Tow fee scandal forces reexamination of policy
Sheriff Lee Baca responded to a series of articles that have appeared in this paper over the past week. Here's the top of our story:
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is reexamining how it collects towing fees in response to allegations a former traffic sergeant took nearly $500,000 from the city of La Puente in impound revenues, officials said.
"We are doing that now," Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. "We are probably going to go to a cashless system. Using something like an ATM card to make it more difficult for theft to occur."
Whitmore also said the department is reviewing several other internal policies and will consult with the Board of Supervisors.
Former Sgt. Joe Dyer, who used to work out of the Industry sheriff's station until he retired in May, has been under investigation since the beginning of the year.
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