Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will visit the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Monday, Nov. 8, to discuss Policing Urban America in the 21st Century. His lecture begins at 6:45 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Baca began his public service career in 1965 as deputy sheriff trainee for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Rising through the ranks, he was appointed captain in 1981 and was selected to command the Norwalk station. Elected in 1998 as Los Angeles County's 30th sheriff, he now commands the largest sheriff's department in the world, supervising more than 15,000 sworn and civilian personnel.
Baca earned a doctorate in public administration from the University of Southern California and has served as adjunct professor of public administration at the University of La Verne.
In addition to his law enforcement duties, he currently serves on the board of directors for Optimist Youth Homes and Ranch, Puente Learning Center, Buena Nueva Foundation, EMEK Hebrew Academy, and Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law, as well as the board of governors of the USC Alumni Association.
Baca's Athenaeum lecture is the second in a series on Issues in California Criminal Justice, sponsored by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at CMC.