Former Palo Alto police Chief Robert "Bob" Jonsen declared victory in a tight race with Kevin Jensen for Santa Clara County sheriff on Friday evening, but Jensen said he isn t conceding yet.
A Santa Clara County report recently revealed that high-level leadership in the Sheriff’s Office intentionally subverted the investigation into a 2018 incident where a mentally ill man sustained severe injuries
Two Santa Clara County Sheriff candidates an insider and an outsider each sought to convince voters they would be the better choice during a debate co-sponsored by the Palo Alto Weekly and Mountain View Voice on Sept. 27.
The Palo Alto Weekly asked contenders for Santa Clara County Sheriff, Kevin Jensen and Robert "Bob" Jonsen, to weigh in on the overbudget new main jail, control of the jails and staffing shortages.
How the scandal-plagued Santa Clara County Sheriff s Office will operate in a post-Laurie Smith era will be determined by the vote of the people in the Nov. 8 election.