After years of discussion and debate, Marin County has finally unveiled a proposed ordinance that could soon lead to civilian oversight of the sheriff’s office. But a watchdog group is already sounding the alarm that the ordinance is “fundamentally flawed.”
Sheriff should be trusted to decide what is best I am writing in response to the Marin Voice commentary by Tammy Edmonson (“Supervisors slipped up by not putting limits on sheriff’s military arsenal,” Oct. 19). In her commentary, Edmonson the co-founder of a group called the Mill Valley Force for Racial Equity and Empowerment […]
A local watchdog group is again raising concerns about the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, saying the law enforcement agency refuses to address its high incidence of racial profiling. Marin County Sheriff Jamie Scardina disputed the department’s need to make policing policy changes when I interviewed him last week.
Two dissenting members of the board Stephanie Moulton-Peters and Mary Sackett proposed instead to withhold approval and create a board subcommittee to delve into the issue.