Editorial: The Sheriff Villanueva-style tradition of service is no service to the public
3 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: The Sheriff Villanueva-style tradition of service is no service to the public

LA Times  

It is axiomatic: A law enforcement officer’s job is to enforce the law. He made clear early on that his deputies would not enforce L.A. County’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for entering indoor businesses, not that anyone ever asked him to or that there would be any practical way for them to do it. He’d remind them that they are sworn not merely to enforce the law but also to protect the public, and that includes the people they meet while on patrol in unincorporated county areas and in the dozens of cities that they police under contract, where they come face-to-face with people involved in serious traffic collisions and people who have witnessed or survived crimes. Instead, he argues that it is the mandate itself, and not deputies’ failure to comply, or the disease that has taken so many lives, or the nonsense about “alternative treatments” such as ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine, or his own grandstanding and flouting of lawful oversight, that constitutes an “imminent threat to public safety.” His explanation is that many of his senior-most deputies already have taken early retirement and that many more are filing workers’ comp claims, and that the mandate — which, again, he has power to enforce — will cause a “mass exodus” that leaves his department unable to do its duty. Losing all those deputies at once would indeed be bad news for L.A. County, yet it would create some opportunities for a Board of Supervisors increasingly impatient with its lawman’s lawlessness.

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Former Sheriff Villanueva to file $25-million lawsuit over county’s ‘Do Not Rehire’ label
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Former Sheriff Villanueva to file $25-million lawsuit over county’s ‘Do Not Rehire’ label

LA Times  

Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva plans to file a $25-million federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County for putting a “Do Not Rehire” notation in his personnel file after an oversight panel said he harassed and discriminated against two county employees. Villanueva’s lawyer called the recommendation — which the department ultimately adopted — a “lethal blow” to the former sheriff’s lengthy career …

After a year in office, L.A. County sheriff talks deputy gangs, jail deaths, overdoses
1 year, 3 months ago

After a year in office, L.A. County sheriff talks deputy gangs, jail deaths, overdoses

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna attends a Hall of Justice news conference in 2022 to discuss the dangers of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and the launch an innovative public awareness campaign using a PSA film titled “Bad Meds.” By the time Sheriff Robert Luna ousted his predecessor and became L.A. County’s top cop in late 2022, the nation’s largest sheriff’s department was …

Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva wants to unseat Supervisor Janice Hahn. Does he have a shot?
1 year, 5 months ago

Former Sheriff Alex Villanueva wants to unseat Supervisor Janice Hahn. Does he have a shot?

LA Times  

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. “He’s going to gain a lot of support from people that are center to center-right and probably in the middle,” said Berg, adding that he believed Hahn had aligned herself with the “woke progressive crowd.” Hahn’s campaign shot back in a statement, calling Villanueva the “embodiment …

L.A. County sheriff creates new office to ‘eradicate all deputy gangs’
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. County sheriff creates new office to ‘eradicate all deputy gangs’

LA Times  

Sheriff Robert Luna speaks at a news conference Wednesday to announce the formation of the Office of Constitutional Policing within the Sheriff’s Department and the appointment of Eileen Decker, its director. Facing long-standing allegations of “appalling” conditions inside the county’s jails and violent deputy “gangs” operating on its streets, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna on Wednesday announced the appointment …

Column: A eulogy for Sheriff Alex Villanueva — you could have been so much more
2 years, 4 months ago

Column: A eulogy for Sheriff Alex Villanueva — you could have been so much more

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva concedes the election to Robert Luna at the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Instead of clearing out the deputy gangs that have plagued the department for decades, Villanueva alternately claimed they didn’t exist, that he had eliminated them, or that calling them “gangs” was racist. “What I’m not doing is calculated ‘Let …

Editorial: Sheriff Alex Villanueva is out but leaves behind a deeply damaged department
2 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Sheriff Alex Villanueva is out but leaves behind a deeply damaged department

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva walks the Venice Boardwalk, which is in a different agency’s jurisdiction, on June 7, 2021. With all due respect and sincere congratulations to former Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna, who won the race for Los Angeles County sheriff, this election was never really about him. Opinion Endorsement: Robert Luna for sheriff Robert Luna …

Villanueva could do what decades of police reformers could not: Place limits on L.A. County sheriff
2 years, 4 months ago

Villanueva could do what decades of police reformers could not: Place limits on L.A. County sheriff

LA Times  

Valerie Vargas, left, and Stephanie Luna, both aunts of Anthony Vargas who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies, attend a rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles in 2019. The early result, Hahn continued, “says that they spoke loud and clear that they want the Board of Supervisors to have the power to remove a sheriff who …

Sheriff Villanueva is at war with nearly everyone. Will it cost him his job?
2 years, 5 months ago

Sheriff Villanueva is at war with nearly everyone. Will it cost him his job?

LA Times  

After four years as Los Angeles County sheriff, Alex Villanueva’s view of things has crystallized into a simple idea: He knows best how to save the county — and you’re either on board with him or part of the problem. “As if I didn’t have enough work,” he said, “they created even more work on top of what we’re already …

Should L.A. County supervisors have the power to boot a sheriff? Voters will decide
2 years, 7 months ago

Should L.A. County supervisors have the power to boot a sheriff? Voters will decide

LA Times  

Los Angeles County voters will decide in November whether to give the Board of Supervisors the power to remove an elected sheriff from office. Under the proposal, the board would have the authority to remove a sheriff for serious misconduct, including “flagrant or repeated neglect of duties, misappropriation of funds, willful falsification of documents or obstructing an investigation.” The language …

Sheriff Villanueva moved to the right. A weak election showing now makes him vulnerable
2 years, 9 months ago

Sheriff Villanueva moved to the right. A weak election showing now makes him vulnerable

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks to supporters at an election-night gathering in Boyle Heights on Tuesday. With low voter turnout — in L.A. County as of Wednesday it hovered just above 14% — the primary results are not necessarily a referendum on Villanueva’s rightward shift, Sonenshein said, with November “almost like a new election.” “November is really going …

Villanueva threatens to quit Metro security if not given full control
2 years, 11 months ago

Villanueva threatens to quit Metro security if not given full control

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Wednesday threatened his department would quit patrolling Metro’s transit system unless the agency’s board gives the him full control over security on the sprawling network of trains and buses. Villanueva made the demand as the current contract — under which the Sheriff’s Department splits law enforcement responsibilities with the Los Angeles and Long …

L.A. County sheriff watchdog probing whether Villanueva lied about violent detention by deputy
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. County sheriff watchdog probing whether Villanueva lied about violent detention by deputy

LA Times  

An independent watchdog is investigating allegations L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva lied about when he learned of an incident in which a deputy kneeled on an inmate’s head. The independent watchdog for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating allegations Sheriff Alex Villanueva lied about his knowledge of an incident in which a deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate’s …

Column: L.A. County sheriff shoots his mouth off again
3 years ago

Column: L.A. County sheriff shoots his mouth off again

LA Times  

Shortly after my three-part series on Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was published last week, a longtime critic of mine went on Twitter to write: “Last night Harry Chandler came back from the dead 2 order the @latimes shoe shine boy to promote division among black & Latinos.” He added: “They stroke divisions & use the taco guy for …

Sheriff Villanueva demands L.A. County leaders stop using term ‘deputy gangs’
3 years, 1 month ago

Sheriff Villanueva demands L.A. County leaders stop using term ‘deputy gangs’

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Board of Supervisors, demanding supervisors and others stop using the phrase “deputy gangs.” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva sent a cease-and-desist letter this week to the Board of Supervisors, demanding they and others stop using the phrase “deputy gangs” to refer to secretive groups that operate within …

Column: L.A. County’s sheriff called me a ‘vendido,’ a sellout. Let’s talk about selling out
3 years, 4 months ago

Column: L.A. County’s sheriff called me a ‘vendido,’ a sellout. Let’s talk about selling out

LA Times  

Every Wednesday during lunchtime, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva logs onto Facebook Live to bare his soul. The reporters found that the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has made more than 44,000 bike stops since 2017 that did little to nab actual criminals. Two years earlier, Villanueva allowed the reintroduction of a logo to the department’s East L.A. station that …

The Los Angeles County sheriff won't enforce a vaccine mandate in his agency
3 years, 5 months ago

The Los Angeles County sheriff won't enforce a vaccine mandate in his agency

NPR  

The Los Angeles County sheriff won't enforce a vaccine mandate in his agency Enlarge this image toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP Jae C. Hong/AP LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County sheriff says he will not enforce the county's vaccine mandate in his agency. Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff's department in the country with roughly 18,000 employees, …

Sheriff Villanueva demotes high-ranking official who is trying to unseat him
3 years, 6 months ago

Sheriff Villanueva demotes high-ranking official who is trying to unseat him

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Cmdr. When Eli Vera, a high-ranking official under Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, entered the race to unseat his boss, he planned to keep his place as one of Villanueva’s top advisors. But Vera said he received an explanation from Undersheriff Tim Murakami and accused Villanueva of retaliating against him for his decision to run …

The Times podcast: What’s up with L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva?
3 years, 7 months ago

The Times podcast: What’s up with L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva?

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva talks with members of the media, homeless advocates and residents as he walks the Venice boardwalk in June. Democrats and progressives helped Alex Villanueva rise to power back in 2018, excited about his left-leaning campaign promises. Today, we run a condensed version of a conversation Villanueva had on “Los Angeles Times Today” with host …

Why L.A. County has a politician with a gun and a badge: From Sheriff Villanueva back to 1850
3 years, 7 months ago

Why L.A. County has a politician with a gun and a badge: From Sheriff Villanueva back to 1850

LA Times  

Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz in his office in 1943. The L.A. County sheriff’s job predates the L.A. city police chief’s by a generation, which is one reason why the sheriff, as the county’s senior law enforcement official, wears five stars on his collar; and the LAPD chief wears four. Paradoxically, L.A.’s appointed city police chief usually gets more time under the …

Column: Sheriff Villanueva discusses his public power struggles, homelessness and more
3 years, 8 months ago

Column: Sheriff Villanueva discusses his public power struggles, homelessness and more

LA Times  

It turned out that Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva wanted to talk about a whole lot more than homelessness. 47, the “woke left,” his feelings about mask mandates and vaccinations, the debate over sheriff “gangs” versus “cliques,” and his plan to issue more permits to carry a concealed weapon. “I rarely get the undivided attention of L.A. Times reporters,” …

Column: Sheriff Villanueva is angry — at elected officials, at The Times, at lawlessness
3 years, 8 months ago

Column: Sheriff Villanueva is angry — at elected officials, at The Times, at lawlessness

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva had a few things to get off his chest when we met in his office at the Hall of Justice on Monday afternoon. “I know your periodical loves to throw rocks at the evil Sheriff’s Department,” he said, “but believe it or not, we have a lot of experience in managing the mentally ill …

Rep. Waters seeks federal probe of L.A. County deputies’ alleged Executioners gang
3 years, 8 months ago

Rep. Waters seeks federal probe of L.A. County deputies’ alleged Executioners gang

LA Times  

Rep. Maxine Waters on Wednesday requested that the U.S. Department of Justice investigate allegations that a violent gang of deputies called the Executioners runs operations at the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Compton station. “I ask that the DOJ take two immediate actions: launch an independent investigation into the existence of the ‘Executioners,’ both at the LASD Compton station and within …

‘Running against the woke left’: Can Sheriff Villanueva’s shift to the right work in L.A.?
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Running against the woke left’: Can Sheriff Villanueva’s shift to the right work in L.A.?

LA Times  

For a sheriff who swept into office by convincing liberal, progressive voters he was their candidate, Alex Villanueva is making strange moves these days. “He has tried to change the chemistry of his reelection by kind of adopting a sort of law-and-order posture that may get a little traction in L.A. County this coming year,” said Raphe Sonenshein, head of …

California launches probe of L.A. County Sheriff's Department
4 years, 2 months ago

California launches probe of L.A. County Sheriff's Department

LA Times  

Gen. Xavier Becerra on Friday announced he is launching a civil rights investigation into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, an agency beset by allegations of deputy misconduct, controversial shootings and resistance to oversight from Sheriff Alex Villanueva. “There are serious concerns and reports that accountability and adherence to legitimate policing practices have lapsed at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s …

Editorial: Midterm grade for Sheriff Villanueva: Poor
4 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: Midterm grade for Sheriff Villanueva: Poor

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is congratulated by Judge Lucy Armendariz, right, after he was sworn in on Dec. 3, 2018. He’s made such an impression that numerous organizations that endorsed him two years ago have called on him to resign, as have two members of the Board of Supervisors and the full Civilian Oversight Commission. Meanwhile, Villanueva launched …

L.A. County sheriff cannot ignore watchdog’s subpoena, judge rules
4 years, 4 months ago

L.A. County sheriff cannot ignore watchdog’s subpoena, judge rules

LA Times  

A California judge Friday put Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on his heels in his running power struggle with county officials, upholding the authority of an oversight commission to compel the sheriff to answer questions about how he runs the department. In a hearing in her downtown courtroom, Superior Court Judge Holly J. Fujie ruled that the Civilian Oversight …

Small group protests outside home of L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva
4 years, 4 months ago

Small group protests outside home of L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva

LA Times  

A small group protested near Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s home Wednesday afternoon, calling for the department to release the names of deputies involved in the recent fatal shootings of Dijon Kizzee and Fred Williams. It stated that the sheriff had blocked oversight of deputy-involved shootings and failed to comply with subpoenas authorized by the commission — one compelling …

L.A. County supervisors vote to explore options to remove Sheriff Villanueva
4 years, 4 months ago

L.A. County supervisors vote to explore options to remove Sheriff Villanueva

LA Times  

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is looking into options for removing Sheriff Alex Villanueva. A divided Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday escalated its running power struggle with Sheriff Alex Villanueva, voting to explore ways he could be removed from office, including through a change to the state’s Constitution. The 3-2 vote to build a playbook …

Can L.A. County supervisors remove Sheriff Villanueva? Experts say the options are limited
4 years, 5 months ago

Can L.A. County supervisors remove Sheriff Villanueva? Experts say the options are limited

LA Times  

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is investigating what it would take to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva from his position. The bitter discord among Los Angeles County’s top elected leaders ramped up a notch this week with a push by two supervisors to explore what it would take to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva from his elected position. I can’t …

L.A. County supervisors to consider motion seeking options to remove Sheriff Villanueva
4 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County supervisors to consider motion seeking options to remove Sheriff Villanueva

LA Times  

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion Tuesday seeking options for removing Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who in recent weeks has faced growing calls to step down because of what many describe as his resistance to oversight and transparency. “Week after week, there’s a new problem with the sheriff,” Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who authored the proposal, told …

Sheriff’s oversight commission calls on Villanueva to resign over his management of the agency
4 years, 5 months ago

Sheriff’s oversight commission calls on Villanueva to resign over his management of the agency

LA Times  

The Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission passed a resolution asking Sheriff Alex Villanueva to resign, saying it has lost confidence in his ability to govern his agency. He should resign immediately.” Commission Chair Lael Rubin made the initial call to add a resignation demand, telling her colleagues, “I don’t think he has any intention of making anything better.” She noted that …

Criticism of sheriff’s performance intensifies, but Villanueva insists he’s not concerned
4 years, 6 months ago

Criticism of sheriff’s performance intensifies, but Villanueva insists he’s not concerned

LA Times  

Sheriff Alex Villanueva holds a news conference outside the emergency room of St. Francis Medical Center, where two L.A. County sheriff’s deputies were treated after being shot Sept. 12. The turn of Thursday’s Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission meeting was unexpected: after various agenda items, Commissioner Robert Bonner called for the resignation of L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. “It’s a proxy …

Editorial: Villanueva is the best advertisement for muscular sheriff oversight
4 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: Villanueva is the best advertisement for muscular sheriff oversight

LA Times  

The Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission and Inspector Gen. Max Huntsman would have enough work on their plates if all they did was review the statements and actions by Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his deputies over just the last week. They could look into the claim that Huang failed to identify herself as a reporter, or that she …

Supervisors join calls for Sheriff Villanueva to step down
4 years, 6 months ago

Supervisors join calls for Sheriff Villanueva to step down

LA Times  

Two Los Angeles County supervisors joined with several members of the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission in calling on Sheriff Alex Villanueva to resign, saying he’s dragged his feet on critical reforms, resisted oversight of the department and failed to hold deputies accountable. “It is with great reluctance that I call on Sheriff Villanueva to resign,” said Commissioner Robert Bonner during …

Sheriff Villanueva to fire or suspend 26 people involved in off-duty Banditos fight
4 years, 7 months ago

Sheriff Villanueva to fire or suspend 26 people involved in off-duty Banditos fight

LA Times  

Sheriff Alex Villanueva is said to have identified three deputies at the East L.A. sheriff’s station to be terminated. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has moved to discipline 26 employees for misconduct related to a fight during an off-duty East L.A. station party at which several deputies said they were attacked by tattooed members of the Banditos clique. Villanueva …

L.A. sheriff touts reform despite a record of fighting transparency, civilian oversight
4 years, 9 months ago

L.A. sheriff touts reform despite a record of fighting transparency, civilian oversight

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has yet to disclose many previously confidential deputy records as required by law. Amid growing calls for police reforms, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva took to social media recently to tout the department’s progressive force policies. The ACLU said the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is the only one of 400 agencies in California …

L.A. County sheriff to close patrol stations, cut homeless outreach to reduce deficit
4 years, 10 months ago

L.A. County sheriff to close patrol stations, cut homeless outreach to reduce deficit

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Tadrous of the Homeless Outreach Services Team talks with Shawn Troncozo, 24, about how to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Monday announced plans to close two patrol stations and the parks bureau and to reduce homeless outreach services to help shrink his department’s budget deficit. Tab Rhodes, …

More than 200 L.A. County sheriff’s employees quarantined since coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 11 months ago

More than 200 L.A. County sheriff’s employees quarantined since coronavirus outbreak

LA Times  

Since last month, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department has sent 209 employees home to quarantine because of exposure to the coronavirus, and issues over their pay have caused another squabble between Sheriff Alex Villanueva and county leaders. “The first responders from the Sheriff’s Department sacrifice their lives for the residents of Los Angeles County every day,” he wrote in the …

L.A. supervisors remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as head of emergency operations
4 years, 11 months ago

L.A. supervisors remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as head of emergency operations

LA Times  

When the deadly Woolsey fire erupted in 2018, Los Angeles County officials were unprepared for mass evacuations and other disruptions. After the vote, Villanueva released a statement saying he was waiting for a transition plan from the county, and in the meantime, would continue staffing the emergency operations center “until the county provides suitable replacements.” He provided no additional details …

L.A. County supervisors and sheriff in standoff over coronavirus emergency response
5 years ago

L.A. County supervisors and sheriff in standoff over coronavirus emergency response

LA Times  

The Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal to change Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s role in the county’s emergency response to the coronavirus outbreak. “The allegations he’s making are disappointing because I don’t know where it’s coming from.” But Villanueva called the proposed change a “pure power grab at the worst time possible” and said the timing suggests retaliation for announcing …

L.A. County sheriff faces rare rebuke by Democratic Party
5 years, 7 months ago

L.A. County sheriff faces rare rebuke by Democratic Party

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva garnered support in his long-shot election bid last year by speaking to local Democratic clubs and winning the powerful endorsement of the L.A. County Democratic Party. Alex Villanueva, a Democrat running to unseat a well-established incumbent in the nonpartisan race, was described in the mailers as “the only candidate for sheriff endorsed by the Democratic …

L.A. County sheriff’s watchdog might gain subpoena power for investigating deputy gangs
5 years, 8 months ago

L.A. County sheriff’s watchdog might gain subpoena power for investigating deputy gangs

LA Times  

Members of the public speak out about the Banditos, a group of tattooed deputies at the Sheriff’s Department’s East Los Angeles station, at a town hall hosted by the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission on July 11. The county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to explore how to grant the inspector general subpoena power — a legal mechanism that would …

Watchdog group wants Sheriff Alex Villanueva to further separate his department from ICE
5 years, 10 months ago

Watchdog group wants Sheriff Alex Villanueva to further separate his department from ICE

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s promise to kick ICE agents out of the jails was central to his campaign to unseat former Sheriff Jim McDonnell last fall. A watchdog group voted Tuesday to urge Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to do more to distance his department from the work of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the sheriff’s policies …

Q&A: Alex Villanueva says he is just ‘assuming the proper role’ of an elected sheriff
5 years, 11 months ago

Q&A: Alex Villanueva says he is just ‘assuming the proper role’ of an elected sheriff

LA Times  

Since taking office in December, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has faced criticism over his decision to reinstate Caren Carl Mandoyan, a deputy fired over allegations of domestic violence and lying to internal investigators. He and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors are now locked in a court fight over who has the ultimate authority over personnel decisions at …

L.A. County sheriff and supervisors are at odds. This could cost Villanueva
5 years, 11 months ago

L.A. County sheriff and supervisors are at odds. This could cost Villanueva

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl listens to Sheriff Alex Villanueva during a hearing in January over his controversial reinstatement of a deputy, Caren Carl Mandoyan, who was fired over allegations of domestic violence. That’s why the voters elected me.” Villanueva’s position on reinstating fired deputies has perplexed the Board of Supervisors, a low-profile but powerful governing body that controls …

L.A. County supervisors challenge Sheriff Villanueva in court over deputy’s reinstatement
6 years ago

L.A. County supervisors challenge Sheriff Villanueva in court over deputy’s reinstatement

LA Times  

Deputy Caren Carl Mandoyan, left — shown with Sheriff Alex Villanueva, center, and Assistant Sheriff Tim Murakami — was reinstated after being fired in connection with allegations of domestic abuse and stalking. Los Angeles County sought an injunction against Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Monday over his reinstatement of a deputy who was fired in connection with allegations of domestic abuse, …

Sheriff Villanueva is using faulty data to claim jail violence is rising
6 years, 1 month ago

Sheriff Villanueva is using faulty data to claim jail violence is rising

LA Times  

Sheriff Alex Villanueva claims that conditions have destabilized in the county jail system, calling it “a dangerous place.” Watchdogs who monitor jail conditions from inside the lockups disagree. “What really worries me is he’s sending a message to and Sheriff’s Department employees that you can go back to the bad old days and you can behave the way the deputies …

L.A. sheriff wants to put tighter limits on ICE. Here are his plans to do it
6 years, 1 month ago

L.A. sheriff wants to put tighter limits on ICE. Here are his plans to do it

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva during his address on the state of the department at the Hall of Justice in January. Alex Villanueva’s upset victory in last fall’s L.A. County sheriff’s race hinged on the overwhelming support he got from immigrant rights advocates and Latino voters. By vowing to strictly limit his department’s cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

Sheriff Alex Villanueva promised change. His supporters are standing by him despite controversies
6 years, 1 month ago

Sheriff Alex Villanueva promised change. His supporters are standing by him despite controversies

LA Times  

Only two months on the job, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is testing supporters with his unorthodox approach. New Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is testing supporters with his unorthodox approach as the region’s top cop. “We’re not rushing to judgment.” Johnson said that Villanueva won the East Area’s endorsement with his promises for more transparency, specifically related …

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