved active and retired members of our department family, Luna said in an emailed statement Tuesday. During trying times like these its important for personnel regardless of rank or position to check on the well-being of other colleagues and friends.
Luna said he had the deepest concern for our employees well-being, adding that the department was urgently exploring avenues to reduce work stress factors to support our employees work and personal lives. He said the departments Homicide Bureau would investigate the deaths.
There is no indication that that the deaths were related or that foul play was involved, but department sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation said the third and fourth deaths were discovered as word of the earlier deaths were spreading through the agency.
Lunas comments came a day after the suicides of one former and three current employees, which occurred within a 24-hour span that began Monday.
Among them was Cmdr. Darren Harris, who became a recognizable figure on TV news over a 25-year career during which he served as a chief department spokesperson. Harris was found dead in his home in Santa Clarita on Monday morning, according to multiple sources. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said the sources, who agreed to speak with The Times on the condition of anonymity because his death hasnt been publicly acknowledged.
Harris rose steadily through department ranks, with several stopovers in media relations, along with stints in which he oversaw the Transit Services Bureau and ran the Santa Clarita station.
Sometime after noon Monday, authorities found the body of Greg Hovland, a sergeant who worked in the Antelope Valley before his retirement, at his Quartz Hill home, according to the sources. Another employee was found dead shortly after sunset at a residence in Stevenson Ranch. The fourth death was reported at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, when sheriffs homicide detectives responded to a hospital in Pomona where an employee died from suicide.

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4 cops all dying by suicide at the same time. Seems a bit sus. Wouldn't be surprised if there's more to this.

Yeah there is likely more to this than suicide.

The fuck?

I wouldn't dismiss how gangs infiltrated LA law enforcement units.

Suspect timing for sure.

wonder if something BIG was gonna hit the news
some corruption shit or sex ring scandal

Snitches get stitches or in this case suicides

Maybe they were about to spill the beans about something big and were intimidated and harassed to the point of suicide?

Definitely more to this story than what were being told. I wonder who they were going to inform on, as thats a sure fire way to wind up getting silenced by the powers that be.

Yeah, that's suspicious as hell. I know suicide in law enforcement is common (I had to watch a video on mental health, even as a civilian employee), but 4 in one day, in the same county, is strange.

Copycat suicides are a thing, but four in a row among sheriffs in the same area, in 24 hrs is very sus.

Yea this probably has to do with corruption and gang shit in the LA county police culture

Kira?

mercurydude posted...

Copycat suicides are a thing, but four in a row among sheriffs in the same area, in 24 hrs is very sus.

Definitely this. We had a local cop suicide due to his ties to corruption.

Wonder what it is about being a police officer in la that makes one want to end it all :/

That whole dept has literal gangs

sounds like more gang pig snitch shit

Hmmm