Lack of accountability and secrecy within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is reaching levels not seen since the tenure of former sheriff Lee Baca, Inspector General Max Huntsman warned the County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

“I was hired in part to tell you if we ever faced a Tanaka-level of crisis again. We face it now,” Huntsman told them, referring to Baca’s former undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who was later convicted of obstruction of justice for his role in the jailhouse abuse scandal.

The department is mired in allegations that mysterious deputy gangs run roughshod over county jails, promoting violence and discrimination against members of the public. They’re now reportedly being investigated by the FBI. A motion calling for the expansion of the IG’s subpoena power to investigate these groups just passed the Board of Supervisors unanimously.

Hunstman’s concerns don’t end there. In addition to the ongoing dispute over the rehiring of Deputy Caren Carl Mandoyan is a troubling rollback of department reforms.

“Background checks for incoming deputies appear to have been radically stepped back,” Hunstman added. City News Service reports that the Sheriff’s Department “has initiated fewer administrative investigations of deputies this year through May than at any time during the last 10 years.”

Sheriff Alex Villanueva is not to blame for the deputy cliques themselves, which have existed in some form for decades. But his leadership may be exacerbating the problem.

“Instead of reforming, (Villanueva) has advocated a Fort Apache, bunker mentality,” resisting calls for greater transparency and accountability, Hunstman warned.

An interview published in Los Angeles Magazine last week calls Villanueva L.A.’s “Trumpian cop.” It’s ironic, given that he was the first county sheriff to land a Democratic Party endorsement in 138 years largely because of his anti-Trump stance on ICE.

“Six months into his new administration, after a series of controversial moves, the unorthodox alliance that propelled him into office is already fraying,” reporter Jason McGahan writes. “While the deputies’ union must be pleased with his tenure, many of the progressive and Democratic groups that put Villanueva over the top are feeling betrayed.”