Secured funding for academy classes and equipment upgrades, and reports increased LASD budgeted positions.
Hire 2,000 deputies in two years to improve patrol coverage, retention, emergency readiness, and reduce overtime pressure.
Issue with the biggest divide
County jail facilities
Use body-worn cameras in jails, fund 20 inmate transport buses, and pursue reforms to jail conditions.
Replace Men’s Central Jail with a secure facility while improving custody staffing, medical care, and mental-health care.
Sheriff oversight
Created an Office of Constitutional Policing, cites a policy banning law enforcement gangs, and published data on force, stops, complaints, and Taser use.
Document and objectively investigate every use-of-force incident, with training, discipline, criminal investigation, or district-attorney review when warranted. Use a public-facing transparency portal for accountability.
Crime enforcement
Prioritizes reducing violent crime, holding habitual offenders accountable, and using prevention strategies through a Crime Strategy Unit.
Refocus LASD on crime-fighting through increased staffing, patrol capacity, and enforcement activity.
Mental-health crisis response
Supported Proposition 1 addressing serious mental health and substance-use needs.
Expand access to deputy-clinician Mental Evaluation Teams and supports countywide deputy-clinician teams for mental-health crises.
Who's backing them
Endorsements
Experience
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2022 to presentSheriff, Los Angeles County GOP
2006 to 2010Adjunct Professor, California State University Long Beach
