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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s second in command used a Japanese racial slur to refer to employees of color and drew a rebuke from a county oversight panel for his behavior, according to law enforcement sources and court filings.
After reviewing a sheriff’s investigation into the claims against Undersheriff Tim Murakami, the County Equity Oversight Panel concluded Murakami violated the department’s policy against discrimination and urged the Sheriff’s Department to take “appropriate administrative action” against him, an internal record of the case reviewed by The Times shows.
The record a letter from a sheriff’s official formally notifying a lieutenant who made the accusations
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To the editor: If anyone needs a good reason to support statewide legislation making the county sheriff a position appointed by the Board of Supervisors rather decided by a popular election, the current sheriffs of Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties provide three such reasons. (“What in tarnation is going on with Southern California sheriffs and coronavirus?” column, Dec. 9)
Rather than fulfilling their oaths to faithfully uphold the laws duly passed by our state Legislature or enacted by our county officials or our governor, these three simply announce they won’t enforce anything they personally disagree with.
The fundamental duty of these sworn law enforcement officers is to keep the public safe. The current pandemic is a mortal threat to all of us, and their refusal to enforce public health precautions puts all our lives in danger.