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PPOA Requests Investigation Into Potential Illegal Access to Members’ Confidential Files

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(April 26, 2024)

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, on Wednesday April 24, 2024, announced the filing of charges against Diana Teran, former LASD, OIG and Public Defender’s Office employee, and the current Assistant District Attorney at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The California Department of Justice charged Teran with 11 felony violations of Penal Code section 502, subdivision (c)(2), alleging repeated and unauthorized use of data from confidential, statutorily-protected peace officer files.

 
PPOA President Steve Johnson stated, “If the allegations are true, PPOA is extremely concerned about the breaches of confidential information of its members by someone whose job it was to protect the interests of the men and women of the Sheriff’s Department.”
 
PPOA directed union legal counsel to send a letter to Sheriff Luna to request the Sheriff’s Department immediately launch its own investigation and to identify all potentially impacted members who may have had their information illegally accessed or distributed to third parties.
 
We will be closely monitoring this matter and will update PPOA members as more information becomes available.