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Wikipedia: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

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The English-language Wikipedia article on the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the largest sheriff's department in the United States and the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated Los Angeles County and the many cities that contract with it for police service. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Sheriff%27s_Department
Source Type
Encyclopedia
Assessment
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3
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Wikipedia: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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The LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States and the third largest local police agency in the United States, following the New York Police Department, and the Chicago Police Department.
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Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)

This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Criminal Justice Institutions, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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