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LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva lays out his plans and objections to some past reforms

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, whose two-month-old administration has already been entangled in controversy, delivered a state-of-the-department address Wednesday that included sharp criticism of his predecessors as well as the consequences of some past reforms.

In remarks billed as setting a vision for the organization, Villanueva emphasized the effect of previous policy decisions relating to staffing, discipline and violence in the department's vast jail system.

"There is a need for transparency and

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