SF News SF Sheriff’s Office Suspends Pre-Trial Ankle Monitor Program, Claims Courts Are Forcing Them To Suspects awaiting trial in SF will no longer be assigned to home confinement or an ankle monitor, and must proceed directly to jail, because the SF Sheriff’s Office is yanking the ankle monitor program over a legal rift on warrantless searches.
SF News SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto Speaks Out on Recent Jail Lockdowns, Staffing Shortages After the recent SF County Jail lockdowns and complaints of severe staffing shortages, SF Sheriff Paul Miyamoto opens up about his office’s challenges, while the deputies’ union is demanding he calls in the National Guard.
SF News Two SF County Jails on Lockdown Amidst Reported Rash of Attacks on Deputies After seven staff members were reportedly attacked by inmates at SF County Jail in just a two-week span, two of the jail’s facilities have been placed on lockdown, with the incarcerated restricted to their cells and visits canceled for the time being.
SF News SF Deputy Sheriff Arrested and Charged for Allegedly Stalking, Strangling Ex-Girlfriend A 49-year-old SF deputy sheriff is currently in custody for what’s alleged to be a seven-month pattern of violence, stalking, and use of surveillance devices on his estranged partner.
SF News Report: SF Sheriff's Deputy from Infamous 2015 Scandal Forcing Inmates to Fight Just Got Himself Rehired The SF sheriff’s deputy behind a scandal where incarcerated people were forced to fight, and sheriff’s deputies bet on them, has been rehired after winning his arbitration case.
SF News Scammers Are Spoofing SF Sheriff’s Phone Number, Demanding Bogus Fines Be Paid Don't take a call if your caller ID identifies the caller as “SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY,” and don’t pay the $5,000-$10,000 fine they’re demanding for some non-existent arrest, as it’s the latest scam hitting San Francisco.
SF Politics SF Supervisors Block Latest Effort To Create a Public Advocate Department, Approve Sheriff Oversight Commission A proposed ballot measure from Supervisor Gordon Mar to create a new Office of the Public Advocate was shot down by the Board on Tuesday in a 6-to-5 vote — the second time in five years that this proposed office has been shot down.
SF News Sheriff's Department Kept Internal Affairs Investigations In Paper Bag, Nearly Allowed Statute Of Limitations To Run Out The SF Sheriff's Department, already in the news for allegations that its deputies forced inmates to fight for entertainment, is this week on the receiving end of yet another public relations black eye.
SF News John Avalos Seeks To Further Protect Sanctuary City Ordinance After his car was stolen, El Salvadoran national Pedro Figueroa-Zarceno went to the San Francisco Police Department to file a report. But when officers learned of a warrant for his arrest — it remains
SF News Inmates Now Suing Sheriff's Deputies Who Allegedly Forced Them To Brawl Behind Bars In addition to criminal charges brought against them earlier this month by District Attorney George Gascón, San Francisco Sheriff's deputies who allegedly led forced Fight Club-like matches between inmates, engaging in patterns of
SF News [Update] Sheriff's Deputies Who Allegedly Forced Inmates To Fight Each Other Will Face Criminal Charges Nearly a year ago, Pubic Defender Jeff Adachi alleged that San Francisco sheriff's deputies were systematically forcing county jail inmates to fight one another while they gambled on the outcomes of the brawls.
SF News San Francisco Jail Lacking Many 'Basic Security Functions' San Francisco County jails have a problem, and it's one that goes beyond the much talked about seismically unsafe Jail No. 4 that's in need of replacement. It appears that since 2014, the
SF News Video: Sheriff's Deputies Brutally Beat Suspect In Mission District The San Francisco Public Defender's Office released a video on Friday evening via Twitter that shows Alameda County sheriff's deputies repeatedly striking a man on the ground with their batons. Here's the original
SF News SF's First Female Sheriff Says She Won't Be An Activist Like Mirkarimi Perhaps we should have made more of a big deal about this yesterday, but San Francisco just elected its first ever female sheriff, Vicki Hennessy which is more of a big deal to
SF News San Francisco's Bail System Is Unconstitutional, Says Class-Action Suit A federal class-action lawsuit claims that San Francisco's bail system is unconstitutional, and it's a charge top cop Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi agrees with. Equal Justice Under Law, a non-profit civil rights organization, has
SF News Mirkarimi's Sheriff's Deputies To Patrol Streets Like Beat Cops San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has always been a fan of foot patrols, which during his time as a Supervisor made him many enemies in the San Francisco Police Department. And, true to
SF News Sheriff Mirkarimi: Driver's License Scandal About 'Mayor Ed Lee Consolidating Power' Last week was a whirlwind one for San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi: on Monday he learned via reporter inquiry that his driver's license had been suspended, on Tuesday we learned that he's had
SF News Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's Suspended Driver's License Nightmare Is Over, But Big Questions Remain According to a statement from the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, the Ross-Mirkarimi's-suspended-driver's-license saga has ended, not with a bang but with a whimper (and a call to California's Department of Motor Vehicles). Still,
SF News Sheriff Mirkarimi Says No One Told Him His Driver's License Was Suspended The odd story broke late Monday: embattled first-term San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has been driving on an expired license since February, after an October collision, and didn't even realize it until a
SF News Mirkarimi Had His License Suspended For Failing To Report Crash Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi has apparently been driving on a suspended license since February, as the Chronicle is reporting, all because he failed to submit an accident report to the DMV relating to an
SF News Attorney For Sheriff's Deputy Involved In SF General Brutality Case Calls Charges 'Political' In a somewhat curious statement, the attorney representing San Francisco sheriff's deputy Michael Lewelling who was arrested on December 19 in connection with some apparent brutality against a man with a cane in
SF News Surveillance Video Shows Sheriff's Deputy Beating Man At SF General A San Francisco Sheriff's deputy was arrested in connection with beating a man in a waiting room at SF General and then falsifying reports to cover it up. As ABC 7 reports, 33-year-old
SF News Mirkarimi Will Face Challenge By One-Time Acting Sheriff Vicki Hennessy in 2015 It looks like Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi will once again have to defend himself against some three-year-old allegations of domestic violence as he attempts a re-election bid next year. And challenging him in the
SF News Inmate Who Escaped S.F. Jail Turns Up Two Blocks Away Timothy Midgett, the 40-year-old inmate who skipped out on his last month of hard time earlier this month turned up two weeks later, less than two blocks away from the San Francisco county
SF News Hospital, Sheriff's Dept. Blamed Equally For Lynne Spalding's Death The tragic case of the death of Lynne Spalding, who was found in a locked stairwell at S.F. General Hospital on October 8 after disappearing from her hospital room 17 days earlier,
