US EditionLA County will deploy airport-style scanners, more K9s after juvenile hall overdoses
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 9 – LA County aims to tackle drug smuggling and substance use in juvenile halls with new scanners and canine units, following multiple arrests and hospitalizations, officials said.
- On July 8, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 with one abstention to approve installing airport-style scanners and increasing canine units at Los Padrinos and Barry J. Nidorf juvenile halls.
- Following July 2 hospitalizations, a tutor was arrested June 30 for smuggling 170 pills, and a deputy was detained June 10 for alprazolam trafficking at juvenile halls.
- LA County officials report eight staff and one youth hospitalized after suspected drug exposure, with two experiencing seizures and one a cardiac event, according to Probation Chief Viera Rosa.
- The board's 4-0 vote approves installing airport-style scanners, expanding canine units, and updating policies at Los Padrinos and Nidorf juvenile halls to combat drug smuggling and overdoses.
- If approved, the Probation Department must submit a 60-day report detailing security upgrades and treatment plans to restore the Secure Youth Treatment Facility's compliance.
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LA County will deploy airport-style scanners, more K9s after juvenile hall overdoses
Los Angeles County will install airport-style body scanners and increase the use of drug-sniffing canines at its two largest juvenile facilities in response to a series of overdoses and the recent arrest of a tutor accused of smuggling in nearly 200 illicit pills. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-0, with one abstention, at its meeting Tuesday, July 8, to scale up the security at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall and the Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Tre…
Body scanners? Drug-sniffing dogs? LA County wants a contraband crackdown inside juvenile hall
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County leaders are once again scrambling to stem the flow of illicit drugs into the county's troubled juvenile halls. After nine people were rushed to the hospital last week following suspected drug exposure at Los ...
Los Angeles supervisors to vote on enhanced drug screening at juvenile halls – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group
LOS ANGELES – County supervisors will vote Tuesday on a motion to install airport-style body scanners and expand canine units at juvenile facilities following a series of drug-related incidents, including hospitalizations from suspected toxic drug exposure. The emergency motion by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Lindsey Horvath would direct the Probation Department to enhance screening practices and work with the Department of Public Health’s Substa…
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