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Peter J. Pitchess

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Pitchess Detention Center Riot Of 1996

 

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Pitchess Detention Center (Wayside Jail) in Los Angeles

 

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Peter J. Pitchess was the 28th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, serving from 1958 to 1981. He is credited with modernizing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, turning the department into the sixth-largest police department, and the largest sheriff's department, in the United States.