"OAKLAND Kaiser Permanente disbanded an eight-person security team working from Oakland to Los Angeles amid allegations that its leader obtained information from a confidential law enforcement database, according to recently obtained internal police records and a whistleblower. The scandal's statewide reach vastly expands the known number of Kaiser security personnel which now includes a former Oakland Police Department assistant chief whose employment ended after the allegations arose."
"It all erupted after a Kaiser security official-turned-whistleblower reported in fall 2024 that the head of the health care giant's security team presented information that could only have come from the California Law Enforcement Telecom System, according to a copy of an OPD investigation report obtained by this news organization. The complainant believes this has been going on for a while because this seemed like something they're comfortable doing,' the investigative report said."
"Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson's office has since declined to file criminal charges against Khyber Mangal, a decade-plus veteran of the Oakland Police Department, in connection with the scandal. There was insufficient evidence to corroborate that a crime had been committed, said Assistant District Attorney Casey Bates, who leads the DA's Public Integrity Division. Under state law, it is illegal to use the database, known by the acronym CLETS, for purposes not related to law enforcement."
Kaiser Permanente disbanded an eight-person security team that operated from Oakland to Los Angeles amid allegations its leader obtained information from a confidential law enforcement database. The team included a former Oakland Police Department assistant chief whose employment ended after the allegations arose. The law enforcement-only tool, CLETS, contains residents' criminal history, driving records, and links to national systems. A Kaiser security official turned whistleblower reported in fall 2024 that the security head presented information that could only have come from CLETS. Alameda County prosecutors declined to file criminal charges against Khyber Mangal, citing insufficient evidence to corroborate a crime.
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