Two embattled Los Angeles County sheriff’s captains have retired, including one who was caught funneling secret information to an alleged drug trafficker and another who was accused of protecting brutal and dishonest jailers, a spokesman confirmed Wednesday.

Bernice Abram, who ran the sheriff’s Carson station, was discovered on a federal wiretap talking to an alleged Compton drug trafficker. Abram, who had more than 150 deputies under her command, was overheard alerting the Original Front Hood Crip to planned sheriff’s operations in his area. The district attorney’s office chose not to file charges against her, saying they couldn't prove she knew the man was involved in illegal activities, but a prosecutor's memo showed Abram using her post to help the man avoid law enforcement scrutiny.

In one call, after the gang member was arrested by a sheriff’s deputy, Abram was overheard ensuring him the case wouldn't be filed. "I told someone he'd better take care of it," Abram told him.

Abram met the gang member, Dion Grim, after she began dating his father. Grim was since arrested by federal authorities, who have charged him and members of his alleged ring, accusing them of moving drugs cross country. Grim has pleaded not guilty.

Abram has repeatedly declined to comment to The Times, except for one instance in which she claimed she’d never heard of Grim before hanging up. Though local prosecutors declined to file charges against her, an FBI spokeswoman told The Times last year that a federal probe is ongoing.

Daniel Cruz, the former captain at Men’s Central Jail, also retired. During Cruz’s tenure at the downtown Los Angeles lockup, sheriff’s brass expressed concern in internal audits about inexperienced jailers and excessive force against inmates. Most notably, officials said an aggressive gang-like clique of deputies existed on the jail's third floor.