Probation Department’s Chief Suffers a Stroke
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Los Angeles County Chief Probation Officer Paul Higa, who has been struggling to restore order in the county’s troubled juvenile detention system, remains hospitalized after suffering a serious stroke Friday, the Probation Department said.
A 31-year veteran, Higa has led the department since April.
He supervises about 60,000 adult and 20,000 juvenile probationers, as well as a mammoth juvenile detention system that incarcerates about 4,000 teenage offenders. Higa had been working on a series of measures to reform the system.
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