George Gascón

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George Gascón (born March 12, 1954) is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the district attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7, 2020, to December 3, 2024. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party, Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor, he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD, and chief of police in Mesa, Arizona, and San Francisco. Gascón was born in Havana, Cuba. In 1967, his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Bell, California. He joined the United States Army at the age of eighteen and became a sergeant. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in history from California State–Long Beach, Gascón joined the Los Angeles Police Department as a patrol officer. He earned his Juris Doctor degree while serving with the Los Angeles Police Department. During his tenure with the Los Angeles Police Department, he attained the rank of assistant...

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