Sheriff cracking down on drunks

In what officials describe as an increasingly intractable problem, the number of alcohol-related arrests of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department employees doubled from 2007 to 2008, according to an annual department review released Wednesday.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The number of deputies and other employees arrested in connection with public drunkenness, bar fights and alcohol-related domestic violence shot up from 33 in 2007 to 70 last year, according to the county's Office of Independent Review.

Meanwhile, the number of employees arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence increased from 29 to 36 in that time.