The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating whether graphic crime scene photos of a grenade blast that killed three detectives were improperly shared internally, officials told The Times.
Already, a high-ranking sheriff’s official with nearly 40 years in the department has been relieved of duty in connection with the internal investigation, according to a department spokesperson.
The department confirmed it had been conducting an internal criminal investigation for the past six months after being confronted by The Times about allegations of employees sharing gruesome images. The current inquiry echoes a previous scandal that saw sheriff’s personnel passing around graphic images of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene six years ago, and resulted in a multimillion-dollar verdict to the Bryant family…