serviceyears relations birth_place service birth_date nickname rank image article_title name department
1965 -- 2014 married east los angeles , california united states 27 may 1942 `` lee '' sworn 1970 lieutenant - 1975 captain - 1981 commander - 1987 in chief deputy - 1992 sheriff - 1998 as a deputy - 1965 sergeant - lee baca in 2011.jpg lee baca
 leroy david baca los angeles county sheriff 's department
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leroy david `` lee '' baca -lrb- born may 27 , 1942 -rrb- was the sheriff of los angeles county , california .
baca was elected los angeles county 's 30th sheriff against his mentor sherman block , who had died in office days prior to the election but remained on the ballot .
he was sworn in on december 7 , 1998 .
he was re-elected to a fourth term in 2010 .
he has been criticized for proposing a half-percent sales tax increase in 2004 to hire more deputy sheriffs , placing friends on the payroll , taking of gifts and for releasing inmates from the los angeles county jail .
on january 7 , 2014 baca announced that he would retire at the end of january 2014 before the expiration of his term .
