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Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca resigns his post as Sheriff, effective at the end of January. Baca was running for re-election for LA County Sheriff, but is facing several FBI probes in to his department for civil rights abuses in the L.A. jail system, which is run by the Sheriff's dept. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)

Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca resigns his post as Sheriff, effective at the end of January. Baca was running for re-election for LA County Sheriff, but is facing several FBI probes in to his department for civil rights abuses in the L.A. jail system, which is run by the Sheriff's dept. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)