{"id":111949,"date":"2022-11-30T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T00:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=111949"},"modified":"2022-11-30T16:51:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T00:51:38","slug":"luna-announces-sheriffs-department-leadership-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/11\/30\/luna-announces-sheriffs-department-leadership-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Luna announces Sheriff&#8217;s Department leadership appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111950\" style=\"width: 1127px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/April-Tardy-and-Robert-Luna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111950\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/April-Tardy-and-Robert-Luna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/April-Tardy-and-Robert-Luna.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/April-Tardy-and-Robert-Luna-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/April-Tardy-and-Robert-Luna-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/April-Tardy-and-Robert-Luna-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Tardy and Robert Luna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Incoming Los Angeles County Sheriff <strong>Robert Luna<\/strong> said Wednesday a 28-year department veteran will serve as his interim undersheriff, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the history of the sheriff&#8217;s department.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April Tardy<\/strong> currently serves as chief of the department&#8217;s Central Patrol Division.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-168649856\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Luna also announced that <strong>Jason Skeen<\/strong>, currently the commander of Personnel Command, will serve as his interim chief of staff. Skeen is also a 28- year department veteran.<\/p>\n<p>The appointments are both considered interim during Luna&#8217;s transition into the office beginning Monday, Dec. 5. A swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both of these talented and experienced law enforcement leaders share my vision of a sheriff&#8217;s department that is effective, compassionate and constitutional, and I look forward to serving with them starting on December 5th,&#8221; Luna said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>As undersheriff, Tardy will be the department&#8217;s second-in-command.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m honored that Sheriff-elect Luna has confidence in me to serve as undersheriff of the L.A. County Sheriff&#8217;s Department,&#8221; Tardy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sheriff-elect Luna will lead this department in a new direction, and as undersheriff, I&#8217;m eager to help him improve public safety and public trust in this department. I&#8217;ve dedicated my career to making our communities safer and serving with integrity, and I&#8217;m very proud to serve as the highest- ranking woman in the history of the L.A. County Sheriff&#8217;s Department,&#8221; Tardy said.<\/p>\n<p>Skeen, meanwhile, will manage the sheriff&#8217;s executive office and serve as a senior adviser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Working for Sheriff-elect Luna, I&#8217;m confident that we can make progress to reduce crime, help modernize this department, and reestablish important relationships in our communities,&#8221; Skeen said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incoming Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Wednesday a 28-year department veteran will serve as his interim undersheriff, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the history of the sheriff&#8217;s department. April Tardy currently serves as chief of the department&#8217;s Central Patrol Division. Luna also announced that Jason Skeen, currently the commander [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111951,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111949\/revisions\/111951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}