- avdailynews.com
Sheriff Alex Villanueva's has call out Supervisor Barger.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is set to roll out body-worn cameras for its deputies at the end of the third quarter this year -- five years after the LAPD initiated its own program -- according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of Inspector General.
“Supervisor Kathryn Barger, you owe the County of Los Angeles residents $30 million dollars for body worn cameras. Please post the transaction publicly tomorrow, no strings and no excuses. The world is watching.”
Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
The sheriff blamed his predecessors and the Board of Supervisors for the delay, and said body cameras have been his priority since day one.
On a CBS interview with Supervisor Barger , she had this to say about LA County Sheriffs Villanueva.
And when it comes to the recent civil unrest as a result of recent fatal shootings by L.A. County sheriff’s deputies who do not currently have body-worn cameras, Barger disputed Sheriff Alex Villnueva’s claim that the department lacked the funds to implement the program.
“He has the money for the cameras,” she said. “And so now it’s on his back. Get it done. Stop complaining. You wanted this office, act like a sheriff.
“Stop whining, and saying, ‘They’re picking on me.’ Because at the end of the day, he was elected to do his job.”