Overview
- State workplace-safety officials issued eight citations in January totaling about $350,000, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has appealed.
- Investigators found failures that included weak training, no required protective gear, poor hazard checks for transport and storage, and explosives left unattended or in unsuitable containers.
- Cal/OSHA sued the department in January to force records production after receiving limited, heavily redacted files, while LASD says some FBI-linked training materials are too sensitive to release.
- The case stems from July 2025, when detectives recovered two grenades in Santa Monica and one later detonated at an LASD training facility, with the second device still unaccounted for.
- Multiple probes remain open, and the widow of Detective Victor Lemus has filed a claim alleging poor training and mishandling of the grenades, including use of personal vehicles and older X-ray gear.