LA county axes leadership in juvenile detention system over rampant violence, officer morale collapse

Authorities in Southern California have axed more than a dozen top officials after complaints of violence and injuries from rank-and-file officers in the county's juvenile facilities.

Los Angeles County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa said that 14 top managers would be impacted and 13 chief deputy positions would be eliminated – "an entire layer of management" in the department, which has 6,600 employees.

The impacted individuals were offered positions in other county offices, authorities said.