Six of the eight challengers running against incumbent Alex Villanueva have at one time worked for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
The retired Sheriff’s Department captain joined the force in 1988, following in the footsteps of his father and brother, who had both tried to nudge him toward going to law school. But, he was hooked on policing when, at 16, he went on a ride-along with his brother through the streets of Lynwood. “You know there was a lot of excitement, lights and sirens, chasing criminals.”
The only registered Republican in the field, he touts his tough-on-crime credentials and has accused Villanueva of playing both sides of the political spectrum as a way to get reelected. He blamed a rise in violent crime locally on county Dist. Atty. George Gascón, as well as a suite of progressive criminal justice reforms reforms. “Couple that with a pandemic where a sheriff released nearly 5,000 inmates ... .” he said. “It’s a disaster.
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