Breaking: Sheriff Alex Villaneuva's son was hired as a deputy seven months after his father took office, despite a record that Sheriff’s Department watchdogs said would generate scrutiny.
When Alex Villanueva appeared onstage in December to be sworn in as Los Angeles County sheriff, his son was standing nearby cheering him on.
No Sheriff’s Department policies prohibit family members from working in the same agency, but guidelines state that supervisors should not directly manage their relatives, said department spokeswoman Elizabeth Espinosa. Candidates are generally eliminated if they have misdemeanor convictions of violent crimes or sex crimes, but lesser misdemeanors are not necessarily disqualifying, she said.
“The sheriff has ultimate authority over the hiring process,” he said. It’s important that police leaders avoid having their relatives apply for jobs in the same organization because “you want to make sure your background investigators can do their jobs without any fear of repercussions for what they uncover.”
After being arrested and convicted of driving under the influence on a state highway in San Diego County in June 2009, he was ordered to attend a first-offender program. Two bench warrants were issued for him, one in October 2009 and another in November 2010, for failing to comply with the program, court records show.As of last year, Johannes Jared Villanueva, who was based in Murrieta, owned and operated a pool services company called Liquid Logic Pools.
At the same time, family members serving alongside one another is a familiar sight in the Sheriff’s Department and throughout law enforcement, sometimes spanning generations. Former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck was newly appointed when his son, Martin,in 2009. Beck, whose father and sister had served the LAPD, also had a daughter on the force while he was chief.
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