Public safety is not affected either way. A wealthy person who commits a crime that is able to make bail and its a Violent Crime per se, theyre still out. Reporter sheriff Ross Mirkarimi suspects getting rid of bail and wants San Francisco to lead the way in reforming the bail system. Em says 80 of the he says 80 of the sf jail population are pretrial inmates. 1 3 of them cant afford bail set at 5,000 or less. How will you make sure they show up in court . They have to show up in court and theres always ways to make sure the electronic monitoring and others, its a 24 7 operation, gps operation. Reporter the sheriff says these types of tools could [ audio difficulties ] jeffrey washington says he got into trouble earlier this year for drug possession for sale. His bail amount . 100,000. The fear is for some people theres no bail. People walk away, never come back. People walk away when they make bail if they dont want to come back. Reporter there are critics, of course, particularly tho
Of suspected criminals a br live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix5 news. Tonight one bay area sheriff wants to give thousands of suspected criminals a break. Betty yu tell us that he doesnt want people to have to pay bail anymore. Betty, whats this all about . Down t sheriff Ross Mirkarimi san reporter well, ken, the San Francisco sheriff says that the citys bail system holds poor people in jail even on low level charges simply because they cant afford to pay up. So today he threw his support behind a nonprofit Civil Rights Group that filed a class action complaint to make not paying bail a reality. Oing away with the bail system would save taxpayers and the lars. Sot jeffrey washington san fra in San Francisco jails only those who can afford to pay for freedom get it. Many others have to sit in jail waiting for trial because they cant make bail. Does it come down to rich versus poor . It does absolutely and the size of your financial wherewithal and resources. Public safety