The Santa Clara County board of supervisors on Tuesday delayed a vote regarding the sheriff's purchase of more military equipment, as well as the use of tear gas in the jails, following a KTVU investigation and a request by commissioners for more time to weigh in on the matter.
Santa Clara County uses tear gas in its jails, the only Bay Area facility to do so, a KTVU investigation has found. Its use has halted further purchases of more military equipment.
In light of multi-million dollar settlements over the mistreatment of inmates, Santa Clara County Supervisors voted on May 16 to require the county counsel to publicly report when the county settles lawsuits for $1 million or more.
A new report on a high-profile jail injury case in Santa Clara County details how deputies and medical staff let a mentally ill man lay paralyzed in his cell for more than 24 hours, then lied about the care they gave him to cover up their neglect.
case. to do that, we have to file motions. 404 b, which is prior bad acts motions. if it s appropriate to do that in a case like this, we will do that. absolutely. too premature to tell what timeline that may or may not be on for the reasons i stated earlier as it relates to this specific incident and what you re asking about, but it should be available publicly if a motion is filed along the lines you re describing. sorry, right next to you. i think she has her hand up. sorry, was law enforcement monitoring what? were we monitoring the suspect? was that your question? i think the best way to address that is that as we ve talked