Nicole Bershon [Inspector General]
Nicole Bershon holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. While in law school, she co-founded the UCLA Women's Law Journal and served as its Co-Editor in Chief during her third year. Following law school, she joined the law firm of Stutman, Treister & Glatt, a bankruptcy boutique, where she represented mostly corporate debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court work-outs. She then joined the law firm of Irell & Manella where she worked on civil litigation and white collar criminal defense matters. She left private practice to join the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office where she spent five years in the criminal side of the office, prosecuting a variety of misdemeanors, including domestic violence matters, narcotics offenses, and gang-related crimes. She then spent over a year in the Police Division of the City Attorney's Office representing the Los Angeles Police Department and individual officers, first in connection with Pitchess requests for peace officer personnel records and later in connection with civil litigation matters.
In 2002, she became an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) with the Office of the Inspector General. As an AIG, Ms. Bershon headed the Complaint Intake and Review Section, as well as the Special Projects Unit, where she oversaw the OIG’s Review of the Department’s investigation of the May Day incident.
On May 4, 2010, Ms. Bershon was appointed by the Board of Police Commissioners to serve as the Inspector General.
Ms. Bershon is a former President of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and continues to serve on their Board of governors.
Django Sibley [Assistant Inspector General]
Django Sibley holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Liverpool and a graduate degree from the University of Southern California. In his undergraduate and graduate studies, Mr. Sibley conducted extensive research regarding police-community relations and crime control. Mr. Sibley began his professional career as a police officer in Hull, England, and later worked for the Los Angeles-based Police Assessment Resource Center. Upon joining the Office of the Inspector General in 2004, Mr. Sibley served as a Special Investigator assigned to the Use of Force Section, which oversees the Los Angeles Police Department’s investigation and adjudication of categorical use of force incidents. Mr. Sibley assumed the position of Assistant Inspector General in 2007 and currently heads the Use of Force Section.
Gary McCaskill [Assistant Inspector General]
Gary McCaskill holds an undergraduate degree from California State University Long Beach and graduate degree from California Lutheran University. Mr. McCaskill joined the Ventura Police Department in 1970 where his assignments included patrol, traffic, detectives and internal affairs. As Mr. McCaskill rose in the ranks of the police department, he had the responsibility to manage the Professional Standards Bureau, Investigations, Information Technology, Communications and Finance. Mr. McCaskill retired in 2003 at the rank of Assistant Police Chief. After working in the private sector, Mr. McCaskill joined the Office of the Inspector General in 2008.
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