NancyG

Welcome back, Deputy Tapia! Thank you for your courage and perseverance over the last year. Better times are ahead.

Dirk, I am a bit at a loss on responding to your rather nonsequitorial comment (if that is a word). This ordinance is about protecting all of us against the current abuses of federal authority as evidence by sending the National Guards to cities that don't want or need them, and abuses su…

Wonderful idea, to keep us all safer. We don't need masked thugs in our towns snatching people off the street.

Bob Wackerman - FYI, Fixin' San Mateo County is a nonpartisan nonprofit group of volunteers that seeks civilian oversight of the county Sheriff's Office, nothing to do with the city of San Mateo. (FixinSMC dot org)

Anonymous masked men kidnapped someone right outside the county jail? This is scary and so wrong. If they were ICE or law enforcement they should be required to identify themselves.

1. Civilian oversight is not a quick fix nor a panacea to prevent public corruption. But it shines a light on policies and practices and thus serves as deterrent for misbehaver and abuse. Not to remove the sheriff – that needs to be done by the voters, the DA, the civil grand jury, or now…

AB 759 went into effect in 2022. It aligned Sheriff and DA elections to be the same year as presidential elections because they are important and powerful positions, and they should be held in a presidential election year, not an off year so more voters will weigh in.

So Corpus was …

Oversight isn’t just about investigating what went wrong — it’s a deterrent. When people in power know they are being watched, they’re far less likely to abuse that power. Deterrence is one of the most effective tools we have to protect public trust and institutional integrity.

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Regarding the cost to taxpayers: lawsuits pending against the county related to the crisis in the Sheriff's Office currently total $30M or more. Cutting off bad behavior at a much earlier point in time could prevent the escalation of problems into multi-million-dollar lawsuits.

Thank you for recognizing that all of us of so many faith backgrounds share the common values of compassion, love, and mercy. For example, Jesus taught that mercy is a central tenet of the Christian faith and that people should show mercy to others as God shows mercy to them. My own faith…