State Blasts LA Sheriff's Bomb Squad Safety

0:00A state investigation just dropped a bombshow on the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department blemming willful safety violations for the grenade, explosion that killed three deputies last July. Detectives Joshua Kelly Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborne from the arson and explosives team died in the blast at a training facility parking, lot one of the department's deadliest single incidents. The day before, the team pulled two grenades from a Santa Monica apartment complex, X-rayed them, and figured they were inert. One made it to the facility and went off anyway, while the second one vanished, a mystery they're still chasing. This tragedy hit hard, shining a light on the risks these bomb squad pros faced daily without proper safeguards. Families lost heroes, and the community felt the shock of such a preventable loss in law enforcement, diving deeper, investigators cited failures like skipping effective training, without using protective gear, and leaving explosives unattended or in bad, containers during

1:00transport and storage. The state even sued the department in January for dragging feet on subpoenas and handing over redacted docks. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office says they're cooperating within legal limits as other probes continue, pushing for better protocols to keep these. High stakes opts from turning deadly again. That wraps Durham news today, brought to you with AI.