On Tuesday morning, Lt. Sidra Sherrod-Strong, who has been a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for 26 years, said in a press conference she is suing the department for retaliation that rained down on her, when she reported the multiple brands of what she described wrongdoing she witnessed.
The press conference was made more interesting by the fact that Sherrod-Strong held the event with her husband, Lt. Eric Strong, who is running for LA County Sheriff in the hope of replacing the present sheriff Alex Villanueva.
“Until recently I was the unit commander for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Food Services unit,” she said after introducing herself.
This is the unit that provides food services for, among other places, the county’s jail system, plus the county’s regional jails, and those of its 35 contract cities, for which the LASD provides policing.
It is also a unit that has a $30 million budget, Sherrod-Strong told those attending the presser (which can be watched virtually).
On October 25, she said was notified that she was being involuntarily transferred and was under “administrative investigation.” For what, wasn’t clearly
Sherrod-Brown was reportedly not given any paperwork that explained the transfer or its basis.
Her claim details the issues about which she raised the alarm, and was retaliated against subsequently, she said.
“I raised my voice, as I have done many times before, about issues there were important,” said Sherrod -Strong....
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