Supervisor Kathryn Barger welcomed Sheriff Robert Luna and department personnel for the ceremony recognizing the LASD’s 175th anniversary. (photo by Bryan Chan/LA County)

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recognized the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s 175th anniversary with a special ceremony on Dec. 16.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger, 5th District, presented a commemorative scroll during the board’s meeting honoring the sheriff’s department’s longstanding commitment to public safety and service to communities.

“For 175 years, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been a cornerstone of public safety, serving our communities with courage,” Barger said. “This anniversary is an opportunity to honor the generations of deputies and professional staff who have worn the badge with pride, and those who continue to put service above self every day.”

Sheriff Robert G. Luna accepted the commemorative scroll on behalf of the department and addressed the board and attendees.

“This 175th anniversary belongs to the community as much as it does to the department and the dedicated personnel within it,” Luna said. “For 175 years, our deputies, professional staff and volunteers have worked hand-in-hand with the people we serve. This remarkable milestone honors not only our rich history, but the generations of men and women whose dedication built the formation we stand on today.”

More than 100 personnel from the sheriff’s department attended the ceremony at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration. Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Band performed prior to the meeting and during the scroll presentation. Founded in 1850, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is the oldest law enforcement agency in Los Angeles County and one of the largest sheriff’s departments in the nation. Having started with a sheriff and two deputies, the department currently employs more than 17,000 deputies, operates the country’s largest jail system and patrols more than half of the county’s 4,084 square miles. For information, visit lasd.org.