Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials have launched an investigation into the performance of a captain who until recently supervised the troubled Men’s Central Jail, a source confirmed Wednesday.
Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore declined to detail why Capt. Daniel Cruz was put on leave. The source with knowledge of the case told The Times it was connected to Cruz’s tenure at the Men’s Central Jail. The source asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media about the matter.
The probe into Cruz represents the first significant action against a high-ranking sheriff’s official since public scrutiny of the department’s jails intensified in recent weeks.
Cruz, who left the Men’s Central Jail for Transit Services late last year, has been relieved of duty pending the internal administrative investigation, officials confirmed. In these types of investigations, department employees can be reinstated without punishment, suspended, demoted or even fired.
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