Cops and Writers Podcast

136 From Cuba to Los Angeles, with L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Alba Yates!

September 17, 2023 Patrick O'Donnell / Alba Yates Episode 136
Cops and Writers Podcast
136 From Cuba to Los Angeles, with L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy Alba Yates!
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On today’s show, I will chat with retired Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Alba Yates. 

In her 25-year career with the L.A. Sheriff’s, she worked in the jail, street patrol, and the courts as a bailiff, and public information officer (P.I.O.).

In today’s episode we discuss:

·      Her childhood memories in Cuba.

·      How she got interested in law enforcement.

·      Being a single mother with a one-year-old son and being a recruit in the sheriff’s academy.

·      How she got interested in law enforcement.

·      Working in the jail.

·      Working on the street, including West Hollywood.

·      Her interest in being in showbusiness.

·      Being the sheriff’s P.I.O. and how she dealt with the press.

·      Dating on the job with her now husband, Cliff Yates.

·      Life after retirement and her children becoming sheriff deputies.

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