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About
the Los Angeles County Marshal's Department
In 1923,
the California Legislature amended the State Constitution to create a municipal court system as well as the office of Marshal
as the court’s enforcement arm. The act provided for a municipality with
a police in excess of 40,000 to have a court. In 1950, the voters amended the
California State constitution and change municipal courts to district courts. As
a result, all of the municipal courts within Los Angeles County fell under a single jurisdiction. Just as the municipal courts
were merged into districts, so were the various Marshal offices.
Beginning
in 1952, the Los Angeles County Marshal’s Department was responsible for court security, control of in-custody person
and the service of bench warrants issued by courts in Los Angeles County. In
1994, as a result of a study conducted by the Board of Supervisors which found that it would be cost effective to merge the
900 personnel of the Los Angeles County Marshal with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Marshals were
merged with the County Sheriff.
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Steven
Wayne Knight 19 year law enforcement career included being a police officer in Newport Beach (California), a deputy sheriff
in Washoe County (Nevada) and a Deputy Marshal for the Los Angeles County Marshal’s Department. Steven Knight is the author of 1857
Los Angeles Fights Again and 1853 Los
Angeles Gangs.
According
to Midwest Book Review, “1853 Los Angeles
Gangs by Steven W. Knight is an impressively written, historical novel of the lawless gangs of Los Angeles, and the
determined Rangers who stood against them. The superbly drawn story of a turbulent "yesteryear" city is populated with such
memorable characters as Juan Flores who intends for his gant to dominant a rapidly expanding and ethnically diverse city by
first killing off the Chinese, and then the Americans; Don Thomas Sanchez struggling to preserve political power in the face
of American landgrabs; and Horace Bell with his implacable dedication to the law. Drama, action, bloodshed, love and great
courage fill the pages of this exciting and entertaining saga from cover to cover.”
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