Newsweek29d
LAFD Deputy Chief Faces Backlash for Past Remarks on Fire Victims
Languages: English. Los Angeles Fire Department Deputy (LAFD) Chief Kristine Larson is facing widespread criticism online after comments surfaced in which she appeared to shift blame onto fire ...
New York Post23d
LAFD team tasked with preventing wildfires accused of corruption, laziness before blazes devastated city
It’s just one of the black marks against the LAFD — which include allegations that a deputy chief was drunk while overseeing a 2021 wildfire in the Pacific Palisades, the very same area ...
L.A.’s fire chief generated controversy — and fierce loyalty — while the city burned
Critics of Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley — a gay woman leading an overwhelmingly male department — call her a “DEI ...
New York Post24d
LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley accused of firing employee for exposing financial misconduct, harassment in new suit
The Los Angeles Fire Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. Park had joined the fire department as a civilian in 2013 after serving as a deputy attorney for ...
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LAFD’s $300K-per-year diversity chief sparks fury for defending DEI by blaming the victim: ‘He got himself in the wrong place’
In a video defending the department’s DEI hiring practices, Deputy Chief Kristine Larson ... Critics argue that LAFD had been too preoccupied with DEI vanity projects to properly staff ...
Politifact22d
Here’s what we know about LA fire department’s DEI efforts, which Republicans have attacked
Donald Trump Jr., conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and actor James Woods have made accusations similar to Musk’s. DEI initiatives broadly include efforts to increase diversity in ethnicity, gender, ...
The L.A. Fires Have Nothing to Do With DEI
A USC professor explains how DEI isn’t to blame for the L.A. fires, despite false claims from divisive opportunists.
ABC71d
LA County deputy who slammed woman to the ground outside supermarket faces 10 years in prison
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was found guilty of using excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.