Meet the Candidate: Mike Bornman

A Tradition of Violence

True Crime

4.7 • 540 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Retired Captain Mike Bornman served 36 years on the LA County Sheriff's Department. Mike worked a number of assignments ranging from the Firestone station to internal affairs, where he investigated misconduct claims that led to dozens of convictions. He says that when it comes to evaluating deputy gangs, the department must judge a person's entire history and not just tattoos.

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0:00.0	I'm Ceres Castle, and this is a tradition of violence.
0:03.6	We are just days away from California's primary election, which includes the race for sheriff of Los Angeles County.
0:10.8	Eight candidates, including a former sheriff, and three people currently on the department,
0:15.7	have thrown their names into the ring.
0:17.3	We've heard from many of them, and today I'm sitting down with Mike Borman.
0:27.6	Mike retired from the department in 2015 after 36 years. He sees a department in crisis and says he is running in order to fix a force that has lost their morale. Mike promises to reduce the number of
0:34.2	double shifts and upgrade infrastructure. He has a background of investigating members of the department, some of whom were his friends.
0:42.9	He promises to do the same with deputy gangs and brings a unique perspective to the issue.
0:48.7	He told me during the interview that he has a tattoo.
0:58.0	I'm here in Santa Clarita with Captain Mike Bordman, candidate for sheriff.
0:59.0	Thank you so much for making the time to sit down with me today.
1:03.0	Glad to be here.
1:04.0	I'd like to start off by learning a little bit more about you
1:07.0	and your career at the Sheriff's Department.
1:10.0	I did 36 years for the Sheriff's
1:12.1	Department, retired as a captain. During the course of my career, I worked a wide variety of
1:19.5	assignments. I worked six patrol stations throughout the county. I worked seven different
1:25.8	custody assignments. I worked seven different custody assignments.
1:27.9	I worked a federal task force investigating allegations
1:30.4	of corruption in our own department.
1:33.0	I worked the Internal Affairs Bureau for about five and a half years,
1:36.5	investigated hundreds of allegations of misconduct
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