SACRAMENTO – The Attorney General’s Office is reclaiming honorary police-type badges it distributed to its 1,200 staff attorneys in Los Angeles and elsewhere because of the potential for misuse.

SACRAMENTO — The attorney general’s office is reclaiming honorary police-type badges it distributed to its 1,200 staff attorneys because the agency has declared the practice illegal.

The state attorney general’s office has released a legal opinionthat honorary badges issued by law enforcement agencies can violatethe law and could leave the county open to civil liability ...

Through a public records request, the Attorney General’s Office provided WWL-TV a list of 106 people who have received a badge and accompanying credentials since Landry took office in 2016.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra called for decertifying officers for “serious misconduct,” even requiring law enforcement agencies to complete investigations after a police officer leav… ...

Prior to the attorney general’s 2007 opinion, two political contributors to the Riverside County sheriff told The Times they displayed their honorary badges during encounters with law enforcement.

Attorney General will get sheriff's office reporter on incident in which freeholder flashed badge. Updated: ; Dec. 23, 2017, 1:56 p.m. | Published: ; Dec. 23, 2017 ...