Hybrid plan to watch parolees

With both the Sheriff's and Probation departments vying to take control over state parolees, Los Angeles County's chief executive has recommended a hybrid operation that would require the agencies to team up when supervising high-risk offenders. Christina Villacorte in the Daily News.

The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to discuss the plan today, and both Sheriff Lee Baca and Chief Probation Officer Donald Blevins are expected to raise objections.

Blevins said Monday that sheriff's deputies would bring a heavy hand to the supervision of some 8,000 parolees, about half of whom are expected to be at high risk of reoffending.