Robert Luna, who replaced embattled former Sheriff Alex Villanueva less than two months ago, earned tempered reviews for his handling of the crisis.
Luna confronted his first test as head of the nation’s largest sheriff’s department in handling the county’s largest mass shooting during one of the region’s most celebrated holidays. He emerged with mixed reviews from experts praising him for his show of competence and compassion at the podium in media briefings, but concerned over the five-hour delay in alerting the public that a gunman was on the loose.
As far as Luna’s tactical performance, experts interviewed by the Southern California News Group said they didn’t know the inner workings of the investigation, only that the suspected culprit was quickly identified, cornered and no longer a threat. Some said Luna had not been at the Sheriff’s Department long enough to put his fingerprints on the operation.
Pitney said the public would rather have someone who’s compassionate and low-key than an actor at the helm of the 18,000-employee department.Pitney gave Luna an “A” for the news conferences, although the media often learned through law enforcement sources about what was happening before official pronouncements.
In an interview Tuesday with SCNG, Wiese added that law enforcement did not immediately put out a public alert because they did not have a detailed description of the gunman. “We knew it was a male Asian, but that’s about 70% of the community,” Wiese said.
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