Former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Captain Warns of Department Losing Deputies Due to Stress

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department is creating what a former long-time captain says is untenable working conditions—including excessive forced overtime—in an increasingly stressful environment fueled by the recent anti-law enforcement movement, leading to an exodus of deputies, he said. According to media reports, the department is short 1,200 sworn officers. Current Sheriff Robert Luna, who was elected in 2022, has called the situation a “staffing crisis.” Michael Bornman, a retired Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department captain who served for over 30 years until 2015, agrees. “There aren’t enough people to fill all the spots, and they are working their employees to death,” he said during a recent episode of Epoch TV’s “California Insider.”...