Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna traded jabs Wednesday night during a heated candidate debate co-hosted by the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna squared off Wednesday night during a heated, often antagonistic, debate in which they traded barbs over their records in law enforcement and their ability to lead the nation’s largest sheriff’s department.
Luna suggested that Villanueva routinely deflects responsibility for failures that have occurred on his watch — such as the uptick in homicides in the sheriff’s jurisdiction — onto the supervisors and the district attorney. Violent crime in Long Beach went down under his watch, Luna said. Luna retorted that he had reported the drawing properly and that it had been investigated, but Villanueva said an officer who raised concerns about the episode faced retaliation.
The debate, held Wednesday evening at the Skirball Cultural Center and televised live, was co-hosted by the Los Angeles Times.
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