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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Sheriff-Elect Jim McDonnell

    Los Angeles County voted in a new sheriff this week and Sheriff-Elect Jim McDonnell has his work cut out for him: He’s inheriting a department in the middle of a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights abuses, and six onetime deputies were recently convicted of obstructing the probe.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 7, 2014 • 1 min read

    Los Angeles County voted in a new sheriff this week and Sheriff-Elect Jim McDonnell has his work cut out for him: He’s inheriting a department in the middle of a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights abuses, and six onetime deputies were recently convicted of obstructing the probe. We talk to McDonnell about the changes he’s planning to make.

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    San Diego’s Scandal-Ridden Election and a Major Bust on the Dark Web
    1. 0:00Scandal-Ridden San Diego Election Still Undecided
    2. 9:56Economy Improving, So Why Don’t We Feel It?
    3. 18:33Sheriff-Elect Jim McDonnell You’re reading this
    4. 27:43Space, Science and Cartoon Robots
    5. 42:40The New Silk Roads
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Jim McDonnell

      LAPD Chief

      News

    The full episode

    3 of 5
    San Diego’s Scandal-Ridden Election and a Major Bust on the Dark Web
    1. 0:00Scandal-Ridden San Diego Election Still Undecided
    2. 9:56Economy Improving, So Why Don’t We Feel It?
    3. 18:33Sheriff-Elect Jim McDonnell You’re reading this
    4. 27:43Space, Science and Cartoon Robots
    5. 42:40The New Silk Roads
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand