Migrant Running for LA Sheriff

On today’s episode of Briefing with the Chief, I will interview Lieutenant Oscar Martinez, a Marine veteran and migrant who is running to be the next Los Angeles County Sheriff. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is the largest Sheriff’s Office in the Country that services a County of ten million residents. There are several National issues that are also issues in Los Angeles County. Lieutenant Martinez supports working with ICE and taking a tougher stance with criminals. I will ask about his positions on these and other issues. 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:36):
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I guess that's X formerly known as Twitter at Last Jordan.
And you know, there's just a lot going on these days.
But today we're going to talk to Oscar Martinez. He's
running for Elie County Sheriff. He's a migrant, former marine
and he's running for Ellie County Sheriff. He's a lieutenant
on the shrif's partner. Now, but before we get into
our conversation with him and what his priorities are, I

(01:40):
really want to hit on some stuff that's currently in
the news.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
We did a show on Judge Dougan. That's the judge
up in Minnesota who helped the immigrant out of the courthouse.
You know, she obstructed and she's getting prosecuted. She's getting prosecuted,
and they just had an updates. It was just today.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
You know.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
She submitted a request for judicial immunity and went through
the court. She a brief that said that she's immune
from prosecution for obstructing federal laws regarding immigration. Now, I
said at that time when I did the show, that
I did not think that was going to fly. She
acted out of the course of scope of her duties,
and of course that's what the judge who looked at
it said. So we're waiting for our final review on that.

(02:22):
A magistrate looked at it. Now the federal judge's got
to put the rubber stamp on that, and they're denying
her judicial immunity. And they said it's because basically judicial
immunity protects them from civil action in the course of
scope of their duties, but not criminal action. So if
you do a crime as a judge, you can still
be prosecuted. Additionally, her actions as a judge at the time,

(02:43):
the things that she did were clearly outside of the
course and scope of her duties. And that's one of
the things I mentioned. You know, if you're operating within
the course of scope of your duties, yeah, there's not
a lot of liabilities civil or otherwise. But if you're
operating outside of that, liability attaches in this case criminal
liability because she acted criminally. So I just want to
let's roll the video so you guys can hear what

(03:06):
the video says.

Speaker 4 (03:08):
A federal magistrate judge in Wisconsin has recommended against dismissing
the criminal case against Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan, who is
accused of helping an undocumented immigrant evade immigration arrest. Dugan,
sixty five years old, facis charges of concealing a person
sought by immigration authorities and obstructing removal proceedings. Her lawyers

(03:31):
argued she has judicial immunity, but the magistrate ruled that
immunity does not extend to criminal charges, especially when the
acts are alleged to be corrupt. The recommendation now goes
to a US district judge for a final decision. ABC
News reported Dugan, who has pleaded not guilty, remains suspended

(03:51):
from her duties pending the trial.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
So there you go. So she's still facing those charges.
I'm sure she'll appeal. But keep in mind, this is
the lady. She used to oversee the local version of
the Christian Catholic Charities, which a big part of their duties.
They get a lot of government money to settle migrants.
So she's a true believer. She forgot the fact that
she was no longer heading a nonprofit and she was
actually a judge, and she's going to pay. I think

(04:21):
she's going to get convicted. But we'll keep monitoring that
case and bring you some updates.

Speaker 5 (04:25):
Now.

Speaker 1 (04:26):
The next thing I wanted to talk about is is
that we had a local raid here by ICE that
made national news. So Ice they showed up in force
at a park in downtown Los Angeles. Now it's an
urban park that has many the urban challenges that many
like you find in maybe the city of New York

(04:47):
or maybe Minneapolis. You know, we got drug use, we
got homelessness. We got a lot of that stuff in
MacArthur Park. But it's been presented by democrats. Is this
pristine place where people go and play and there's nothing
but children and and grandma's and families enjoying your life.
Now it's there's nothing. There's a lot of problems in
MacArthur Park. So I pulled up a video from about

(05:09):
six months ago and let's roll that so you get
the true flavor what's going on in MacArthur Park.

Speaker 3 (05:16):
Crime, drug use, homelessness, That all play MacArthur Park. For decades,
city officials have announced new initiatives.

Speaker 5 (05:23):
And millions of dollars to try to improve conditions there.

Speaker 6 (05:26):
Let's go live to MacArthur Park with Foxlevens, Hall Eisner
fill us in on the plant.

Speaker 7 (05:30):
Hell.

Speaker 8 (05:32):
Well, like any park, this is a place where people come,
they bring their kids, say exercise, they play soccer, just
like any park around the city. But for a long
time this park, MacArthur Park, has had a negative reputation.
Local businesses have complained about safety, and among them Langer's Deli.

Speaker 2 (05:53):
I need to see some action.

Speaker 8 (05:55):
For years, the owner of Langer's Deli, Norm Langer has
complained about the crime, drug use, and homelessness around MacArthur
Park and around his restaurant. He says he's begged for
the city to do something and feels they've let him down.

Speaker 2 (06:09):
I don't want to go with this anymore.

Speaker 8 (06:11):
But on the other side of the park from the restaurant,
Council One and your Nieces. Hernandez offers a multi pronged
plan to deal with the park, but she refers to
as the Ellis Island of Los Angeles. She says many
immigrants come to this area when they first come to
Los Angeles.

Speaker 9 (06:26):
I believe deeply that government works best when a responds
to the needs of community.

Speaker 8 (06:30):
Council Woman Hernandez and others are part of a coalition
to change things in the park and the immediate area
around it that has long had a shadow over it
because of drugs, homelessness, and crime. They announced community clean
teams will work to enhance the cleanliness in the park
while providing job opportunities for local residents. They Save Peace
Ambassador teams, made up to work in the neighborhoods to

(06:52):
reduce violence and engage in de escalation, among other things,
will also be put in play.

Speaker 10 (06:58):
There is an effort to do something in the coordinative
way in which is going to bring together all these
agencies to work in coordination to address the issues in
the area.

Speaker 8 (07:09):
From Sanchez, there's homing Unidos to Homeless Healthcare's mobile overdose
Response team to deal with drug issues in the park
and surrounding areas and more.

Speaker 11 (07:19):
What is a total.

Speaker 8 (07:20):
Amount of money that's going to be thrown at this.

Speaker 9 (07:21):
Point, at least twenty six million dollars and the way
to the area. We're bringing primary healthcare services, We're bringing
mobile overdose prevention team, We're bringing a three million dollar
respite center for the area. So and over two million
dollars from the Federal Department of Transportation. There are millions
of dollars coming into this area unlike any other moment

(07:42):
in history.

Speaker 8 (07:42):
But to restaurant on the Norm Langer, it's all conversation.

Speaker 2 (07:46):
I need to see some action and I haven't seen it.

Speaker 8 (07:50):
Chip According to an aid to the council woman, he
may start seeing something in January when these services totally
out of twenty six million will start to reveal and
start to end up here in MacArthur Park. In MacArthur
Park I'm Hal Eisner Fox Loven News.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
Yeah, I just love the owner of Langer's there. He's
just calling them out, you know, But here's six months ago.
That's how they described it. But if you look at
Democrats talking about the ice rate, oh my god, it's
this pristine park that families go to and everybody enjoys.
But listen, they got the utopia and buzzwords, the liberal
utopian buzzwords going on their harm reduction strategies, violence interrupters,

(08:30):
peace ambassadors, all stuff that has not proven to work.
When we talk about drug overdose teams and clean teams,
here's what they're doing. They're trying to manage the social
disorder instead of correcting the social disorder. Harm reduction statuies
does not get somebody who's addicted off drugs. You need
to use the law enforcement and the criminal justice system

(08:51):
to arrest people and get them into drug courts. That's
what works. Those are programs I worked on. They work successfully.
But this Democratic socialist who calls theirself accouncil doesn't believe
in any of that. He just believes in managing the
social chaos. And of course I don't trust her at all.
You shouldn't trust her, But you can't trust the Democrats
because this is something they already know about. They got

(09:13):
a plan in place, twenty six million dollars to all
the social lills. Yet when Ice came down near to
clean those folks out, the people who were causing all
the problems, they all started wringing their hands and said,
this is not right, it's wrong. It's a peaceful park.
It's not a peaceful park. Just look at this report
from just six months ago. So I want to get
into Carryville, Texas because there is something I want to

(09:34):
take an issue on with the Trump administration. Let's roll
that video.

Speaker 12 (09:37):
First rescuers are desperately searching for survivors after catastrophic flooding
in central Texas. Among the missing are a group of
girls from a sleep away camp. Jason Allen has the
latest on the search efforts tonight.

Speaker 13 (09:51):
That river rose twenty six feet in forty five minutes.

Speaker 3 (09:56):
Over nine twelve inches of rain fell within an hour,
turning Kerr County into a catastrophic flood zone. First responders
launched dozens of rescues along the swollen Guadalupe River, flooding
several children summer camps. Dan Patrick is the acting Texas governor.

Speaker 13 (10:12):
Out of the over seven hundred, we have a number
of about twenty three not accounted for.

Speaker 3 (10:17):
This helicopter swooped in and rescued a young camper from
the top of a tree. Photos from inside one of
the camps show children being evacuated.

Speaker 13 (10:25):
We will do everything humanly possible twenty four to seven,
looking at every tree, turning over every rock, whatever it
takes if your child is one of those truly missing it.

Speaker 3 (10:39):
Torrents of floodwater, ripped away homes and cars.

Speaker 11 (10:42):
We do not have a lying system on.

Speaker 3 (10:44):
Rob Kelly is the Kerr County Judge.

Speaker 14 (10:47):
We had no reason to believe that this was going
to be anything like what's happened to here done what soiling.
This concrete pad was part of an RV park, and
the owner told me they were lined up along the
river bank for the Fourth of July holiday, but there
was no warning for them to get out in time,
and all of them washed down the river.

Speaker 3 (11:04):
Residents were told to evacuate and move to higher ground.
Barry Adelman was staying at his grandmother's home by the
Guadalupe River. I mean he was jolted awake by the
sound of water.

Speaker 4 (11:14):
The scariest part for me seeing the children and the mom.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
Yeah, so what they've had more than one hundred people
who have died, and it looks like they're estimating me
maybe as much as one hundred and twenty people that
are dead. And so it's a tragic situation. You know,
let me dispell a couple of things. Whenever we have
these disasters, there's always this politics of disaster response and
a lot of finger pointing going on. You know, the
FEDS didn't do this, the you know, the state didn't

(11:41):
do that, the locals didn't do this, and this is
happening here. They're arguing that the locals didn't make proper notification,
and of course the Democrats are jumping all over Trump
saying that Doge DOGE cuts impacted the ability of the
National Weather Service to respond. And the National Weather Service
respond I said, no, normally we have two people on.
We had five people on that day because of the flooding,

(12:02):
and we made all the proper notifications and they were
sent to the locals, and the locals acknowledged they got
those notifications, but they really didn't understand the ramification. So
so let's put the politics aside. Here on that, I
believe that everybody did the right thing, and Texas is
responding an outstanding way. But it's a state that's resource

(12:24):
rich and they're doing a fantastic job. But I one
of the issues that I have with Trump is I
don't agree with eliminating FEMA at all, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency. Now. I've dealt with natural disasters here in
Los Angeles. I was around for the earthquake, the LA earthquake,
and in nineteen ninety four, I was the incident commander

(12:49):
for the train crash and Chashworth that twenty five dead,
forty five injured. I understand emergency response, and I believe
that FEMA, when it's properly managed, is an asset for
people who are who are struggling. Now, having said that,
I do agree with Trump's criticisms. You know, the last
administration pushed out that there needed to be DEI and

(13:10):
it needed to impact every operation, every policy. And when
I looked at what that meant for FEMA, I found
language that said that they would they would make sure
that those communities who are historically underrepresented and historically over
you know that we didn't properly meet their needs during
disasters that they would they would do that. Now. The

(13:30):
problem with that is, when it comes to disasters, what
happened in the past is important, is what is happening now?
Who is the most in me need, who is the
most impacted? That's how you triage. And I think that
opened the door for the failures in North North Carolina
with the reins and the floods there, because when you
say something like that, you're not clear who the heck

(13:53):
are previously groups that have not been historically dealt with
appropriately during disaster. Who are they, what are they? Where
are they? So simply following the rules of triage, the
person most in need, the people they can impact the most,
you help right away, and that's where the resources go.
So I understand where Trump is coming from. He says

(14:15):
there's a lot of wasted money in FEMA because we
had this immigrant crisis, a crisis created by the Bide administration,
and then they used FEMA to help solve this problems.
So they create the crisis, then use crisis management to
solve the problem. So yes, I agree that it's wasteful.
I think it could be reformed, and I think that
we need to keep FEMA because if you look at

(14:35):
some of the smaller states when you have a disaster there,
they simply do not have the resources like Texas does
or California does, And so I would argue that we
need to keep FEMA around. Let's let's roll the video
on FEMA.

Speaker 3 (14:48):
There is a major change in federal disaster response that
could soon reshape how states like Texas prepare and recover
from natural disasters.

Speaker 14 (14:58):
And Trump announced the federal government will phase out FEMA
after this year's hurricane season.

Speaker 11 (15:03):
Keep RC two reporter TJ.

Speaker 1 (15:04):
Parker has more on how this could impact the.

Speaker 11 (15:06):
Greater Houston area.

Speaker 12 (15:08):
TJ.

Speaker 1 (15:09):
Well, good afternoon.

Speaker 6 (15:09):
We are in the Meyerland area this morning talking about
this because, if you'll remember, back in twenty seventeen, this
area flooded from Hurricane Harvey and was an area that
used FEMA funding. So we talked with former Harris Counting
Judge Ed Emmett, who was here during Hurricane Harvey, who
has questions as to what happens next.

Speaker 15 (15:29):
Is there going to be a way for some other
entity to take up that calls and do it better.
And you can't just throw it out there and hope
that that happens. There needs to be a plan if
you're going to eliminate FEMA EM.

Speaker 6 (15:42):
It has confidence in the state's Office of Emergency Management
director and personnel at the county OEM offices. This all
comes after President Trump announced his administration will begin phasing
out FEMA once the.

Speaker 11 (15:55):
Current hurricane season ends.

Speaker 6 (15:57):
Trump has long criticized FEMA as an effective and unnecessary
visas federal disaster aid would instead come directly from the
White House bypassing the agency.

Speaker 15 (16:07):
We think after this, Christian, I'd say after the hurricane season,
we'll yes stage set.

Speaker 11 (16:12):
Up a FEMA council. Over the next couple.

Speaker 16 (16:14):
Of months, we'll be working on reforms and what FEMA
will look like in the future as a different agency
as under the Department of Homeland Security to the President's vision,
and it will empower governors to go out and respond
to emergency situations.

Speaker 6 (16:29):
Now, that was Christine Noam's voice off camera. In response
to this, Governor Abbot's office as in part quote, Texas
has built the strongest emergency management operation in the nation,
and Governor Abbott has full confidence that the Texas Division
of Emergency Management will be able to swiftly take action when.

Speaker 1 (16:47):
Disasters strikes did reach out today.

Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (16:52):
So here's the thing. You know, I was around when
Katrina happened. We sent resources from LA all the way
to New Orleans to assist. And the breakdown in Katrina
wasn't necessarily FEMA. It was the failure of the locals
to manage and properly manage the disaster and to provide
for contingencies. It was a failure at the local level,
and it was poor communication between the local level and

(17:14):
the state. In my mind, based upon my expertise in
emergency response, I think FEMA was the only thing that
held it together at the time, although they took a
lot of criticism. If you look at the latest hurricanes
last year was I did a bid on radio where
I talked about the emergency response in Florida. It was fantastic.
FEMA and desantistic those two years ago worked seamlessly to

(17:37):
meet the needs of Floridians there. They did a great job.
So some states are ready for primetime, some are not.
Some counties are ready for prime time, some are not.
And I think the people of the United States need
to have a federal agency that does some checks and
balances on the local but also can step in to
help when they're not prepared. So that's my bid on FEMA.
I think FEMA needs to stay. This is one of

(17:58):
those areas that I agree with Trump on and I
would appreciate it if you call Trump or you email
your congressman and say, hey, no, let's keep FIMA. There's
plenty other things that Trump can focus on that need
to go away, but I don't think FAMA is one
of them. Okay, we are we are ready for our
guest today. He is Oscar Martinez. He's running for La

(18:21):
County Sheriff. He's a migrant, former Mersina Marine, and he's
a member of the Los Angeles County Shrifes partner. Now
here's a web page. It's uh Oscar Martinez for Sheriff,
and uh let's let's let's bring him on and then
put his banner underneath the show there, Hey, ask her,
how you doing, Jeef, how are you?

Speaker 2 (18:40):
Thank you so much for having me here. Appreciate it.

Speaker 11 (18:43):
You know.

Speaker 1 (18:43):
There's so there's his website www dot. So this is
the radio show. So I got to talk to some
of this stuff out for people so that they can
hear that www dot Oscar common spelling for sheriff and
the number four dot com and you go to his
web page and look at all of his stuff, and
you get a chance there throw up his Twitter things
so they can go to his Twitter page as well

(19:03):
or his ex page. All right, So I always let
my guest comment on some of the stuff that I've
talked about in the lead segment, and I'll certainly give
you that opportunity, Oscar. What do you think of some
of the issues? Anything you want, anything you want to
comment based upon my lead segment.

Speaker 11 (19:18):
No, absolutely, Number one, I want to second your opinion
on FEMA. We definitely FEMA, not so much for California,
but like you said, other states do not have the resources.
I know here in California, especially law enforcement. We talk
about the lack of resources. But as you know, Chief,
there's some states that they just will not be able
to have public safety without the federal government. So I

(19:40):
hope that instead, and I don't think President Trump is
actually going to get rid of FEMA. There's going to
be an overhaul, well needed overhaul for the agency, but
it's definitely something that it needs to remain in place,
and we need to work with FEMA. They don't bring
the bodies, but as you know, they bring the resources
and that's what that's what we need as far as
disaster management.

Speaker 1 (20:01):
Yeah, and I think just writing checks to the state
or the locality, you know, FEMA does provide some level
of oversight how that's spent. So but I do understand
the failure of FEMA when they're they're they moved away
from triaging based upon those most impacted to something other
than that. I think that just causes confusion. And so

(20:24):
I'm I'm glad they're looking at reform. I just don't
think it should go away. Okay, you're so you're running
for the La County Sheriff's partment. You're a migrant, a
former marine, and you've been on the sheriff forn't how long, Oscar, I've.

Speaker 11 (20:37):
Been in a department for fifteen years. Get to I
let you know, chief Marines don't like to be called
former marine, but that's your I'm just.

Speaker 2 (20:45):
Letting you know.

Speaker 11 (20:45):
I want you to get a job with someone else.

Speaker 1 (20:48):
Yeah, well that says it on your web page, So
that's why I use that.

Speaker 2 (20:51):
Okay.

Speaker 1 (20:52):
So yeah, I know that I had a trainee was
a marine and you know, a good guy. But okay,
so all right, so you've been on the share firm
and you said eighteen years, give me a little bit
of your assignments where you've been.

Speaker 11 (21:05):
At absolutely so, like everybody else, I started working in
the jails Twin Towers Correctional Facility. I was only in
the jail for one year and actually I got promoted
and went up to the eighth floor as a supervising
like deputy. At eighteen months after the academy, I was
the one expecting all the jails in La County from
our TAIG two, which at the county jails, to all
our station jails as well I to all our court lockups.

(21:29):
So it was my first introduction to the department y
functions and how big the Sheriff's department is, and that's something.

Speaker 2 (21:36):
That I enjoy a lot.

Speaker 11 (21:37):
I also was at the Custodia for the Customer Division Manual,
so I've learned a lot as as far as policy.
After that, I went to Lancaster Station to do my
patrol time received multiple awards for.

Speaker 2 (21:47):
My DIUI enforcement.

Speaker 11 (21:49):
There After Lancaster, I promoted to sergeant and I did
what it's called a I'm sure you know it, the
Edible Valley Triangle. I went from Lancaster to Pomdo So,
promoted to sergeant, went to Palmdeal. I spent about two
years in Palmdel as a sergeant. Then I had a
great opportunity to go to Professional Standards Advocacy Unit, and
as you know, that's probably one of the best, one

(22:10):
of the best units for a sergeant or lieutenant to
be assigned to because you're working one on one with
the chiefs. You're working one on one with the commanders
and executives of the department when it comes to the
administrative cases and the administrative issues that we had. When
it comes to discipline, of course, and I learned a lot.
I mean up to this day, I still use how
much I learned at the Advocacy Unit. From there, I

(22:33):
went on to SIB as you know, SIP was SHP
Shares Headquarters Bureau as SIP Shares Information Bureau, and I
was there as the Operations sergeant and then promoted to lieutenant.
Operations Lieutenant, did a Santa County Services Bureau and now
I am back to Palmdeal as a watch commander. I

(22:54):
think there's something in the Allo Valley. Once you work
once in they allow valley the department is going to
send you back to Handle Valley. Yeah, yeah, yeah, hold
you back here. Yes, but it is one of the
well actually probably the two business stations in the county,
and you learn a lot so deputy, as a sergeant, attendant,
as a captain, it's probably one of the best stations

(23:15):
to go to learn. You know how to handle incidents,
major incidents, you know how to handle discipline. So I'm
very blessed with the many units that I have served
the Sheriff's Department in my time in the department, and
I believe those units, in those assignments have prepared me
to move forward.

Speaker 1 (23:34):
Yeah, it's amazing. So it's just for the audience who
have tuned in and haven't listened to before I did
thirty eight years and on the Sheriff's Department never worked Lancaster,
Daniel Valley, Palmdale, but when I started, it was just
just a desert, very quiet. Yeah, and the explosion of
population up there has become one of our busiest areas

(23:54):
and one of our populate areas. So it's uh okay.
So one of the things I wanted to get in too.
So you are a migrant, so talk to us about
that journey. Where did you come? You know what were you?

Speaker 11 (24:04):
Absolutely? I was born yeah, sorry, I was born in
the Dominican Republic. Came here as a young child, like
millions of others, for better life. Actually, before the Marine Corps,
I was going to be a priest. So I uh
that it worked out. Obviously, I'm married with two kids.
That did worked out, but I still keep my faith.
Of course I did that work out, and I joined

(24:25):
the closest thing to the Catholic Church, which is United
States Marine Corps. And I joined right before I've joined,
right before ninety eleven. So I thought, you know what,
I'm just going to go see the world and then
have a blast. But then ninety eleven happened. I saw
the world and we had a blast, but it was
not the kind of blast that I was expecting. And
I had the honor of serving my country in combat

(24:46):
as an infantryman in both Iraq and Afghanistan. And I
want to take I want to change anything. It was
at the time. Was I miserable, one hundred percent. But
I learned so much. I grew up so fast. I
came to appreciate my country. I learned leadership, as you know,
the military. Every time you promote to a different grade,
it's all about going back to school. It's all about
installing leadership. And up to this day, I still use

(25:10):
many of the lessons that I learned in the military.
After the military, joined the Sheriff's apartment, and we has
talked about the many things I've done in the Sheriff's apartment,
But that leadership, the leadership training ethos that I learned
in the Marine Corps still follows me and has given
me the confidence to have a very successful career and
a very beautiful family.

Speaker 1 (25:28):
So how old were you when you came from the
Dominican Republican.

Speaker 11 (25:31):
I was about eight years old.

Speaker 1 (25:33):
Okay, all right.

Speaker 11 (25:33):
I still remember stepping out of that plane landed in
New York. I remember seeing those buildings. I'm like, man,
this is there right here. This is the big Land,
the land of opportunities. And I still believe that. I
believe this is a great country. Like I said, I
thought two words from this country, and I'm ready to
fight for my country once again.

Speaker 1 (25:52):
Okay, So I gotta we got to get into the
whole immigration stuff that's going on here in Los Angeles.
It's become ground zero in struggle between the Republicans and
Democrats on immigration in particular that Trump is targeted LA.
I think because of the sanctuary city policies, the sanctuary
of state policies, and the just outright resistance from local

(26:15):
government and state government to the enforcement of federal laws.
So you, being an immigrant, you know where do you
stand on and Trump's policies of deportation and the sanctuary
city policies in the state, which as I call it,
sanctuary city light with the Values Act, and then the

(26:38):
sanctuary city policies within the county and the city.

Speaker 11 (26:43):
Long before these rates started. When I started my campaign,
I put right there on my website. We need to
amend SP fifty four, which is the law you refer
to as the Values Act, sometimes called the Century State Law.
SP fifty four prohibits all the sheriffs and police departments
for more working with ICE insider jails and outside the jails.
We need to amend that. As you remember before it's

(27:05):
B fifty four. A's B fifty four became the law
Johan re Firs twenty eighteen before that, we will transfer
criminal illegal aliens to ICE in slatter jails with the
big room, right there between ir C and Twin Towers
Correctional Facility. We will give them the emais after they
served their time for committing a state crime. I strongly
believe we need to work with ice inside the jails.

(27:26):
At the time, then Sheriff Jim McDonald actually spoke against
as fifty four and he was right. I know he's
not going to say anything now as a chief of
police for LYPID, but he was right back then. He said,
if you take away my power to work with ice
inside the jails, in a few years they're going to
be out on the streets picking up illegal aliens. Here
is a safe transfer. It's safe for the deputies, it's

(27:50):
saved for the ICE agents, and it is also safe
for the suspect themselves. Why because nobody's armed. We have
a provided we have looked at the identity of the
person multiple times when exactly who they are. But now
we don't have that ability, and the prophecy of Sheriff
Jim McDonald at the time became truth. They're out there

(28:11):
on the streets, at the home depots, at the car
washes and so forth. No one is to be blamed
for what's happening right now. Other than the local officials.
They passed these laws, they made the state a sanctuary state,
and they said it many times back then. Immigration is
the job of the federal government, not our job. We're
not going to get involved. Well, the defense are here

(28:31):
and they're doing their job, and you have nothing to say.
You have no one to blame but yourself. I am
an immigrant, but there's a clear difference between immigration and
illegal immigration. As to sheriff, I have absolutely nothing to
worry about illegal immigration because that is a crime, and
I don't understand that's not.

Speaker 2 (28:50):
Our job's enforced.

Speaker 11 (28:51):
But it is a federal government and we should work
with them to the best of our ability, especially when
it comes inside the jail. By working with them, we
know what they're doing, we're sharing intelligence, and we are
protecting our community. Even more so, so I disagree with
the sanctuary state law. We need to work with ice
and we need to help our partners in the federal government.

Speaker 1 (29:11):
Okay, So, if as a sheriff, you would publicly advocate
for a change, yes, you would speak out against the
words when they say we have to resist, we have
to obstruct, which is what basically Karen Bass is saying.
The mayor and so you would advocate for something different. Now,
the Values Act, unless I got it wrong, doesn't allow
for some cooperation. But here in Elie County they decided

(29:34):
that we won't cooperate at all. So the Values Act
allowed counties to opt out completely, which is what has
happened locally. But you know we have killers. This is
the part I don't get because I'm a common sense guy.
What's common sense? Okay, okay. I can understand you want
to restrict maybe somebody does a traffic offense from getting deported.

(29:55):
You don't want to participate in that. But I can't
understand a rapist, a child, luster murderer. I can't understand that.
I don't robbers. I don't understand that. Why can't we
work to keep keep our community safe, to get rid
of the most violent falons.

Speaker 11 (30:10):
Well, the whole belief with the Spec. Fifty four of
the Values Act is that we're protecting immigrants, and that
is not true.

Speaker 2 (30:16):
That is not true whatsoever.

Speaker 11 (30:17):
As a matter of fact, Chief, the Values Act doesn't
even protect illegal immigrants like everything else that the Democrats
have thrown it offs for the last twenty years or so.
It protects criminals. Those are the only people that are
protected by the Values Act. When we release there's criminal
legal alience or any criminal from our jails, instead of

(30:38):
giving them two eyes to be deported, they don't go
back to Beverly Hills, they don't go back to Ranche's
Palace Burdens. They go back to the very same community
that we're claiming to protect, at least La Boil Highs
and so forth, those minority those mainly minority communities, and
they victimize the very same people that the Values Act
claims to protect. This love for criminals in the last

(31:00):
the years have wrecked havoc, as you know, in our
criminals justice system.

Speaker 2 (31:03):
And it needs to stop.

Speaker 11 (31:05):
And then, you know, I'm very glad that the people
are waking up.

Speaker 2 (31:07):
Finally.

Speaker 11 (31:08):
It's going to take some time. What I've been telling
everyone throughout my campaign is like, listen, it's going to
say it's going to take some time. But if you
look at the numbers, California is changing. But we have
to fight hard. We need to stop moving and we
need to fight for a state. We need to fight
for a city in our county. The Democrats are hoping
that we don't fight. They're hoping that we give up

(31:28):
and that needs to stop. And again, I understand the
Sheriff's service non partisan, but I have to call it
like it is. The Republicans are not calling for love
of criminals. They're not calling for protection of criminals. It's
only the Democratic Party. A lot of Democrats are against it,
but even the Democratic parties ignore them. So I believe
that finally we need to speak up and we need
to have the courage to say, hey, this is what

(31:51):
I believe and this is what I want for our communities.

Speaker 1 (31:54):
Yeah, I'm glad that you said that about the criminals.
When they're released, they go back to their communities and
they victimize people that look like them and speak like them.
That's the crazy part of these policies. It's not just
the immigration policy, it's it's our overall criminal justice reform
that I think is just madness. They you know, it's
only increased homicides and assaults against the very communities that

(32:16):
they say the leftists say that they're they're helping. So
I'm glad you said that. Let's get so so. One
of one of the things I wanted to talk about is, Okay,
you you felt you declared yourself as a Republican. Now,
I did work on a previous campaign with the Republican
who ran for sheriff, and it was really hard to
get traction. And so I appreciate that you're you're willing

(32:36):
to go out there and say that you're and he
was a Latino too, So but tell me, tell me
how is how is your candidacy being accepted within the
Latino community? Is it favorable? Do you see a shift?
So I'm asking you kind of a political question, are
you seeing a shift within the Latino community to embrace
maybe some of the values within the Republican Party broadly?

Speaker 11 (32:58):
Absolutely? You know Hispanics are Republicans, they just don't know it.
I'm sure you've heard that term. Hispanic values are those
of the Republican Party. Family, religious, especially Christianity traditions, those
are the values of the Republican Party. So at the
end of the day, a lot of Hispanics they just
don't know the Republicans. Donald Trump won't fifty three percent

(33:21):
of the male Hispanic vote and forty eight percent of
the female Hispanic vote. That's a record for a Republican president.
The closest thing we got to that was before was
George Bush the second George Bush. So it goes to
show that the ship is taking place. But when we
speak about Hispanics, we have to understand it's not one group.
His Planics are devoted into multiple, multiple ethnicities. So I

(33:44):
think that to pigeonhole Hispanics into one particular political party,
it's going to be a failure for any campaign. You
have to understand the needs of the different Hispanic communities.
Now I'm coming in. Yes, I'm Hispanic, but I'm one
hundred percent of American. I thought with this country and
I've leave in our constitution and I will defend the constitution.
When people ask me, hey, you're a Republican, I said, well,

(34:05):
I'm a Republican, But what exactly does that mean? I
believe in the constitution. So if you mean him a
Republican in the sense, absolutely when it comes to the
Hispanic community that I spoken too, especially in TikTok. By
the way, I don't know if you know this, a
lot of Hispanics are on TikTok.

Speaker 2 (34:20):
There's a really huge community.

Speaker 11 (34:21):
Oh yeah, that's when I post something Spanish and TikTok,
it just he takes off. So there you go. I
just gave a to the people that are running against me,
and I just gave them a tip right there. But anyway,
your studios a lot of the yeah.

Speaker 1 (34:34):
Your studios, whnill did it out there? My retirement, so
I'm studying.

Speaker 2 (34:37):
That's pretty good. That's pretty good.

Speaker 11 (34:39):
You know a lot of it that they they tell me,
Oh my gosh, I didn't know that his Spanish, I say,
I didn't know that, and then I give him the
resources that give them the source. The problem is that
his Panic community have been like to, especially by Hispanic
Spanish channels, So just tell even has blown the ICE
operations out of proportion. I listened to them and I

(35:00):
and I'm asking myself, what do you get the facts?
And excuse me, what do you get this? It's not
even facts, Like why are you scaring our community? Even
this Shriff Robert Luna, he had an interview at ABC
seven and he said all his Panics should carry IDs
because you don't know I everybody get reported. And I'm like,
excuse me, I'm Hispanic and that is not true. As

(35:21):
to share. Your job is.

Speaker 2 (35:23):
To bring safety instability to the community, not to scare
them like that.

Speaker 11 (35:27):
You know that's not true, but I'm sure he was
told to say that he didn't have a sign in it.

Speaker 1 (35:31):
Yeah, I've been a little disappointed with the sheriff, well,
actually a lot disappointed. I've been reluctant to bash him.
I will say after the first day of the riots,
I felt both Chief McDonald and Luna at least stepped
up to try and bring disorder, bring control to disorder here.

(35:52):
But they both had to walk a tightrope. They couldn't
speak freely, and I mean the closest we got was
McDonald saying, yeah, this is getting out of hand, and
then he subsequently he toned down his rhetoric.

Speaker 11 (36:05):
Which is one of the reasons that I'm running.

Speaker 2 (36:06):
Chief.

Speaker 11 (36:06):
The sheriff is an elected official. You are independent. You
can literally say whatever you want as long as it's
not illegal for the sheriff to walk on tyro. I'm sorry,
why why you should be out there defending the community.
You answered to no one. You are a constitutional officer.
Of course, you have to work with other entities in government, state, local,

(36:27):
and federals. Well, you don't have to walk a tyro.
You need to say the truth. That's your job. And
that's one of the reasons I'm running because it is
scary how much of independence our sheriff's office has lost.

Speaker 1 (36:39):
Well, let's get some red meat out there, because we
got to get some red meat out there. And this
is an issue that happened up in your neck of
the woods, up in the Palmdale, Lancaster area, and that
was Ryan, the murder of Ryan Clincomb from her.

Speaker 11 (36:50):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (36:51):
So as the sheriff, he got understand and he refused
to demand the death penalty for the murder. Right and
we had gas going stout and he said, I'm not
going to pursue the death penalty. You know, it doesn't help.
I don't believe in, it doesn't utur or anything, you know,
just a crazy leftist guy. I've done a lot of
shows on gas going and the progressive prosecutor movements. It's

(37:13):
just ideologically driven nonsense. But as the sheriff, you know,
that was the one time I expected him to say,
it doesn't matter what the evident showed, I want you
to pursue, if it's all at all possible, the death
penalty for the murder of Ryan and klinkkelb Moomer. And
he could not do that. So you're the sheriff on
that stand, you replace Robert Luhna, what do you say

(37:34):
to Gascon?

Speaker 11 (37:36):
I will move it from the microphone. Excuse my district attorney.
This man needs the death penalty. And if at the
time of that press conference we have not found a suspect,
I will call on every law abody, citizen and every
agency out there. I want him. I want him dead
or alive, but I want him. That's your job as
a sheriff. He was never going to do that, of course,

(37:57):
remember George Pascoon was his friend and he's mentor. It
was never going to go against George Gascone. And that
is a shame. That was the prime example that you
brought up there on the many, on the many opportunity
they share has to show some leadership. He has never
shown leadership.

Speaker 2 (38:12):
Yeah, I was.

Speaker 1 (38:13):
I was so disappointed. You know. Let's we got a
video on the ice of stuff going on. Let's show
that and just to reinforce what Oscar said about ice
and maybe there's something more to comment on.

Speaker 16 (38:24):
On this Independence Day rallies that call for an end
to the federal immigration raids here in southern California.

Speaker 5 (38:30):
Now, the demonstrators say these ongoing raids are ripping families apart,
destroying lives. Angelie Kakaday joining us live from Hollywood Now
with a look at the End the Occupation protests today Angelie,
we Core and Rake.

Speaker 17 (38:42):
There were several hundred protests throughout the country today, including
two here in Los Angeles. Protesters tell us they want
the National Guard out and their streets Backay No No.
From Charlotte to Houston to Los Angeles, thousands ditch their

(39:04):
July fourth barbecue plans to instead hit the streets in
protest against President Trump and his administration during several Free
America protests, including one in Echo Park.

Speaker 9 (39:15):
If one group is being persecuted, no one is shaped
under this administration.

Speaker 17 (39:24):
Over in downtown Los Angeles, another protest was taking place,
this one called End the Occupation Rally, with many holding
signs with quotes from the Declaration of Independence on them.

Speaker 7 (39:34):
This is our country and this quote that I have
here is from the Declaration of Independence. Right now, we
have a standing army in our city and I'm not
willing to let that stand.

Speaker 17 (39:45):
From sky five, you could see several hundred people walking
along the one and a half mile route that started
at City Hall, placing aim at Trump's policies, including deportation sweeps,
ice raids, and today's signing of the Big Beautiful Bill
into law.

Speaker 15 (40:00):
We haven't seen people so happy in our country because
of that.

Speaker 17 (40:02):
Governor Newsom also using the holiday to formally declare July
fourth as Independence Day in California, saying, today and every
day California reaffirms our commitment to fully realizing our nation's
founding ideals that all are created equal with the rights
to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We will
never back down from the fight to protect freedom. Well,

(40:24):
protesters say their freedoms are under attack.

Speaker 11 (40:27):
This is the wrong.

Speaker 4 (40:28):
Day for people to protest, even though they have the
right to do it.

Speaker 17 (40:32):
Political analyst Matt Klink says, the message today on July
fourth is lost.

Speaker 3 (40:37):
Today is America's two hundred and forty ninth birthday.

Speaker 16 (40:41):
Everyone who's an American should be proud to be an American.

Speaker 11 (40:44):
Who sits in the Oval office is irrelevant now.

Speaker 17 (40:49):
So far, both protests in Echo Park and in downtown
Los Angeles have remained peaceful. Of course, we'll keep an
eye on this as July fourth evening progresses and bring
you the latest here in KTLA. Five years if we're
not reporting live in Hollywood, Angela Kakata back to you
over in the studio.

Speaker 5 (41:04):
All right, Angeley, we appreciate it, thanks President.

Speaker 1 (41:07):
So more is coming. I mean, the big beautiful bill
was passed and they're going to quadruple the size of
ICE and the associated departments to deport folks. So it's
coming and more of it's coming. And yeah, we see
Bass and Newsome pushing back. So you're the sheriff, right,
and what do you stand up and say to them?

Speaker 11 (41:32):
Again what I said earlier? You said that the enforcement
of immigration law falls in the federal government. Well, the
federal government is doing their job. You either help them.
You're not going to be able to control it, that's
the line. But if you work with them, you'll be
able to at least lead them to the same direction
that they want to get. But that is more politically

(41:52):
correct for the local officials. But at the end of
the day, they're going to do it, so we might
as well work with them. And we also need to
say the truth who they're targeting. They're not targeting random people.
ICE is not out there getting you polotatos, willita's your
do your primos. They're targeting hardcore criminal legal aliens. Now, yes,
when they go to car wash to target a particular

(42:13):
person they're looking for, and there are other illegals there
who may not have committed a crime, they're going in
the house as well. But as you know, we do
that in regular law enforcement as well. When we serve
a warrant, we're looking for a particular person and we
find somebody there with some minor traffic warrant but invocable,
he's going to go to jail as well. That's a
law enforcement stand up of practice. So at the end

(42:34):
of the day, I will advocate again for SB fifty
four to be amended, for us to work with the
federal government, and for us to let the federal government
do their job. We're not helping anyone whatsoever, but we're
standing up and saying the federal government can't do this,
or we're going to struct justice or whatever have you.

Speaker 1 (42:52):
Yeah, and I appreciate that. I really think the sheriff
needs to be you know, he can be the voice
of common sense. But right now we don't have any
voices of common sound.

Speaker 2 (43:01):
Well, we don't have any voice Chief.

Speaker 11 (43:02):
And if I may add, because I've been saying this
all on all especially when I talked in cities to
have their own police department. The sheriff of Ellaly County
has the biggest microphone when it comes to law enforcement
in this county, if not the state. When the Sheriff
of Ellaly County calls for a press conference, everybody shows up.
So at the very minimum, you may not have the

(43:22):
jurisdiction for a particular issue, but you have a voice
when it comes to public safety. And that's what the
people elect a sheriff to have that voice in law enforcement.
No other country in the world gives the citizens the
ability to elect the person who's going.

Speaker 2 (43:37):
To enforce the law.

Speaker 11 (43:39):
That only happens in the United States. So the sheriff
election is extremely important. Whether you live in an incorporated
city with your own police apartment or a city with
a contract with the sheriff, or unincorporated area, the sheriff's
office is a very important election, and I ask people
to pay attention to that.

Speaker 1 (43:56):
Yeah, he's one of the leading public law enforcement officials
in this date and actually nationally because it's the largest
sheriff's department in the country. All Right, we're gonna, we're gonna,
we're gonna, we're gonna shift to another issue, and that
is we we we got rid of George gas going.
We bounced the gas can out of here, and we
got Nathan Hawkman right and uh and and he was
a Republican. Now he's an independent. You know, that's kind

(44:18):
of the game that seems to happen here in La County.
But he seems to be enforcing the laws to a
greater degree than George Gascon, which I'm happy with. And
then we also passed Prop. Thirty six, which reformed the
the top forty seven which had lowered, lowered the punishment
UH on a lot of a variety of laws. And

(44:38):
so however, we have four county Board of Supervisors that
have decided they're not gonna they want to they want
to close Men's Central Jail and they're not going to
add any additional jail beds or even treatment beds in
a locked facility to deal with criminals. How can you
get tough on crime if you don't have the bed space?

(45:00):
So where are you at with getting a new jail
And what are your thoughts, because I think this is
part of their game plan. If I don't build, we
don't build big jail beds now for the next two decades,
it'll be hard for boards of supervisors that follow us
to build that bed space. We'll be locked into one solution,
and that's care only and jail's never so give me

(45:22):
give me your thoughts on that issue again.

Speaker 2 (45:26):
That's when they SHAREFF needs to speak truth to power.
I would tell the.

Speaker 11 (45:28):
Board supervisors, if you don't want a fund for a
new jail, this is what's going to happen. I'm going
to have to find some manty lots in the Yellow Valley,
and we're going to have to build tents and we're
going to have to put the inmates there. The board
supervisor has no say, by the way needed of us
to share as any say who goes to jail. Judges
remind inmates to the custody of the sheriff. We have

(45:51):
a legal duty to take this inmates, so you can
have all the programs you want, with all the beautiful names,
care first, love, first hugs before jail judges could care
less judges. And also you're.

Speaker 2 (46:08):
I'm sorry, I forgot the word right now.

Speaker 11 (46:10):
Your judges and your trial cases are still going to
go on, and people still going to get remanded to
the custody of the sheriff. So you might not have
the jail, you're still going to have the inmates. So
I love when to hear not only the poor supervisors,
but all this left wing politicians talking about care hers. Okay,
that's great, but they're still being remanded to the custody

(46:31):
of the sheriff. And the sheriff has a duty to
take this inmates. And you, the legislative body of the county,
you have a duty based on the charter in the constitution,
to provide a funding for me to take care of
this inmates. You can hate me all.

Speaker 2 (46:45):
You want, but you have a legal duty.

Speaker 11 (46:49):
So if you don't follow all this legal duty, I
think you're going to have bigger issues than me talking.

Speaker 2 (46:53):
In front of you.

Speaker 11 (46:54):
We need a new jail, and in addition with that,
we need a new state hospital, especially Nelly County. We
need to bring back the mental state hospital. If the
state is not going to do it, then again the
board supervisors need to show some leadership by building the
hospitals for these mental health patients. But at the end
of the day, again, you're going to have the inmates,

(47:15):
whether you like it or not. The sheriff doesn't decide
who goes to jail. It neither does the Board of Supervisors.
But we do have a legal duty to take care
of this inmates once they are remanded to the custody
to the sheriff.

Speaker 2 (47:26):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (47:26):
The shocking thing about it is so I am critical
of the board on this. You have to replace these beds,
and I just got to lay it out, you know,
just so our audience understands. I worked in custody as
an executive for about five years and I was in
charge of programming. I do believe there are some limited
opportunities for treatment and anti recidivism programs. I actually helped

(47:47):
develop them, I implemented them. I worked with a lot
of crazy leftists who believed in them wholeheartedly, but they
were you know, you know, I said, hey, the policy
implementation is pragmatic, and you can't it can't be driven
by ideology. And they've followed my lead and we developed
some successful programs that exist today. However, I always recognize

(48:09):
there's limitations to that and we need to redesigner jails
that can allow for treatment in custody, which I did
in the past and it can be done again. But
the board is a supervisor. The Board of Supervisors simply
don't believe that the criminal justice system should be involved
at all in treatment, and that I think is a
huge mistake. There's a reason why they call the corrections

(48:30):
because at one time we believed if we put people
in custody, that we have an opportunity to correct them.
And they have they've gone, they've gone so far to
the left. Their ideology doesn't allow it.

Speaker 11 (48:42):
And I agree with I see if I may follow that,
I agree with having I agree on having those programs.

Speaker 2 (48:47):
We need those programs.

Speaker 11 (48:49):
Uh. In fact, if you ask me, I think one
of the best programs that we need to establish again
our vocational programs, because this guy they don't want to go,
they don't want to get a sociology degree, but they
want to learn how to work on cars, They want
to work how to work on car country, wealthy, and
so forth. I think those are the programs that we
need for our jail population. But as a sheriff, that's
not going to be my priorities. First, my priority for
the jail is to get rid of the four consent

(49:10):
decrease that we have in our jails.

Speaker 2 (49:11):
Right now.

Speaker 11 (49:12):
We have four, not one, not two four rutherfor Rosas
Johnson and the DOJ. We need to get rid of
this decrease. On average, every year we are paying twenty
five million dollars in oversight for this for those consent decrees.
That's going to be my priority once I get rid of,
Once I get off under those decrees, that I can

(49:33):
start talking about placing some of those anti recidive excuse me,
recidivism programs to help the inmates move on to a
better life. But the main, my main duty is going
to be a sheriff when it comes to custody is
to get rid of the consent decrease.

Speaker 1 (49:46):
Yeah, And I was briefly the chief of Custy Division,
and that was my overall goal because I, you know,
I felt that the organization had an obligation to relieve
the taxpayer of that burden by simply embracing the concentric
last one was just we were just sold down the
river by the sheriff who was facing federal prosecution and
the board of supervisors. But I think a lot of

(50:08):
it can be done and we should have been doing it.
So I do agree with you one hundred percent. That's
actually excellent some excellent comments around custody. So we got
some time for let's talk about deputy suicides. We've had
thirteen deputy suicides to my knowledge over the last two years.
It's a wellness issue for deputies. I think it's you know,
my as I've probe been the issue of police suicides.

(50:30):
A lack of sleep or fatigue is a big part
of suicides too. And we're understaff down twenty four percent
of staffing on the Sheriff's department. How would you solve
this issue of deputy suicides? And of course if you're suffering,
you can go to Copple line and you can find
that at one eight hundred two seven to three talk.

(50:50):
But how would you solve that proble?

Speaker 11 (50:52):
Oscar absolutely well. First of all, thank you for bringing
up top line. I actually did a video recommending that
to my partners as well. Number One thing when e
chief is leadership right now, our deputy to feel supportive.
At the end of the day, they just feel like
they have no support from their leadership, and that means
a lot to our deputies. Can think about it, They're
going out there to do the lord's work. They may
run into a building, save a baby, come out of

(51:13):
that building, you know, with multiple burns.

Speaker 2 (51:15):
But they save that baby.

Speaker 11 (51:16):
But yet somehow Robert Luna may may sacrifice them in
the outroo of political correctness because the baby was not
of the correct race. I don't know, whatever have you.
That's the feeling that our partners have out there. And
again I'm still working, so I know exactly. I talked
to them on a daily basis. We need to provide leadership.
The second thing that we need to do is and
this issue is not just Robert Luna's fault, it's also

(51:38):
the culture. We need to change the culture. We have
trainees working sometimes over twenty hours in one day because
you know, they have to quote unquote prove their point,
They have to do their time. That needs to go away.
It's a new generation working your partner to death is
not culture. Okay, that that needs to change as well.

(51:58):
So that's the number one I'm going to do, is
provide leadership so that the deputies feel that they are
supported and that they are protected if they do the
right thing. Obviously, if they violate the law, violated policy,
then you know, we have to deal with that. The
second thing that we need to do is you mentioned it.

Speaker 2 (52:14):
We are extremely short in the department.

Speaker 11 (52:16):
And yet our motor superandi has not changed whatsoever. We're
still operating like it's nineteen eighty five. That is to
change as well. For example, we should never draft a
deputy that worked PMS. PMS is the afternoon to work
early mornings, that is overnight. That depinity never got the
rest to work that shift. I understand they have a pulse,

(52:37):
but they're not really functional for you, and they're going
to be a liability by at the end of that
early morning shift when it hits around six in the
morning and he or she has to drive home at
the end of the day, We're going to have to
make some decisions. One of those could be and I've
just during this example, we.

Speaker 1 (52:51):
Got about thirty seconds left. I want to give you
a chance to close up and encourage people to vote
for you. So you got about thirty seconds, go for it.

Speaker 11 (53:00):
I just want to say, as your sheriff, you know
my priorities are going to be to defensese, support law enforcement,
modernize the Sheriff's department, and bring fiscal responsibility to La County.
I believe that the sheriff should be constitutional, should not
be political. Right now, we don't have a constitutional shriff.
We have a sheriff that is political. It doesn't answer
to the people. He answers to the left wing political agenda.
Please go to my website Oscar for sheriff dot com

(53:22):
Oscar number four sheriff dot com. Support me if you
can volunteer, and obviously I expect to have your vote
as well, and if you can, please give a donation.
But it is time for us to take back to
sheriff's office to weet the people and not for left
wing political agendas.

Speaker 1 (53:37):
Okay, guys, thank you for joining me on briefing with
the chief Oscar. If you can stick around for a
quick debrief that would be great. I'll see you next Wednesday.
I got a sheriff from Piarrice County, Washington who's going
to talk about why he wants to work with ICE
in a sanctuary state. All right, make sure you tune
in for that one. Certain sheriff's wink from Washington State, Amanda,
I think we're done. You can take it away.

Speaker 11 (54:04):
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