Watch your asses in L.A. County...

[onager]

As P.Z. Myers pointed out on Pharyngula, where I stole this pic.

I'm sort of surprised at this. I know most people probably think of numbskulls like Joe Arpaio when they hear "county sheriff." But the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. is multicultural as all get-out. The current sheriff is Lee Baca, of the politically well-connected Baca family from New Mexico. And thanks to Wiki, I now know that L.A. County hired the USA's first female deputy, Margaret Q. Adams, in 1912, and she served until retirement in 1947.

Other interesting trivia: the Dept. is the sixth-largest law enforcement agency in the USA and operates the biggest jail system in the Western world.

Out here where it lives, the Sheriff's Dept. is mostly known for relentlessly brown-nosing Hollywood celebs. (We all sleep better, knowing that one of our Special Reserve Deputies is Jackie Chan.)

Never known the Sheriff's Dept. to be a nest of God-botherers. As opposed to the LAPD, which once had a Deputy Chief famous for his aggressive Bible-thumping. Didn't do him any good during the McMartin child-abuse witch hunt: he was accused of molesting kids. In Satanic ceremonies, no less.

[immoderate]

1. Do all LA Sheriff vehicles have that sticker?

Could be a devout deputy... :shrug:

--imm

[and-justice-for-all]

2. I would file a complaint...

That sheriff's vehicle is payed for with tax dollars and that bumper sticker should be removed.

[onager]

3. It could be a lot worse...

http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2011/07/bless-this-mess.html

I think this is just one asshat expressing his opinion. I've been looking and haven't seen any of those stickers on any other sheriff's vehicles, so apparently it's not a campaign.

I agree that even that one sticker should be removed, since it's a taxpayer-owned SUV. I'm thinking about filing a complaint. But I'm not sure I want my name on a Sheriff's Dept. Crap-List, either. I know, that makes me a cowardly atheist...

[and-justice-for-all]

4. I filed the complaint with the pic...

sent it to the sheriffs office the other day, via email. That is also vandelism of public property, the sheriffs do not own those vehicles and they are permitted to place such thiings on them.