He won a fourth term in source 2010, but has faced mounting criticism as a June vote approached. The recent arrests stemming from the probe of inmate abuse came more than a year after a commission blamed Baca for failing to halt what it determined was a persistent pattern of excessive force against inmates by his deputies, dating back years. Baca embraced a series of reforms recommended by the panel but declined to resign from his post, as some critics had urged. ACLU REPORT A separate report released by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2011 cited the department for a number of abuses, including a finding that some deputies had formed gangs that encouraged assaults against inmates. In another case, the U.S. Justice Department said last united states year that a probe had found sheriff’s deputies in towns north of Los Angeles illegally engaged in a pattern of “intimidation and harassment” of African-Americans in the area who received benefits from the federally funded Section 8 affordable housing program. Baca, whose voice at times shook with emotion during the news conference, said he began thinking about retirement only three days ago.
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