Sheriff Villanueva's Plans
Sheriff V'S PRIORITIES For Next Term
1. Reduce Violent Crimes
Especially violent crime. It is time we end the social experiment of defunding the police. We must end the hiring freeze and begin to get more cops and detectives on the street. If the board won't do it, we will take it to the ballot.
2. Expand Homeless Outreach Service
Our internationally recognized Homeless Outreach Services Team (HOST). We must help our unhoused get the help they need while regulating public space
3. Dismantle Homeless Industrial Complex
The homeless Industrial Complex and use those valuable resources to fund proven methods to treat drug addiction and mental health. If the board won't do it, we will take it to the ballot.
4. Build a Regional Coalition
Led by local communities to improve our regional ability to treat mental health. This means re-opening the mental health facilities Sacramento politicians shut down over the last 25 years
5. Multiagency Collaborative Taskforce
A regional collaborative, multi-agency task force to address political corruption in Southern California.
Major ACCOMPLISHMENTS in Sheriff Villanueva's 1st term
Real Reform
- Reduction in prison violence
- Body cameras for all Patrol Deputies
- Reduction of use of force by Deputies
- Strengthened "Duty to Report" and "Duty to Cooperate" for all department personnel who witness incidents of abuse or corruption.
Diversity, Civil Rights, and Equality
- Promoted more LGBT+, Latino, Asian, African American and Female commanders than all predecessors combined.
- 100% Local Hiring
- Banned all transfers to ICE
Transparency and Accountability
- Attended over 100 in-person or online town halls.
- Turned chronic department debt into fiscal responsibility and even created a surplus.
- All public requested or available information, including body camera footage, is available online to all.
Raising Standards
- Enforced higher Deputy standards.
- New hires only serve probation periods in County jails, not 2 years as before.
- Deputies eligible for promotion only after multiple years of command.
- Deputies eligible for Lieutenant after 10 years.
- New hires are required to have an associate degree or 60 college credits.
- First ever policy banning illegal deputy gangs including first ever discipline targeting deputy-associated gangs.
