County governments in California can establish agencies to oversee their sheriff’s offices and obtain their records under a ruling affirmed Wednesday by the state Supreme Court, which denied an appeal by Sonoma County sheriff’s officers and their union of a … Read more
Sonoma County IOLERO Director is hired as Marin County’s first Inspector General.
Sonoma County leaders are considering changes to sheriff oversight that could reshape accountability, transparency, and public trust in local law enforcement.
In a huge victory for independent oversight, the Court of Appeals affirms that Sonoma County inspector general has the authority to issue subpoenas to investigate whistleblower complaints and that the Sheriff must comply.
A state appellate court ruled Thursday that the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office must comply with subpoenas issued to deputies as part of a whistleblower investigation by IOLERO.
Sheriff refuses to allow deputies to talk to IOLERO on investigation issues.
Police are more frequently ignoring requests by mental health repsondents to enact a 5150 psych hold, leeaing the person untreated and unassisted.
Tentative court ruling states that IOLERO, the Sonoma County civilian law enforcement watchdog agency, can issue subpoenas to deputies as part of its whistleblower investigations into the Sheriff’s Office.
A Sonoma County judge has ruled that a civilian oversight agency lacks the authority to subpoena the sheriff for records while investigating whistleblower complaints involving staff
A Sonoma County judge denied an effort by the county’s law enforcement oversight agency to issue subpoenas in a whistleblower investigation into the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
A Sonoma County judge is weighing a decision that could determine the limits of independent oversight for California sheriffs.