The question now is, what, if anything, will result from the investigations.
Tag: Orange County Sheriffs Department
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Sheriff’s Commander Says Lack of Supervision Left Deputies Running Jailhouse Informants
Commander Jon Briggs testified Tuesday the jail house informant scandal developed because high management turnover left junior deputies with too much control, meaning “inmates were running the asylum on occasion.”
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Sheriff’s Sergeant Says He Ended Jailhouse Notes on Informants Without Reading Them
The contents of the Special Handling Log — notes kept by deputies on informants and other inmates — are at the center of a hearing which explores whether Sheriff’s Department officials withheld or shredded key documents.
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Judge in Dekraai Murder Trial Defends Uncovering Sheriff and DA Misuse of Jailhouse Informants
Two more Sheriff’s Department personnel invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, raising the total number of Sheriff’s officers who have taken the fifth to four.
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Sheriff’s Deputies Take the Fifth During Jailhouse Snitch Hearing
Two Orange County Sheriff’s deputies, Benjamin Garcia and William Grover, invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a court hearing Thursday rather than answer questions about their dealings with jailhouse informant records.
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County Budget Proposes Large Increase for Sheriff’s Department
The proposed $6.2 billion Orange County budget for the next fiscal year calls for a large increase in discretionary funds allocated to the Sheriff’s Department and comparatively tiny discretionary increases for social and health services. Public budget hearings will take place in June.
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OC Supervisors Expand Immigration Detention in County Jails
The unanimous decision came after more than three dozen public commenters spoke against the expansion and none supported it. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said the expansion will bring an additional $5 million in revenue to the county without requiring more staff.
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OC Sheriff Wants to Expand Immigration Detention in County Jails
If approved by supervisors at their public meeting Tuesday, Hutchens’ proposal would allow her department to hold an additional 120 immigration detainees.
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Sheriff Management Failures Aided Jail Escape, Grand Jury Finds
In a scathing assessment, grand jurors said key factors in the January 2016 escape included management not adequately training and supervising deputies at the jail, which allowed the guards to repeatedly violate security policies and procedures.
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What Trump’s Immigration Orders Mean for Orange County
With the first wave of President Donald Trump’s long-promised crackdown on immigration arriving this week, immigrant advocates in Orange County are scrambling to mobilize on behalf of the many county residents who could be impacted by the directives.
