Undersheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
In office June 2011 – August 1, 2013
Preceded by
Larry L Waldie
Assistant Sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
In office January 7, 2005 – June 2011
Serving with R. Doyle Campbell
Succeeded by
Marvin O. Cavanaugh and Cecil W. Rhambo
Mayor Pro Tem of Gardena
In office March 2003 – April 2004
Mayor of Gardena
In office March 2005 – April 2016
Personal details
Born
1959 (1959) (age 65) Gardena, California, U.S.
Spouse
Valerie Tanaka
Alma mater
Loyola Marymount University (B.A. Accounting)
Criminal status
Released
Conviction(s)
Conspiracy, obstruction of justice
Penalty
5 years in federal prison
Website
www.paultanaka.com [dead link]
Paul K. Tanaka (born 1959) is an American former politician and former law-enforcement officer who served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department until his conviction in 2016. He was convicted April 4, 2016, in Federal Court of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice. Tanaka served as Undersheriff of Los Angeles County from 2011 to 2013. He was also mayor of the City of Gardena, California. His tenure has provoked controversy due to allegations of violence, corruption, and alleged membership in the Lynwood Vikings, a deputy gang, which was described as a "neo-Nazi, white supremacist gang" by a federal judge.
Paul K. Tanaka (born 1959) is an American former politician and former law-enforcement officer who served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...
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enforcement officers such as Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca, Deputy LA Sheriff PaulTanaka. Federal judge Terry J. Hatter Jr. described the Vikings as a "neo-Nazi...
on Tanaka teamed with Jeff Jarrett to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship. In late 1986 the tag-team specialist Tanaka was teamed up with Paul Diamond...
their theme song. Both Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond had competed in the Championship Wrestling Association during 1986, Tanaka had teamed with Jeff Jarrett...
better known by his ring name Paul Diamond. He is best known for being one half of the tag team Badd Company with Pat Tanaka and for his time in the World...
Sheriff station. Baca's former undersheriff, PaulTanaka, was also caught in the scandal. On April 6, 2016, Tanaka was convicted on conspiracy and obstruction...
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Lee Baca (D) convicted of obstructing the FBI. (2017) Mayor of Gardena PaulTanaka (R) convicted of civil rights abuses. (2016) Sheriff of San Francisco...
Department, prompting an FBI investigation. Sheriff Lee Baca, Undersheriff PaulTanaka, and numerous other department employees were caught in the scandal and...
(1930–2009), first Japanese-American appointed to the federal bench PaulTanaka, Mayor of the City of Gardena and Assistant Sheriff of the Los Angeles...
Minami, attorney who helped reverse Fred Korematsu's criminal conviction. PaulTanaka, former mayor of Gardena, California, and undersheriff of the Los Angeles...
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Judo Dojo, Ju Shin Kan Judo Academy (Paul Truong), and Sawtelle Judo Dojo (Kenji Osugi). After the Tokyo Games, Tanaka was retired from Para Judo as he no...
an internal candidate." On June 27, 2016, a federal judge sentenced PaulTanaka, a former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...
Masahiko Tanaka (田中 正彦, Tanaka Masahiko, born on October 1, 1954) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is known for voicing Gauron from Full Metal...
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