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Sheriff requests multiyear funding for staffing, CAD replacement and a "correctional care center" study
Summary
Sheriff Robert Luna told the Board that staffing shortages, a failing 40-year-old CAD system and an aging vehicle and aircraft fleet require targeted, phased investments; he asked for $1.2 million to study a replacement “correctional care center” and ongoing funding for eight academies and extra trainee slots.
Sheriff Robert Luna told the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17 that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department faces pressing operational and infrastructure shortfalls and urged a targeted, multiyear budget approach.
Luna outlined requests that include continued funding for four additional academies (bringing the total to eight annually) and funding for 244 additional deputy trainee slots to address a 23 percent unavailability rate among sworn personnel. He said the department has been receiving over 400 applications per week and that recruitment has improved, but that retention programs are also essential.
"We have many challenges in technology," Luna said, thanking the board for…
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