LASD Sheriff’s Chief Eli Vera will run against Villanueva in 2022

LOS ANGELES – A senior individual from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s administration positions Wednesday reported his expectation to run against Sheriff Alex Villanueva in 2022.

Eliezer Vera is head of the office’s Technology and Support Division, and has been with the LASD since 1988. He censured Villanueva for how the sheriff has dealt with conflicts since his political decision in 2018.

LASD Sheriff’s Chief Eli Vera will run against Villanueva in 2022

by City News Service • April 28, 2021 1 Comment

[L to R] Eliezer Vera, Alex Villanueva

LOS ANGELES – A senior individual from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s administration positions Wednesday reported his expectation to run against Sheriff Alex Villanueva in 2022.

Eliezer Vera is head of the office’s Technology and Support Division, and has been with the LASD since 1988. He censured Villanueva for how the sheriff has dealt with conflicts since his political decision in 2018.

“I accept as cops our main goal is to carry smoothness and politeness and harmony to truly challenging circumstances. What’s more, what we’ve seen from the current sheriff is somebody that when somebody can’t help contradicting him, we don’t see anything yet utter hatred and disdain,” Vera said as he reported his office Wednesday morning.

“I accept an association is as an impression of its chief. The people group looks to law implementation to be the voice of reason during its most exceedingly terrible of times. Lamentably, right now, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has gained notoriety for adding to dispute during attempting times,” Vera said in a proclamation gave later Wednesday.

Villanueva has conflicted more than once with the Board of Supervisors in regards to various oversight issues. The board casted a ballot to investigate approaches to eliminate him from office in November 2020 preceding later easing off.

Vera said that whenever chose, he would make it his main goal to “reestablish trust in the workplace of the sheriff by joining forces with the Board of Supervisors, teaming up with oversight, making clear channels of correspondence with all whom we serve, and saving contrasts for the satisfaction of one normal reason — serving the occupants of Los Angeles County.”

Villanueva revealed to KTLA that he anticipated the race.

“Everybody has the option to campaign for any political position in this country, that is the thing that makes our country extraordinary,” Villanueva said. “Wish him the best, at the end of the day his record must be shielded, very much like I’m guarding my record, and I anticipate the chance.”

Vera has ascended through the positions of the LASD, serving at the Men’s Central Jail, the Lynwood, Lennox, Compton, Century and South Los Angeles stations, the Detective Division’s Cargo Theft Criminal Apprehension Team, as a chief associate in the Office of the Sheriff, in the Reserve Forces Bureau and the Communications and Fleet Management Bureau.

LASD Sheriff’s Chief Eli Vera will run against Villanueva in 2022

by City News Service • April 28, 2021 1 Comment

[L to R] Eliezer Vera, Alex Villanueva

LOS ANGELES – A senior individual from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s authority positions Wednesday declared his expectation to run against Sheriff Alex Villanueva in 2022.

Eliezer Vera is head of the office’s Technology and Support Division, and has been with the LASD since 1988. He scrutinized Villanueva for how the sheriff has taken care of conflicts since his political decision in 2018.

“I accept as policemen our central goal is to carry smoothness and mutual respect and harmony to undeniably challenging circumstances. What’s more, what we’ve seen from the current sheriff is somebody that when somebody can’t help contradicting him, we don’t see anything however utter scorn and hatred,” Vera said as he reported his appointment Wednesday morning.

“I accept an association is as an impression of its chief. The people group looks to law requirement to be the voice of reason during its most exceedingly awful of times. Sadly, right now, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has gained notoriety for adding to conflict during attempting times,” Vera said in an articulation gave later Wednesday.

Villanueva has conflicted more than once with the Board of Supervisors in regards to various oversight issues. The board casted a ballot to investigate approaches to eliminate him from office in November 2020 preceding later easing off.

Vera said that whenever chose, he would make it his central goal to “reestablish trust in the workplace of the sheriff by banding together with the Board of Supervisors, teaming up with oversight, making clear channels of correspondence with all whom we serve, and saving contrasts for the satisfaction of one normal reason — serving the inhabitants of Los Angeles County.”

Villanueva revealed to KTLA that he anticipated the race.

“Everybody has the option to campaign for any political position in this country, that is the thing that makes our country extraordinary,” Villanueva said. “Wish him the best, in any case his record must be safeguarded, actually like I’m guarding my record, and I anticipate the chance.”

Vera has ascended through the positions of the LASD, serving at the Men’s Central Jail, the Lynwood, Lennox, Compton, Century and South Los Angeles stations, the Detective Division’s Cargo Theft Criminal Apprehension Team, as a leader helper in the Office of the Sheriff, in the Reserve Forces Bureau and the Communications and Fleet Management Bureau.

He was elevated to the position of boss in December 2018, directing the office’s Central Patrol Division. In January, he moved to the Technology and Support Division, where he supervises the Scientific Services, Data Systems, Records and Identification and Communications and Fleet Management agencies.

Vera is a previous U.S. Marine. He and Villanueva have worked intently together before, when both were sergeants at the Lennox Station in the mid 2000s. Vera additionally counseled on Villanueva’s mission for sheriff in 2018, and applauded his inclination not long after the November 2018 political race.

“There will be an expectation to learn and adapt. Be that as it may, this is a man with a PhD. He is no faker,” Vera told the Los Angeles Times.