Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety

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The Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety (LACOPS) was formed in 1998 as a consolidation of the Department of Parks and Recreation’s Park Police and the Department of Health Services’s and Internal Services Department’s Safety Police. They are generally referred to as the Los Angeles County Police. They have an $83 million budget from the County of Los Angeles, and employ 491 sworn peace officers and 142 civilian personnel, and contract 750 private security guards. They are a division of LACDHR.

Their mission is "To provide Protection for patrons, employees, and properties of County departments which contract for such services, and to provide a safe environment for those who use County parks and recreation areas. The Office of Public Safety is committed to maintaining a level of professional competence among its sworn personnel that will ensure the safety of those receiving services, as well as protecting the safety of our police officer"

The current OPS Chief is Margaret Anne York, the wife of trial Judge Lance Ito.

The LACOPS is not to be confused with and is not part of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

[edit] OPS Structure

The OPS maintains four bureaus:

Administrative Services Bureau
- Contracts & Monitoring
- Fiscal Services
- Fleet Management
- Human Resources
- Information Systems
Facilities Services Bureau
Health Services Bureau
- Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- King/Drew Medical Center & Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
- Olive View Medical Center
Park Services Bureau
- Division I
- Division II