Meet the Candidate: Andre White
A Tradition of Violence
A Tradition of Violence
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🗓️ 30 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Andre White is the youngest candidate in the race for LA County Sheriff. In this interview, he recounts retaliation he faced after reporting a supervisor. He says that current leadership is out of touch, and it is time for the department's younger generation to lead.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ceres Castle and this is a tradition of violence. |
| 0:03.0 | In the run-up to the primary for LA County Sheriff, I'm sitting down with all of the candidates to give voters an up-close look at their platforms. |
| 0:10.0 | Today I'm sitting down with Andre White. |
| 0:12.0 | Andre is a detective for Operation Safe Streets, the gang unit of the department. |
| 0:17.0 | He told me that he has not seen any deputy gangs, but that he has been a victim of retaliation |
| 0:22.9 | from the good old boys network that is so pervasive within the department. He supports bringing |
| 0:27.5 | in a third party to investigate complaints. He wants to stop deputies from responding to mental |
| 0:32.8 | health crises and implement more hands-on training. He is in favor of closing men's central jail and replacing it with a new facility. |
| 0:40.3 | Andre says he's running to usher in a generational change within the department. |
| 0:44.3 | At 34, he is the youngest person in the race. |
| 0:47.3 | Whether he advances in the primary or not, |
| 0:50.3 | he says he plans to stay with the department for the next 20 years. |
| 0:59.0 | Andre, thank you so much for coming down and making time to speak with me today. |
| 1:03.0 | Of course. Thank you for the invite. I appreciate it. |
| 1:05.0 | Absolutely. So I'd love for voters to get to know you a little bit and learn about why you're running for sheriff. |
| 1:13.6 | Could you start off by telling us a little bit about yourself and what got you interested in the role of sheriff of L.A. County? |
| 1:19.7 | Yes, so I'm currently a detective on the department I've been on for 12 years now. |
| 1:25.5 | And I'm currently a detective over at Operation Safe Streets that's |
| 1:29.3 | primarily focused with gangs life long resident from Compton where I grew up at |
| 1:36.3 | and the reason I decided to run for sheriff is because I wholeheartedly believe that it is time for a generational |
| 1:47.0 | shift. When it comes to law enforcement, I think we need to move in a new direction, another |
| 1:53.3 | perspective, and just moving forward with the next generation of policing, my generation |
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