Sheriff-elect Robert Luna faces big challenges when he takes office Monday: building bridges his predecessor Alex Villanueva burned and reforming a department in turmoil.
Robert Luna has wasted no time since he was elected sheriff of the largest department in the country.
Sheriff-elect Robert Luna near El Pueblo de Los Angeles. Once in office, Luna aims to repair the damage wrought by his predecessor, Alex Villanueva. One takeaway: While there are many obstacles to quickly reforming the agency, Luna said he intends to hit the ground running. “It’s very hard for the leadership to eliminate deputy gangs when they themselves are tattooed members of the deputy gangs,” Kennedy said. “That to me sounds like an incredible challenge for Luna.”
These days Luna can’t make it much more than a few yards without being stopped for a selfie or handshake, whether between professional errands in downtown L.A.’s civic core or strolling by theof historic Olvera Street, where his father used to take the family for crunchy beef tacos when he was a kid.
“Congratulations on your win,” said the 25-year-old, who works for American Heritage Landscape. “I voted for you. I was pulling for you the entire time. It’s crazy to see you.” “I believe the sheriff-elect is committed to those things, but that’s been the problem for sheriffs for years, is the resistance to those changes,” Kennedy said.
He said he wants his deputies to be sensitive to mental health challenges and to work closely with mental health agencies. He said the department will perhaps reconsider how and when deputies respond to mental health crises. He talked about changing the culture of the agency.
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