Sheriff Alex Villanueva said on Thursday that deputies in the Los Angeles County will not be enforcing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new stay-at-home order. The deputies will, instead, focus on targeting ’superspreader events’. Villanueva also said that his department has concentrated on education and voluntary compliance regarding health orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Good for him for standing up to what he believes is right, even at the cost of possible termination.
How is it possible for a police officer employed by the State to unilaterally decide not to carry out his orders? His opinions DO NIOT COUNT. He needs to do what he is told. Hell, cops have been known to shoot people just for "resisting arrest..."