Why sheriff’s refusal to heed new law on jail deaths is no surprise
In 2023, when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 519 to require sheriff’s departments to release far more information ...
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San Diego County Sheriff issues report card on safety, improvements
On Friday, two years after taking over as San Diego County Sheriff took office, Kelly Martinez put out what she called a ...
Report of suspicious, armed person prompts school lockdown in East County
Reports of an individual armed with a weapon led to a brief lockdown at Hillsdale Middle School in El Cajon on Thursday, ...
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VOSD Podcast: The Sheriff Takes Our Questions
This week on the pod, San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez sat down with hosts Scott Lewis, Andrea Lopez-Villafaña and ...
District Attorney’s Office clears officers of criminal liability in 4 San Diego County shootings
County District Attorney’s office cleared law enforcement officers involved in four recent shootings of criminal liability, ...
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San Diego County Deputies Make Arrests at Homeless Encampment in El Cajon After Fire Breaks Out
On Tuesday, February 4, around 2:00 p.m., a small fire broke out at an encampment located near Willow Glen Drive in ...
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FULL INTERVIEW: San Diego Sheriff addresses local law enforcement's role in immigration enforcement
Martinez emphasized that the San Diego County Sheriff's Office follows SB 54, or the California Values Act, which means that ...
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3 defendants in San Diego jail death case can’t dodge mother’s claims, judge rules
San Diego County jails have one of the highest rates of inmate deaths among county jails in California, the state auditor ...