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He lives today with long-term disabilities affecting his memory, movement and speech, his attorney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new report from the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring, or OCLEM, says the public has a right to information about the case, which is at the center of county supervisors’ call last month for multiple investigations into longtime sheriff Laurie Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OCLEM is an independent agency formed by Santa Clara County in 2018 to provide oversight over the sheriff. Its report mirrored concerns aired by politicians in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite repeated requests, “the Sheriff (through her attorney) has expressly declined to provide us any information relating to the Internal Affairs investigation that her agency appears to have initiated and then deactivated,” the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That unexplained and abrupt end to the internal probe also factored into the county’s decision to settle a lawsuit brought by Hogan and his parents for $10 million last year, according to a second bombshell document that also was made public Friday.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Excerpt from a report by the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring\"]'These facts, taken together with the unexplained closure of the Internal Affairs investigation, certainly raise the question of whether the officer’s position in the union and its support for the Sheriff's political campaign played a role in the decision to deactivate the Internal Affairs investigation.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Counsel James Williams wrote in a Feb. 10, 2020, memo to the Board of Supervisors that a jury could find that the sheriff essentially signed off on unconstitutional conduct by a jail supervisor at the scene of Hogan’s injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would open up the county to even greater liability, according to the memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan, then 24, was arrested Aug. 10, 2018, on a minor offense in hopes, according to his attorney, that he would be treated in the psychiatric unit of the county’s Main Jail. Hogan has schizoaffective disorder and had been unable to get treatment, his attorney said. He ended up being held in the Elmwood Men's Facility until Aug. 25, 2018, when he began to beat his head against the wall of a jail cell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officers decided to transfer him, and coaxed him into a steel-caged prisoner transport van.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were 10 million things they did wrong,” Hogan’s attorney Paula Canny said. “And Andy suffered 10 million dollars worth of injuries and profoundly impacted his life, his parents' life, the life of his brothers, his grandmother, everybody that loved Andy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county plans to soon release video that captured different phases of the incident; some four hours of footage is still being redacted. Both the county counsel’s memo and the OCLEM report cite video that has yet to be made public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the approximately 12-minute drive between the two jails, Hogan started to bang his head on a steel beam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the deputies estimated that Mr. Hogan struck his head at least 50 times,” while en route, the county counsel’s memo says. After the van arrived at the main jail, video captured an unidentified sheriff’s supervisor peeking into the van while a nurse assessed Hogan and suggested he immediately be transported by ambulance to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first unnamed supervisor noticed “there was an extreme amount of blood coming from the top of his head dripping onto his face,” according to the OCLEM report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the supervisor then shut the door to the van and called for the jail’s emergency response team to suit up in protective gear to extract Hogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisor can be heard on video saying that in the meantime “Hogan ‘will do all the damage he wants [to himself],’” according to the county counsel’s memo, which says the supervisor “appears harsh and insensitive to Hogan’s needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was horrifying,” Canny said about the sergeant’s statement. “There’s two things that are horrifying about that: One, that that was her perception, and two, as she said it, the nurse was standing right next to her and did nothing to correct her. To me it’s a double whammy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several minutes passed while ambulance personnel and jail staff waited for the specialized jail team to arrive.[aside postID=\"news_11884772\" label=\"More Coverage of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor 1 closed the doors of the van, leaving no one to monitor Mr. Hogan as he continued to bleed and decompensate,” the OCLEM report says. “On the recordings, Mr. Hogan can be heard yelling irrational statements with less and less vigor as he eventually lapses into unconsciousness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county counsel wrote that images of EMTs “standing around and casually chatting with jail staff” while Hogan lost consciousness “will not resonate well with a jury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The specialized team removed Hogan, unconscious, from the van approximately 9 minutes after an ambulance first arrived, according to a timeline in the OCLEM report citing jail surveillance video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jail had no policies on transporting mentally ill people when Hogan was injured, according to the county counsel. But that policy changed as a result of Hogan’s case, directing that people with mental illness only be transported in a sedan or ambulance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had absolutely no policy,” Canny said. “They had no training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OCLEM report echoes suspicions first advanced by county supervisors Joe Simitian and Otto Lee last month about politics potentially influencing an internal investigation in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jail’s watch commander at the time, then-Lt. Amy Le, who was present at the scene of Hogan’s injury, according to Canny and others familiar with the case, was promoted three months after Hogan was injured. She was also the head of the correctional officers union, which had endorsed Smith in a contentious reelection bid that the sheriff won in November 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These facts, taken together with the unexplained closure of the Internal Affairs investigation, certainly raise the question of whether the officer’s position in the union and its support for the Sheriff’s political campaign played a role in the decision to deactivate the Internal Affairs investigation,” the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le resigned facing discipline for misconduct unrelated to the Hogan case in 2019. She’s suing the county for wrongful termination alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oversight agency was granted subpoena power late last year under a new state law, and the office says it will now use that power to probe what happened to shut down the internal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once an Internal Affairs investigation is initiated, it should be the extraordinary circumstance that would cause it to be closed without a finding,” the OCLEM report says. “The interruption of the fact-collection process means that leadership remains in the dark about precisely what happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county and oversight office plan to release more information about the case as it is prepared. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to receive the reports on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Reports from the county counsel and Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring shed new light on a case in which a man with mental illness was severely injured in sheriffs' custody.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1631561373,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":36,"wordCount":1392},"headData":{"title":"Oversight Agency Probes Santa Clara County Sheriff Over an Internal Investigation That Was Shut Down | KQED","description":"Reports from the county counsel and Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring shed new light on a case in which a man with mental illness was severely injured in sheriffs' custody.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Oversight Agency Probes Santa Clara County Sheriff Over an Internal Investigation That Was Shut Down","datePublished":"2021-09-12T13:00:55.000Z","dateModified":"2021-09-13T19:29:33.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11888155 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11888155","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/09/12/oversight-agency-probes-santa-clara-county-sheriff-over-an-internal-investigation-that-was-shut-down/","disqusTitle":"Oversight Agency Probes Santa Clara County Sheriff Over an Internal Investigation That Was Shut Down","path":"/news/11888155/oversight-agency-probes-santa-clara-county-sheriff-over-an-internal-investigation-that-was-shut-down","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A law enforcement oversight agency plans to subpoena the Santa Clara County sheriff to obtain records from an allegedly abandoned internal investigation in the case of a man with mental illness who was severely injured in 2018 while in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21060938-attachment-217885\">A preliminary report\u003c/a> by the county Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring made public Friday evening questioned what it called the “highly irregular and problematic” decision to close the internal investigation into Andrew Hogan’s case before it was completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of intervening as 24-year-old Andrew Hogan pleaded for help, Santa Clara County correctional officers and medical staff allegedly stood by and did nothing as he beat his head against the metal cage of a prisoner transport van until he knocked himself unconscious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan was in a coma for six weeks following the traumatic brain injury he suffered on Aug. 25, 2018, according to a legal claim. He lives today with long-term disabilities affecting his memory, movement and speech, his attorney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new report from the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring, or OCLEM, says the public has a right to information about the case, which is at the center of county supervisors’ call last month for multiple investigations into longtime sheriff Laurie Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OCLEM is an independent agency formed by Santa Clara County in 2018 to provide oversight over the sheriff. Its report mirrored concerns aired by politicians in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite repeated requests, “the Sheriff (through her attorney) has expressly declined to provide us any information relating to the Internal Affairs investigation that her agency appears to have initiated and then deactivated,” the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That unexplained and abrupt end to the internal probe also factored into the county’s decision to settle a lawsuit brought by Hogan and his parents for $10 million last year, according to a second bombshell document that also was made public Friday.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'These facts, taken together with the unexplained closure of the Internal Affairs investigation, certainly raise the question of whether the officer’s position in the union and its support for the Sheriff's political campaign played a role in the decision to deactivate the Internal Affairs investigation.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Excerpt from a report by the Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Counsel James Williams wrote in a Feb. 10, 2020, memo to the Board of Supervisors that a jury could find that the sheriff essentially signed off on unconstitutional conduct by a jail supervisor at the scene of Hogan’s injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would open up the county to even greater liability, according to the memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan, then 24, was arrested Aug. 10, 2018, on a minor offense in hopes, according to his attorney, that he would be treated in the psychiatric unit of the county’s Main Jail. Hogan has schizoaffective disorder and had been unable to get treatment, his attorney said. He ended up being held in the Elmwood Men's Facility until Aug. 25, 2018, when he began to beat his head against the wall of a jail cell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corrections officers decided to transfer him, and coaxed him into a steel-caged prisoner transport van.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were 10 million things they did wrong,” Hogan’s attorney Paula Canny said. “And Andy suffered 10 million dollars worth of injuries and profoundly impacted his life, his parents' life, the life of his brothers, his grandmother, everybody that loved Andy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county plans to soon release video that captured different phases of the incident; some four hours of footage is still being redacted. Both the county counsel’s memo and the OCLEM report cite video that has yet to be made public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the approximately 12-minute drive between the two jails, Hogan started to bang his head on a steel beam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the deputies estimated that Mr. Hogan struck his head at least 50 times,” while en route, the county counsel’s memo says. After the van arrived at the main jail, video captured an unidentified sheriff’s supervisor peeking into the van while a nurse assessed Hogan and suggested he immediately be transported by ambulance to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first unnamed supervisor noticed “there was an extreme amount of blood coming from the top of his head dripping onto his face,” according to the OCLEM report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the supervisor then shut the door to the van and called for the jail’s emergency response team to suit up in protective gear to extract Hogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisor can be heard on video saying that in the meantime “Hogan ‘will do all the damage he wants [to himself],’” according to the county counsel’s memo, which says the supervisor “appears harsh and insensitive to Hogan’s needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was horrifying,” Canny said about the sergeant’s statement. “There’s two things that are horrifying about that: One, that that was her perception, and two, as she said it, the nurse was standing right next to her and did nothing to correct her. To me it’s a double whammy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several minutes passed while ambulance personnel and jail staff waited for the specialized jail team to arrive.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11884772","label":"More Coverage of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Supervisor 1 closed the doors of the van, leaving no one to monitor Mr. Hogan as he continued to bleed and decompensate,” the OCLEM report says. “On the recordings, Mr. Hogan can be heard yelling irrational statements with less and less vigor as he eventually lapses into unconsciousness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county counsel wrote that images of EMTs “standing around and casually chatting with jail staff” while Hogan lost consciousness “will not resonate well with a jury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The specialized team removed Hogan, unconscious, from the van approximately 9 minutes after an ambulance first arrived, according to a timeline in the OCLEM report citing jail surveillance video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jail had no policies on transporting mentally ill people when Hogan was injured, according to the county counsel. But that policy changed as a result of Hogan’s case, directing that people with mental illness only be transported in a sedan or ambulance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had absolutely no policy,” Canny said. “They had no training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OCLEM report echoes suspicions first advanced by county supervisors Joe Simitian and Otto Lee last month about politics potentially influencing an internal investigation in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jail’s watch commander at the time, then-Lt. Amy Le, who was present at the scene of Hogan’s injury, according to Canny and others familiar with the case, was promoted three months after Hogan was injured. She was also the head of the correctional officers union, which had endorsed Smith in a contentious reelection bid that the sheriff won in November 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These facts, taken together with the unexplained closure of the Internal Affairs investigation, certainly raise the question of whether the officer’s position in the union and its support for the Sheriff’s political campaign played a role in the decision to deactivate the Internal Affairs investigation,” the report says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le resigned facing discipline for misconduct unrelated to the Hogan case in 2019. She’s suing the county for wrongful termination alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oversight agency was granted subpoena power late last year under a new state law, and the office says it will now use that power to probe what happened to shut down the internal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once an Internal Affairs investigation is initiated, it should be the extraordinary circumstance that would cause it to be closed without a finding,” the OCLEM report says. “The interruption of the fact-collection process means that leadership remains in the dark about precisely what happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county and oversight office plan to release more information about the case as it is prepared. The Board of Supervisors is scheduled to receive the reports on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11888155/oversight-agency-probes-santa-clara-county-sheriff-over-an-internal-investigation-that-was-shut-down","authors":["3206"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_17725","news_27626","news_2069","news_29787","news_18188","news_24466","news_21034"],"featImg":"news_11888156","label":"news"},"news_11885541":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11885541","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11885541","score":null,"sort":[1629320719000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"amid-accusations-of-jail-abuse-and-calls-for-resignation-santa-clara-county-sheriff-refuses-to-step-down","title":"Amid Accusations of Jail Abuse and Calls for Resignation, Santa Clara County Sheriff Refuses to Step Down","publishDate":1629320719,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to call for multiple investigations of Sheriff Laurie Smith and her office, questioning whether “political influence” affected discipline in cases of people with mental illness severely injured in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said that she welcomes probes called for by supervisors, including from the U.S. and state justice departments, the state Fair Political Practices Commission and the county civil grand jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11884772\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS14214_iStock_000012526327_Large-qut1-1440x1080.jpg\"]“Since there continues to be a lot of speculation and certainly inferences, I welcome any and all investigations,” Smith said at a press conference Tuesday. She also suggested the FBI should investigate her office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors also voted for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884772/horrific-incidents-in-jails-prompt-santa-clara-county-supervisors-call-for-investigations-of-sheriff\">public release of information related to the case of Andrew Hogan\u003c/a>, a man with schizoaffective disorder who in 2018 suffered a traumatic brain injury in sheriff’s custody. The county settled a legal claim in the case \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041082-2020-0316-hogan-andrew-settlement-agreement\">for over $10 million last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041080-2021-08-17-public-safety-and-justice-referral\">legislative referral passed on Tuesday\u003c/a>, supervisors question the “appearance of impropriety” in the aftermath of Hogan’s injuries. It notes the promotion of former sheriff’s Captain Amy Le three months after she was present at the Hogan incident. She was also president of the correctional officers union at the time, which raised over $300,000 for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703698/incumbent-santa-clara-county-sheriff-laurie-smith-takes-big-lead-in-early-returns\">Smith’s 2018 reelection campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Supervisor Joe Simitian criticized a lack of transparency in that and other cases, calling for “a fuller understanding of what is and isn’t happening, what consequences there have or have not been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the sheriff’s office has stonewalled the county’s relatively new oversight office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Otto Lee, Santa Clara County Supervisor\"]'Change is long overdue. The issue is over the lack of oversight, accountability and transparency in our sheriff’s office and our county jail.'[/pullquote]“The sheriff has repeatedly declined, over the course of more than a year now, to enter into an information sharing agreement with our Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring,” Simitian said. “I just don’t see that we’ve been left with any other choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors directed the oversight office to prepare reports, video and audio files from the Hogan case for public release by Sept. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Change is long overdue. The issue is over the lack of oversight, accountability and transparency in our sheriff’s office and our county jail,” Supervisor Otto Lee said. “Let’s not let these tragedies continue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raj Jayadev, head of social justice nonprofit Silicon Valley De-Bug, called for Smith to resign and stop the proposed construction on a new 535-bed jail, which he said will only allow for continued abuse of incarcerated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The resistance from the sheriff to be transparent or cooperative with independent oversight has left us stuck as a county but is also indicative of the lack of accountability that is inherent to jails,” Jayadev said during a public comment session. “This call for transparency and accountability in jails is the right step, but ultimately, we will find ourselves in the cycle again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sheriff Laurie Smith, Santa Clara County\"]'There’s a lot still to be done.'[/pullquote]On Monday San José Mayor Sam Liccardo called for Smith to step down, and voiced support for the investigations requested by county supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of whether corruption or incompetence best explains Sheriff Smith’s failures, either suffices to compel her resignation,” Liccardo said.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nLast year, Smith refused to testify in a Santa Clara County criminal grand jury probe investigating an alleged scheme to trade concealed weapons permits for campaign donations to reelect the sheriff in 2018. Liccardo said that alone should raise red flags to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That should disqualify anyone from serving in any law enforcement capacity, let alone the highest ranking,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said she does not plan to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Or to quote a general, ‘Nuts,’\" she said. “There’s a lot still to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith defended her refusal to testify before the grand jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my right, and I'm glad that I did it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that probe undersheriff Rick Sung and Captain James Jensen were indicted, as were others outside the sheriff’s office. Smith has not been charged in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Tuesday's press conference, Smith defended jail reforms instituted under a pair of court-ordered consent decrees and in the aftermath of the 2015 murder of Michael Tyree in a jail cell by three sheriff’s officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11777176,news_11285099,news_10875665\" Label=\"Santa Clara County Jails\" target=\"blank\"]“We have made meaningful change,” she said, citing millions of dollars spent to upgrade facilities, decreased use of solitary confinement and an updated use-of-force policy. She said construction of a new jail, as well as more staffing, is needed to better care for people with mental illness who are arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Paula Canny, who represents Andrew Hogan and his parents, joined the sheriff at the press conference to caution against the immediate release of video from the case. She said Hogan and his family should have a chance to see it first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canny said the sheriff has been “super responsive” in trying to improve conditions for people with mental illness held in jails, but any long-term solution goes beyond law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hurting Sheriff Smith doesn't help mentally ill people,” she said. “The only thing that's going to help mentally ill people is to fund public health mental health facilities. That's what's going to solve this problem.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"At a press conference on Tuesday, Sheriff Laurie Smith defended her accomplishments amid growing pressure from Santa Clara County officials for her to step down.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1629333532,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":26,"wordCount":1003},"headData":{"title":"Amid Accusations of Jail Abuse and Calls for Resignation, Santa Clara County Sheriff Refuses to Step Down | KQED","description":"At a press conference on Tuesday, Sheriff Laurie Smith defended her accomplishments amid growing pressure from Santa Clara County officials for her to step down.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Amid Accusations of Jail Abuse and Calls for Resignation, Santa Clara County Sheriff Refuses to Step Down","datePublished":"2021-08-18T21:05:19.000Z","dateModified":"2021-08-19T00:38:52.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11885541 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11885541","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/08/18/amid-accusations-of-jail-abuse-and-calls-for-resignation-santa-clara-county-sheriff-refuses-to-step-down/","disqusTitle":"Amid Accusations of Jail Abuse and Calls for Resignation, Santa Clara County Sheriff Refuses to Step Down","path":"/news/11885541/amid-accusations-of-jail-abuse-and-calls-for-resignation-santa-clara-county-sheriff-refuses-to-step-down","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to call for multiple investigations of Sheriff Laurie Smith and her office, questioning whether “political influence” affected discipline in cases of people with mental illness severely injured in custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said that she welcomes probes called for by supervisors, including from the U.S. and state justice departments, the state Fair Political Practices Commission and the county civil grand jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11884772","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/RS14214_iStock_000012526327_Large-qut1-1440x1080.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Since there continues to be a lot of speculation and certainly inferences, I welcome any and all investigations,” Smith said at a press conference Tuesday. She also suggested the FBI should investigate her office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors also voted for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884772/horrific-incidents-in-jails-prompt-santa-clara-county-supervisors-call-for-investigations-of-sheriff\">public release of information related to the case of Andrew Hogan\u003c/a>, a man with schizoaffective disorder who in 2018 suffered a traumatic brain injury in sheriff’s custody. The county settled a legal claim in the case \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041082-2020-0316-hogan-andrew-settlement-agreement\">for over $10 million last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041080-2021-08-17-public-safety-and-justice-referral\">legislative referral passed on Tuesday\u003c/a>, supervisors question the “appearance of impropriety” in the aftermath of Hogan’s injuries. It notes the promotion of former sheriff’s Captain Amy Le three months after she was present at the Hogan incident. She was also president of the correctional officers union at the time, which raised over $300,000 for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703698/incumbent-santa-clara-county-sheriff-laurie-smith-takes-big-lead-in-early-returns\">Smith’s 2018 reelection campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Supervisor Joe Simitian criticized a lack of transparency in that and other cases, calling for “a fuller understanding of what is and isn’t happening, what consequences there have or have not been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the sheriff’s office has stonewalled the county’s relatively new oversight office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Change is long overdue. The issue is over the lack of oversight, accountability and transparency in our sheriff’s office and our county jail.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Otto Lee, Santa Clara County Supervisor","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The sheriff has repeatedly declined, over the course of more than a year now, to enter into an information sharing agreement with our Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring,” Simitian said. “I just don’t see that we’ve been left with any other choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors directed the oversight office to prepare reports, video and audio files from the Hogan case for public release by Sept. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Change is long overdue. The issue is over the lack of oversight, accountability and transparency in our sheriff’s office and our county jail,” Supervisor Otto Lee said. “Let’s not let these tragedies continue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raj Jayadev, head of social justice nonprofit Silicon Valley De-Bug, called for Smith to resign and stop the proposed construction on a new 535-bed jail, which he said will only allow for continued abuse of incarcerated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The resistance from the sheriff to be transparent or cooperative with independent oversight has left us stuck as a county but is also indicative of the lack of accountability that is inherent to jails,” Jayadev said during a public comment session. “This call for transparency and accountability in jails is the right step, but ultimately, we will find ourselves in the cycle again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'There’s a lot still to be done.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Sheriff Laurie Smith, Santa Clara County","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On Monday San José Mayor Sam Liccardo called for Smith to step down, and voiced support for the investigations requested by county supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of whether corruption or incompetence best explains Sheriff Smith’s failures, either suffices to compel her resignation,” Liccardo said.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nLast year, Smith refused to testify in a Santa Clara County criminal grand jury probe investigating an alleged scheme to trade concealed weapons permits for campaign donations to reelect the sheriff in 2018. Liccardo said that alone should raise red flags to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That should disqualify anyone from serving in any law enforcement capacity, let alone the highest ranking,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said she does not plan to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Or to quote a general, ‘Nuts,’\" she said. “There’s a lot still to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith defended her refusal to testify before the grand jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my right, and I'm glad that I did it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that probe undersheriff Rick Sung and Captain James Jensen were indicted, as were others outside the sheriff’s office. Smith has not been charged in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Tuesday's press conference, Smith defended jail reforms instituted under a pair of court-ordered consent decrees and in the aftermath of the 2015 murder of Michael Tyree in a jail cell by three sheriff’s officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11777176,news_11285099,news_10875665","label":"Santa Clara County Jails ","target":"blank"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We have made meaningful change,” she said, citing millions of dollars spent to upgrade facilities, decreased use of solitary confinement and an updated use-of-force policy. She said construction of a new jail, as well as more staffing, is needed to better care for people with mental illness who are arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Paula Canny, who represents Andrew Hogan and his parents, joined the sheriff at the press conference to caution against the immediate release of video from the case. She said Hogan and his family should have a chance to see it first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canny said the sheriff has been “super responsive” in trying to improve conditions for people with mental illness held in jails, but any long-term solution goes beyond law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hurting Sheriff Smith doesn't help mentally ill people,” she said. “The only thing that's going to help mentally ill people is to fund public health mental health facilities. That's what's going to solve this problem.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11885541/amid-accusations-of-jail-abuse-and-calls-for-resignation-santa-clara-county-sheriff-refuses-to-step-down","authors":["11672","3206"],"categories":["news_6188","news_28250","news_8"],"tags":["news_29810","news_27626","news_29808","news_29787","news_29807","news_6413","news_18541","news_18188","news_25766","news_24466","news_21034","news_29809"],"featImg":"news_11885542","label":"news"},"news_11884772":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11884772","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11884772","score":null,"sort":[1628813942000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"horrific-incidents-in-jails-prompt-santa-clara-county-supervisors-call-for-investigations-of-sheriff","title":"'Horrific' Incidents in Jails Prompt Santa Clara County Supervisors' Call for Investigations of Sheriff","publishDate":1628813942,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Three years after three Santa Clara County correctional officers beat a mentally ill man to death in a jail cell, another group of county officers was confronted with another man suffering a severe psychiatric crisis in a jail unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But instead of intervening as 24-year-old Andrew Hogan pleaded for help, they allegedly stood by and did nothing as he beat his head against the metal cage of a prisoner transport van until he knocked himself unconscious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan was in a coma for six weeks following the traumatic brain injury he suffered on Aug. 25, 2018, according to a legal claim the county settled last year for $10 million. He lives today with long-term disabilities affecting his memory, movement and speech, his attorney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That case in particular, county Supervisor Joe Simitian said, prompted him to file a call Wednesday for wide-ranging investigations into longtime Sheriff Laurie Smith and her office. Simitian and Supervisor Otto Lee co-sponsored a legislative referral to be considered for a vote by the full board on Aug. 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bad things keep happening in our jails,” Simitian said. “It’s just got to stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair of supervisors are calling for investigations by the county civil grand jury and state Department of Justice as well as the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The referral goes beyond citing a series of severe injuries to vulnerable people in county custody dating back to the 2015 murder of Michael Tyree by three correctional officers: It alleges the sheriff has stonewalled attempts at increased transparency and oversight spurred by Tyree’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we have to have new leadership in the sheriff’s office,” Simitian said, noting the county has spent well over $400 million on efforts to reform its jails. “And still, we have tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. That tells you there needs to be a change at the top.”[aside postID=\"news_11777176,news_11285099,news_10875665\" Label=\"Santa Clara County Jails\" target=\"blank\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two supervisors question the sheriff's accountability and raise the “appearance of impropriety” in the Hogan case in light of campaign spending to reelect Smith in 2018 by a former high-ranking sheriff’s official reportedly involved in the incident. They’re also seeking public release of documents and video recordings from the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Bad things are going to happen’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Hogan, who is diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, was supposed to be taken to the psychiatric unit at Santa Clara County’s main jail, his attorney Paula Canny said. But there wasn’t a bed, so he ended up at the county's Elmwood retention facility, on suicide watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan's condition worsened there, Canny said, and he began banging his head on the wall of his cell. Officers decided to transport him back to the psychiatric unit -- about a 12-minute drive back to the main jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of transporting Hogan by ambulance, as Canny said should have been done, officers shackled him and put him in the cage of a prisoner transport van.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He's begging not to be pushed in and then they push him in and then they shut and lock this door,” said Canny, who said she’s viewed over four hours of video of the incident that has not been made public. “Then he's screaming, ‘Don't do it. Bad things are going to happen. Bad things are going to happen. Help! Help! Help! Get me out of here!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s video from an officer’s body camera of Hogan beginning to bang his head in the van while it’s en route, Canny said, but the officers didn’t stop or redirect to a hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time they arrived at a secure entrance to the main jail, “Andy had literally started to bang the brains out of his head,” Canny said.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County supervisor\"]'We have tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. That tells you there needs to be a change at the top.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An as-yet-unidentified sergeant and then-watch commander Lt. Amy Le joined a group of officers outside the van, Canny said, but no one intervened until paramedics arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For maybe 20 more minutes, Andy continued to beg and scream for help, and not one person did anything,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors placed Hogan in a medically induced coma and part of his skull was removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said it is \"proud of the changes we have accomplished\" through \"extensive jail reform.\" Hogan should have been placed in a treatment facility, not a jail, they wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have long been a proponent of mental health treatment for individuals suffering from mental illness, not incarcerating them in a jail environment,\" the sheriff's office wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Appearance of impropriety’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2018, when the Hogan incident occurred, Le was president of the Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers Association and had endorsed Sheriff Smith in a contentious reelection bid. The correctional officers' political action committee would make about $300,000 in independent campaign expenditures to reelect the sheriff by the year’s end, effectively doubling Smith’s campaign funding, Simitian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union's current president said in a written statement that the SCCCPOA \"followed all election laws during the entire 2018 campaign cycle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The decision to endorse the Sheriff was done by secret ballot of the entire membership,\" union President Todd Kendrick wrote. \"In this vote, the Sheriff received a substantial majority. Amy Le had a single vote in this matter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le was promoted to captain after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703698/incumbent-santa-clara-county-sheriff-laurie-smith-takes-big-lead-in-early-returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smith’s reelection\u003c/a> in November 2018, three months being involved in the incident with Andrew Hogan. The Sheriff’s office has not said publicly whether it has investigated the Hogan case or Le's reported role in it.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Paula Canny, Andrew Hogan's attorney\"]'Andy had literally started to bang the brains out of his head.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are law enforcement officers that are tasked with enforcing the law. And this is completely lawless,” Canny said. “And rewarding this kind of bad behavior with a promotion — it is remarkable to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simitian and Supervisor Lee are calling for the release of information about the Hogan case, including a 19-page confidential memo prepared by county attorneys for the board of supervisors as it considered the $10 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041082-2020-0316-hogan-andrew-settlement-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">settlement\u003c/a> in the case that was finalized last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The referral heading to the full board next week charges that taken together, Le’s high overtime pay, her involvement in the sheriff’s reelection and her promotion about three months after Hogan’s injury all raise the “appearance of impropriety” that “undermines the public trust and confidence in government and law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When there is the immediate proximity to such horrific behavior and no apparent consequences and, in fact, promotions in the aftermath of a costly and tragic incident, you really do have to ask yourself what’s going on here and why,” Simitian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through her attorney, Le said poor training for deputies and a failure of Smith’s leadership led to Hogan’s injuries. Le resigned facing discipline unrelated to the Hogan case in 2019. She’s now suing the county for wrongful termination alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation. She said she supports efforts to increase transparency and oversight of the jails.[aside postID=\"news_11702978\" label=\"Coverage of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Race\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisors’ call for investigations comes as Smith faces growing scandals on multiple fronts. Higher-ups in her office are facing criminal bribery and conspiracy charges for allegedly arranging concealed carry weapons permits in exchange for campaign donations to reelect Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she’s publicly fought against granting unfettered access to an independent oversight agency, the county’s Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring. Simitian said the sheriff recently retained outside counsel in long-stalled negotiations over an information-sharing agreement with the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Too many of these cases’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After paying approximately $14 million in settlements in the Tyree and Hogan cases, Simitian said the county is facing a further potentially costly sheriff's office case involving yet another grave injury to a man with mental illness in county jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawsuit pending in Santa Clara County's Superior Court alleges that in August 2019, jail staff left Juan Martin Nunez alone in his cell for 24 hours after he’d injured his spinal cord by striking his head against the wall of his cell. The suit alleges jail staff and paramedics then failed to stabilize Nunez before taking him to the hospital, worsening injuries “that left him a quadriplegic, unable to communicate and in need of a ventilator to breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has already agreed to a $50,000 interim settlement in the case to help cover Nunez’s medical costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've got far too many of these cases, any one of which is a stand-alone tragedy,” Simitian said. “We can't keep letting this happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[documentcloud url=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041080-2021-08-17-public-safety-and-justice-referral\" responsive=true text=false]\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Board referral seeks increased transparency, state DOJ investigation and other probes into longtime sheriff Laurie Smith and her office.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1628890553,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":38,"wordCount":1606},"headData":{"title":"'Horrific' Incidents in Jails Prompt Santa Clara County Supervisors' Call for Investigations of Sheriff | KQED","description":"Board referral seeks increased transparency, state DOJ investigation and other probes into longtime sheriff Laurie Smith and her office.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'Horrific' Incidents in Jails Prompt Santa Clara County Supervisors' Call for Investigations of Sheriff","datePublished":"2021-08-13T00:19:02.000Z","dateModified":"2021-08-13T21:35:53.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11884772 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11884772","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2021/08/12/horrific-incidents-in-jails-prompt-santa-clara-county-supervisors-call-for-investigations-of-sheriff/","disqusTitle":"'Horrific' Incidents in Jails Prompt Santa Clara County Supervisors' Call for Investigations of Sheriff","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2021/08/EmslieSCSheriff.mp3","path":"/news/11884772/horrific-incidents-in-jails-prompt-santa-clara-county-supervisors-call-for-investigations-of-sheriff","audioDuration":101000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Three years after three Santa Clara County correctional officers beat a mentally ill man to death in a jail cell, another group of county officers was confronted with another man suffering a severe psychiatric crisis in a jail unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But instead of intervening as 24-year-old Andrew Hogan pleaded for help, they allegedly stood by and did nothing as he beat his head against the metal cage of a prisoner transport van until he knocked himself unconscious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan was in a coma for six weeks following the traumatic brain injury he suffered on Aug. 25, 2018, according to a legal claim the county settled last year for $10 million. He lives today with long-term disabilities affecting his memory, movement and speech, his attorney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That case in particular, county Supervisor Joe Simitian said, prompted him to file a call Wednesday for wide-ranging investigations into longtime Sheriff Laurie Smith and her office. Simitian and Supervisor Otto Lee co-sponsored a legislative referral to be considered for a vote by the full board on Aug. 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bad things keep happening in our jails,” Simitian said. “It’s just got to stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair of supervisors are calling for investigations by the county civil grand jury and state Department of Justice as well as the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The referral goes beyond citing a series of severe injuries to vulnerable people in county custody dating back to the 2015 murder of Michael Tyree by three correctional officers: It alleges the sheriff has stonewalled attempts at increased transparency and oversight spurred by Tyree’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we have to have new leadership in the sheriff’s office,” Simitian said, noting the county has spent well over $400 million on efforts to reform its jails. “And still, we have tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. That tells you there needs to be a change at the top.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11777176,news_11285099,news_10875665","label":"Santa Clara County Jails ","target":"blank"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two supervisors question the sheriff's accountability and raise the “appearance of impropriety” in the Hogan case in light of campaign spending to reelect Smith in 2018 by a former high-ranking sheriff’s official reportedly involved in the incident. They’re also seeking public release of documents and video recordings from the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Bad things are going to happen’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Hogan, who is diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, was supposed to be taken to the psychiatric unit at Santa Clara County’s main jail, his attorney Paula Canny said. But there wasn’t a bed, so he ended up at the county's Elmwood retention facility, on suicide watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hogan's condition worsened there, Canny said, and he began banging his head on the wall of his cell. Officers decided to transport him back to the psychiatric unit -- about a 12-minute drive back to the main jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of transporting Hogan by ambulance, as Canny said should have been done, officers shackled him and put him in the cage of a prisoner transport van.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He's begging not to be pushed in and then they push him in and then they shut and lock this door,” said Canny, who said she’s viewed over four hours of video of the incident that has not been made public. “Then he's screaming, ‘Don't do it. Bad things are going to happen. Bad things are going to happen. Help! Help! Help! Get me out of here!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s video from an officer’s body camera of Hogan beginning to bang his head in the van while it’s en route, Canny said, but the officers didn’t stop or redirect to a hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time they arrived at a secure entrance to the main jail, “Andy had literally started to bang the brains out of his head,” Canny said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We have tragedy after tragedy after tragedy. That tells you there needs to be a change at the top.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County supervisor","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An as-yet-unidentified sergeant and then-watch commander Lt. Amy Le joined a group of officers outside the van, Canny said, but no one intervened until paramedics arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For maybe 20 more minutes, Andy continued to beg and scream for help, and not one person did anything,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors placed Hogan in a medically induced coma and part of his skull was removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said it is \"proud of the changes we have accomplished\" through \"extensive jail reform.\" Hogan should have been placed in a treatment facility, not a jail, they wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have long been a proponent of mental health treatment for individuals suffering from mental illness, not incarcerating them in a jail environment,\" the sheriff's office wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Appearance of impropriety’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2018, when the Hogan incident occurred, Le was president of the Santa Clara County Correctional Peace Officers Association and had endorsed Sheriff Smith in a contentious reelection bid. The correctional officers' political action committee would make about $300,000 in independent campaign expenditures to reelect the sheriff by the year’s end, effectively doubling Smith’s campaign funding, Simitian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union's current president said in a written statement that the SCCCPOA \"followed all election laws during the entire 2018 campaign cycle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The decision to endorse the Sheriff was done by secret ballot of the entire membership,\" union President Todd Kendrick wrote. \"In this vote, the Sheriff received a substantial majority. Amy Le had a single vote in this matter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le was promoted to captain after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11703698/incumbent-santa-clara-county-sheriff-laurie-smith-takes-big-lead-in-early-returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smith’s reelection\u003c/a> in November 2018, three months being involved in the incident with Andrew Hogan. The Sheriff’s office has not said publicly whether it has investigated the Hogan case or Le's reported role in it.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Andy had literally started to bang the brains out of his head.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Paula Canny, Andrew Hogan's attorney","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are law enforcement officers that are tasked with enforcing the law. And this is completely lawless,” Canny said. “And rewarding this kind of bad behavior with a promotion — it is remarkable to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simitian and Supervisor Lee are calling for the release of information about the Hogan case, including a 19-page confidential memo prepared by county attorneys for the board of supervisors as it considered the $10 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041082-2020-0316-hogan-andrew-settlement-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">settlement\u003c/a> in the case that was finalized last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The referral heading to the full board next week charges that taken together, Le’s high overtime pay, her involvement in the sheriff’s reelection and her promotion about three months after Hogan’s injury all raise the “appearance of impropriety” that “undermines the public trust and confidence in government and law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When there is the immediate proximity to such horrific behavior and no apparent consequences and, in fact, promotions in the aftermath of a costly and tragic incident, you really do have to ask yourself what’s going on here and why,” Simitian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through her attorney, Le said poor training for deputies and a failure of Smith’s leadership led to Hogan’s injuries. Le resigned facing discipline unrelated to the Hogan case in 2019. She’s now suing the county for wrongful termination alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation. She said she supports efforts to increase transparency and oversight of the jails.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11702978","label":"Coverage of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Race "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisors’ call for investigations comes as Smith faces growing scandals on multiple fronts. Higher-ups in her office are facing criminal bribery and conspiracy charges for allegedly arranging concealed carry weapons permits in exchange for campaign donations to reelect Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And she’s publicly fought against granting unfettered access to an independent oversight agency, the county’s Office of Correction and Law Enforcement Monitoring. Simitian said the sheriff recently retained outside counsel in long-stalled negotiations over an information-sharing agreement with the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Too many of these cases’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After paying approximately $14 million in settlements in the Tyree and Hogan cases, Simitian said the county is facing a further potentially costly sheriff's office case involving yet another grave injury to a man with mental illness in county jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lawsuit pending in Santa Clara County's Superior Court alleges that in August 2019, jail staff left Juan Martin Nunez alone in his cell for 24 hours after he’d injured his spinal cord by striking his head against the wall of his cell. The suit alleges jail staff and paramedics then failed to stabilize Nunez before taking him to the hospital, worsening injuries “that left him a quadriplegic, unable to communicate and in need of a ventilator to breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has already agreed to a $50,000 interim settlement in the case to help cover Nunez’s medical costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've got far too many of these cases, any one of which is a stand-alone tragedy,” Simitian said. “We can't keep letting this happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"documentcloud","attributes":{"named":{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21041080-2021-08-17-public-safety-and-justice-referral","responsive":"true","text":"false","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11884772/horrific-incidents-in-jails-prompt-santa-clara-county-supervisors-call-for-investigations-of-sheriff","authors":["3206"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_17725","news_2069","news_29787","news_17983","news_24466","news_21034"],"featImg":"news_11884774","label":"news"},"news_11702978":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11702978","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11702978","score":null,"sort":[1541290446000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"a-sheriffs-race-worth-watching-in-santa-clara-county","title":"A Sheriff’s Race Worth Watching in Santa Clara County","publishDate":1541290446,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>For the first time in 20 years, there's a sheriff's race in Santa Clara County that's contested. Five-term incumbent Laurie Smith's department has come under scrutiny in the last few years for the mistreatment of jail inmates and overspending. But her challenger, John Hirokawa, is less well-known, and the question remains whether voters are swayed by the department's internal problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith, a Republican, was the first woman to be elected sheriff in California. In the June primary, Smith captured 43 percent of the vote — not enough to avoid a runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Challenger John Hirokawa, a Democrat who was the undersheriff in Santa Clara County until he retired two years ago, won 32 percent of the vote. The remaining votes were split among three other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Smith and Hirokawa favor putting more resources into addressing campus sexual assault and limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. And they both support a plan to build a new county jail. But one issue dominating the campaign is the sheriff’s responsibility for how the jails are run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703413\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 940px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\" alt=\"Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin.\" width=\"940\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg 940w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-800x464.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-520x301.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jail Inmate Death Exposed Inhumane Treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This election is the first since the 2015 jail \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11039666/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-one-month-in-santa-clara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of inmate Michael Tyree. The 31-year-old suffered from mental illness and was being held at the jail for his own safety until he could be released into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703402\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703402 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies.\" width=\"160\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-800x846.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-960x1015.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-240x254.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-375x396.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-520x550.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But one August night, three jail deputies entered his cell and beat him to death. All three were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> in January to 15 years to life for murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s killing exposed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10875665/santa-clara-county-jail-report-finds-widespread-complaints-of-inmate-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture\u003c/a> of brutality toward people with mental illness in the county jails, along with poor supervision and lax discipline of correctional deputies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Sheriff’s Department Response\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith was praised for swiftly arresting and identifying the correctional officers who killed Tyree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an Oct. 8 candidates’ forum in Cupertino she also touted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11285099/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reforms\u003c/a> she has implemented since his death to prevent future violence against mentally ill inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have teams within the jail of multi-service deputies that are specially trained to deal with people with mental health,” Smith told the audience at the League of Women Voters’ forum. “We've increased the number of mental health professionals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa, who was Smith’s second in command when Tyree died, suggested the killing could have been prevented. At the event in Cupertino he said he had tried to increase the number of psychiatrists on staff before Tyree died, but the sheriff blocked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703532\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg 235w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300-160x204.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://johnhirokawa.com/meet-john-hirokawa/\">Courtesy of the Hirokawa Campaign\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hirokawa Campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county jails were down to one psychiatrist for over a thousand seriously mentally ill inmates,” Hirokawa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokowa says before he retired he had developed the plan to create the mental health teams that Smith is now touting. He said it took Tyree’s death and a federal lawsuit to force the sheriff’s hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the killing, the Prison Law Office sued the sheriff’s department in federal court for excessive solitary confinement and use of force on inmates. The lawsuit was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/newsroom/Pages/jailclassactionlitigationsettlement.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled \u003c/a>just last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oct. 23 statement Executive Director Donald Specter wrote, “Although the negotiations were long and difficult, the outcome will result in dramatic improvements to the jails that will help reduce recidivism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specter praised Smith and other county officials for what he called their “complete transparency,” and said they were dedicated to addressing shortcomings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Sheriff has already made substantial efforts to remediate some of the deficiencies in the jails,” Specter wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff Laurie Smith, a Republican, was the first woman to be elected sheriff in California. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Questions About Oversight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But not everyone shares that view. Retired Superior Court judge LaDoris Cordell thinks Smith must leave before there can be lasting change in the sheriff’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell chaired a blue ribbon commission established to investigate Tyree’s death and improve conditions for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we discovered was a culture of resistance to change and a culture of retaliation,” said Cordell in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission made 101 \u003ca href=\"///Users/juliesmall/Documents/Immigrant%20Detention%20Expansion/Attachment-148198.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations\u003c/a> to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, including one to replace the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927587\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10927587 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell speaks before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the commission surveyed nearly a thousand inmates and dozens of sheriff’s department staff members to learn of their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates reported that some jail guards bullied people with mental illness to “set an example” to all inmates of what happens to those who don’t follow orders. Others felt that the grievance system was meaningless, because they had to hand complaint slips to the very deputies they were reporting, and the deputies would often crumple up the paper slips and toss them in the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell said she was shocked to learn that inmates at the main jail were given just one clean pair of underwear a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s just more of the inhumane, thoughtless kinds of things that were going on in the jail until we brought transparency to it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates are now supposed to get fresh underwear every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell, who has backed Hirokawa, says Smith has done nothing to facilitate one of the most critical reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Smith has dragged her feet to bring independent civilian oversight and transparency to the sheriff's department,” Cordell said. “That was our commission's No. 1, unanimous recommendation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year the board of supervisors adopted a plan to appoint a nine-member civilian board to monitor the sheriff’s department. Smith has said she supports the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has said he pushed to establish independent oversight of the department when he worked for Smith, and has promised to make it happen if elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Questions have also been raised about excessive overtime costs at the department. A recent county audit for the Finance and Government Operations Committee found that the sheriff's department exceeded its annual budget for overtime pay for most of the last decade. From 2013 to 2018, spending exceeded the annual overtime budget of $60 million by 250 percent. The majority of the money went to pay county jail staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisor Joe Simitian, who chairs the finance committee, has called for an in-depth analysis of the cost overruns. The committee is also reviewing more than a thousand \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/jr/Pages/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposals\u003c/a> from multiple stakeholders to improve the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10667154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 670px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10667154\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png 670w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff-400x131.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County sheriff's patrol car. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Public Safety and Law Enforcement Role\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the beating death of inmate Michael Tyree shocked the public and exposed systemic problems in the Santa Clara jails, it’s unclear how much it will factor into how voters view Smith’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Zimring, a law professor at UC Berkeley who has \u003ca href=\"https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-02-21/book-brief-franklin-zimring-s-when-police-kill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written\u003c/a> extensively on police killings, says, voters tend to be more focused on the sheriff’s role in fighting crime than in ensuring jails are safe for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff also wears a badge,” said Zimring. “And in the mix of responsibilities, the administrative ones don't take high priority until something, usually calamitous, comes to our attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even then, the public may not blame the sheriff for her deputies’ abuse of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is generally not what the sheriff knew but what the sheriff didn't know, and should have known, that are important,” Zimring said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The key question for voters is whether the sheriff had implemented proper training and supervision to prevent deputies from abusing inmates, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Tyree’s sister, Shannon Tyree, remains critical of the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Laurie Smith believes that because the guards that murdered my brother have been brought to justice her job is done,” Tyree wrote in an Oct. 8 press release. “She only does what is politically expedient rather than implement the civilian oversight that is needed. After twenty years of failed leadership it is time for a change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-160x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Tyree was allegedly beaten to death on the sixth floor of Santa Clara's Main Jail.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her bid for re-election, Smith has touted her record on fighting crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've always been a strong advocate for victims and protecting our communities,” she said at the candidates' forum last month. “We respond to all calls and provide investigative services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith cited a 34 percent decrease this year in residential burglaries in Cupertino, where the department provides policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union for the 800 correctional deputies who work in the jails has endorsed Smith and so have four of the five county supervisors. Only county supervisor Simitian has not endorsed a candidate, and a spokesman for his office said that that is his policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has won the support of the smaller union for sheriff patrol deputies. He has also received endorsements from San Jose Mercury News and several other editorial boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hirokawa has been criticized for his response to a racist text scandal involving correctional deputies. After a supervisor was demoted over the 2015 incident, Hirokawa defended him in an arbitration interview, saying the supervisor wasn’t responsible for policing the deputies’ off-duty conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10 am November 5, 2018\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The 2015 murder of a Santa Clara County inmate at the hands of sheriff’s deputies exposed brutality in the jails and led to calls for the sheriff's removal. But will the scandal matter to voters?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1541441871,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":49,"wordCount":1645},"headData":{"title":"A Sheriff’s Race Worth Watching in Santa Clara County | KQED","description":"The 2015 murder of a Santa Clara County inmate at the hands of sheriff’s deputies exposed brutality in the jails and led to calls for the sheriff's removal. 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Five-term incumbent Laurie Smith's department has come under scrutiny in the last few years for the mistreatment of jail inmates and overspending. But her challenger, John Hirokawa, is less well-known, and the question remains whether voters are swayed by the department's internal problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith, a Republican, was the first woman to be elected sheriff in California. In the June primary, Smith captured 43 percent of the vote — not enough to avoid a runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Challenger John Hirokawa, a Democrat who was the undersheriff in Santa Clara County until he retired two years ago, won 32 percent of the vote. The remaining votes were split among three other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Smith and Hirokawa favor putting more resources into addressing campus sexual assault and limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. And they both support a plan to build a new county jail. But one issue dominating the campaign is the sheriff’s responsibility for how the jails are run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703413\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 940px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg\" alt=\"Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin.\" width=\"940\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies.jpg 940w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-800x464.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/ConvictedDeputies-520x301.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were convicted in 2017 of murdering mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree in his cell in 2015. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Jail Inmate Death Exposed Inhumane Treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This election is the first since the 2015 jail \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11039666/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-one-month-in-santa-clara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of inmate Michael Tyree. The 31-year-old suffered from mental illness and was being held at the jail for his own safety until he could be released into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703402\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11703402 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies.\" width=\"160\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-160x169.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-800x846.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-960x1015.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-240x254.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-375x396.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree-520x550.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/MichaelTyree.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before he was beaten to death in his cell by three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But one August night, three jail deputies entered his cell and beat him to death. All three were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> in January to 15 years to life for murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s killing exposed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10875665/santa-clara-county-jail-report-finds-widespread-complaints-of-inmate-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture\u003c/a> of brutality toward people with mental illness in the county jails, along with poor supervision and lax discipline of correctional deputies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Sheriff’s Department Response\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith was praised for swiftly arresting and identifying the correctional officers who killed Tyree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an Oct. 8 candidates’ forum in Cupertino she also touted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11285099/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reforms\u003c/a> she has implemented since his death to prevent future violence against mentally ill inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have teams within the jail of multi-service deputies that are specially trained to deal with people with mental health,” Smith told the audience at the League of Women Voters’ forum. “We've increased the number of mental health professionals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa, who was Smith’s second in command when Tyree died, suggested the killing could have been prevented. At the event in Cupertino he said he had tried to increase the number of psychiatrists on staff before Tyree died, but the sheriff blocked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703532\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300.jpg 235w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/john-hirokawa-235x300-160x204.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://johnhirokawa.com/meet-john-hirokawa/\">Courtesy of the Hirokawa Campaign\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Hirokawa Campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county jails were down to one psychiatrist for over a thousand seriously mentally ill inmates,” Hirokawa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokowa says before he retired he had developed the plan to create the mental health teams that Smith is now touting. He said it took Tyree’s death and a federal lawsuit to force the sheriff’s hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the killing, the Prison Law Office sued the sheriff’s department in federal court for excessive solitary confinement and use of force on inmates. The lawsuit was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/opa/newsroom/Pages/jailclassactionlitigationsettlement.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled \u003c/a>just last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oct. 23 statement Executive Director Donald Specter wrote, “Although the negotiations were long and difficult, the outcome will result in dramatic improvements to the jails that will help reduce recidivism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specter praised Smith and other county officials for what he called their “complete transparency,” and said they were dedicated to addressing shortcomings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Sheriff has already made substantial efforts to remediate some of the deficiencies in the jails,” Specter wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11703529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11703529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS21039_IMG_0957-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff Laurie Smith, a Republican, was the first woman to be elected sheriff in California. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Questions About Oversight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But not everyone shares that view. Retired Superior Court judge LaDoris Cordell thinks Smith must leave before there can be lasting change in the sheriff’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell chaired a blue ribbon commission established to investigate Tyree’s death and improve conditions for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we discovered was a culture of resistance to change and a culture of retaliation,” said Cordell in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission made 101 \u003ca href=\"///Users/juliesmall/Documents/Immigrant%20Detention%20Expansion/Attachment-148198.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations\u003c/a> to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, including one to replace the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927587\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10927587 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS19109_IMG_8076-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Ribbon Commission chair LaDoris Cordell speaks before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the commission surveyed nearly a thousand inmates and dozens of sheriff’s department staff members to learn of their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates reported that some jail guards bullied people with mental illness to “set an example” to all inmates of what happens to those who don’t follow orders. Others felt that the grievance system was meaningless, because they had to hand complaint slips to the very deputies they were reporting, and the deputies would often crumple up the paper slips and toss them in the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell said she was shocked to learn that inmates at the main jail were given just one clean pair of underwear a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s just more of the inhumane, thoughtless kinds of things that were going on in the jail until we brought transparency to it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inmates are now supposed to get fresh underwear every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell, who has backed Hirokawa, says Smith has done nothing to facilitate one of the most critical reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Smith has dragged her feet to bring independent civilian oversight and transparency to the sheriff's department,” Cordell said. “That was our commission's No. 1, unanimous recommendation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year the board of supervisors adopted a plan to appoint a nine-member civilian board to monitor the sheriff’s department. Smith has said she supports the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has said he pushed to establish independent oversight of the department when he worked for Smith, and has promised to make it happen if elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Questions have also been raised about excessive overtime costs at the department. A recent county audit for the Finance and Government Operations Committee found that the sheriff's department exceeded its annual budget for overtime pay for most of the last decade. From 2013 to 2018, spending exceeded the annual overtime budget of $60 million by 250 percent. The majority of the money went to pay county jail staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisor Joe Simitian, who chairs the finance committee, has called for an in-depth analysis of the cost overruns. The committee is also reviewing more than a thousand \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/jr/Pages/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposals\u003c/a> from multiple stakeholders to improve the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10667154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 670px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10667154\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff.png 670w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/09/scsheriff-400x131.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County sheriff's patrol car. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Public Safety and Law Enforcement Role\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the beating death of inmate Michael Tyree shocked the public and exposed systemic problems in the Santa Clara jails, it’s unclear how much it will factor into how voters view Smith’s leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Zimring, a law professor at UC Berkeley who has \u003ca href=\"https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-02-21/book-brief-franklin-zimring-s-when-police-kill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written\u003c/a> extensively on police killings, says, voters tend to be more focused on the sheriff’s role in fighting crime than in ensuring jails are safe for inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff also wears a badge,” said Zimring. “And in the mix of responsibilities, the administrative ones don't take high priority until something, usually calamitous, comes to our attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even then, the public may not blame the sheriff for her deputies’ abuse of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is generally not what the sheriff knew but what the sheriff didn't know, and should have known, that are important,” Zimring said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The key question for voters is whether the sheriff had implemented proper training and supervision to prevent deputies from abusing inmates, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Tyree’s sister, Shannon Tyree, remains critical of the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Laurie Smith believes that because the guards that murdered my brother have been brought to justice her job is done,” Tyree wrote in an Oct. 8 press release. “She only does what is politically expedient rather than implement the civilian oversight that is needed. After twenty years of failed leadership it is time for a change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/RS18881_main-jail-sc-qut-160x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Tyree was allegedly beaten to death on the sixth floor of Santa Clara's Main Jail.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her bid for re-election, Smith has touted her record on fighting crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've always been a strong advocate for victims and protecting our communities,” she said at the candidates' forum last month. “We respond to all calls and provide investigative services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith cited a 34 percent decrease this year in residential burglaries in Cupertino, where the department provides policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union for the 800 correctional deputies who work in the jails has endorsed Smith and so have four of the five county supervisors. Only county supervisor Simitian has not endorsed a candidate, and a spokesman for his office said that that is his policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirokawa has won the support of the smaller union for sheriff patrol deputies. He has also received endorsements from San Jose Mercury News and several other editorial boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hirokawa has been criticized for his response to a racist text scandal involving correctional deputies. After a supervisor was demoted over the 2015 incident, Hirokawa defended him in an arbitration interview, saying the supervisor wasn’t responsible for policing the deputies’ off-duty conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10 am November 5, 2018\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11702978/a-sheriffs-race-worth-watching-in-santa-clara-county","authors":["6625"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_20191","news_19542","news_24446","news_21033","news_18188","news_21034"],"featImg":"news_11703521","label":"news"},"news_11669146":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11669146","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11669146","score":null,"sort":[1526947749000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"reports-of-sheriffs-interference-in-death-investigations-spur-change-in-santa-clara-county","title":"Reports of Sheriff's Interference in Death Investigations Spur Change in Santa Clara County","publishDate":1526947749,"format":"audio","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Every time the phone rings in Rosa Vega's office, it means someone in Santa Clara County has died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are calling from agencies, mortuaries and the field with deaths to report,\" the chief investigator for the medical examiner said earlier this year during a tour of the county morgue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega is the first point of contact for the office that handles about 5,000 calls a year -- or roughly half of all deaths in Santa Clara County. Of those, the medical examiner investigates an average of 1,500 cases per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11285099/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails\">Inmate's Brutal Beating Death Spurs Scrutiny and Reform in Santa Clara County Jails\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>With the establishment of an independent medical examiner's system in Santa Clara County last year, those investigations are now free from influence of the county sheriff. State \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation\u003c/a> currently in the Senate Appropriations Committee would require other large counties throughout California to establish similar systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega and her team of civilian investigators make the initial assessment about which cases warrant a closer look, based on the circumstance of the death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Were they hospitalized for any recent injuries or trauma?” Vega asks callers. “Is there any acute drugs or alcohol associated with the death, and is there any suspicions of foul play, choking, abuse, suicide or homicide?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669736\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa Vega became chief investigator for the medical examiner in 2017, after county officials ended the sheriff's oversight of death investigations. \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Depending on the answers, Vega may bring the body to the morgue for a medical examiner to investigate further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Questions Of Bias, Interference Drove Change\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until 2017, Sheriff Laurie Smith and her staff exercised administrative control over Vega and the medical examiners that investigated sudden, suspicious or violent deaths, including all deaths that occurred in county jails run by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every California county has an agency responsible for investigating those kinds of deaths, and most are under a sheriff. That's the sheriff-coroner's system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials began to question that arrangement after a medical examiner accused Smith of having impeded death investigations in certain cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Michelle Jorden testified at a budget hearing in 2016 that the sheriff had withheld evidence from physicians and tried to intimidate them into signing an agreement not to speak to the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669733\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In certain cases the sheriff's office has impeded the examiners from receiving evidence necessary for the determination of cause and manner of death,” Jorden told supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also faulted the sheriff’s “poor management” of the office and a “general lack of support for the doctors and staff.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden urged supervisors to end the sheriff’s control over death investigations \"to have full independent control of our office and operate the office to the highest, highest standards possible without the potential for perceived law enforcement influence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said she hadn't done anything improper, but in the wake of the 2015 beating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10912163/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-in-one-month-what-can-we-learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of a mentally ill inmate, Jorden’s testimony took on more weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 26, 2015, inmate Michael Tyree collapsed in his cell at the county's Main Jail. The medical examiner determined he was beaten so hard that his spleen ruptured and he died. Three correctional sheriff's deputies were arrested and eventually convicted of second-degree murder. They were each \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> to a 15-year-to-life prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county severed the sheriff's oversight of the medical examiners, at a cost of $846,000 a year to run a separate office, according to Deputy County Executive Martha Wapenski. The cost was offset somewhat by the reassignment of three sheriff administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paula Canny, an attorney who won a $3.6 million settlement for Tyree's family, supports the decision to spend more to ensure death investigations are free from pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's a fundamental inherent conflict of interest -- especially as it relates to jail deaths” Canny said, “because who's in charge of a jail? The sheriff!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10912297\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10912297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Michael-Head-Shot-Pic-400x500.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death.\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Sheriff Smith received some credit for swiftly arresting members of her staff, a blue-ribbon panel faulted her for lax oversight of correctional deputies that had allowed a culture of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10875665/santa-clara-county-jail-report-finds-widespread-complaints-of-inmate-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuse\u003c/a> to flourish in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chief Medical Examiner’s Gold Standard\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden became chief medical examiner last year, administering the office, overseeing death investigations and conducting some of the autopsies herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because my patients are deceased, they can't tell me what happened to them,\" Jorden said. \"And that's where the importance of the job comes in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes an external examination of a body clearly provides the answers to how and why someone died, but in other cases an autopsy is required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden said autopsy findings can and do change the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are some cases that appear that the person had died from natural causes, but it turns out to be homicide,\" she said. \"And that's important. We're bringing closure to that deceased individual, their family. But we're also now allowing that case to undergo further investigation by law enforcement. So other people in the community aren't hurt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Jorden’s leadership the medical examiner’s office has added four positions to replace sheriff administrators. She’s developing a residency program in forensic pathology, and training staff to handle a potential disaster that could result in mass casualties, something she said the sheriff refused to fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most importantly Jorden said the independence of the medical examiner's office means that Santa Clara County residents are getting the gold standard in death investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now here we have a civilian investigator conducting the investigation completely separate from any type of influence,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those findings are then given to the medical examiner, who will interpret them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the gold standard because you have someone able to understand those findings and then take into consideration the circumstances surrounding the death,” Jorden said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"With the establishment of an independent medical examiner's system in Santa Clara County last year, those investigations are now free from influence by the county sheriff.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1526959205,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":34,"wordCount":1021},"headData":{"title":"Reports of Sheriff's Interference in Death Investigations Spur Change in Santa Clara County | KQED","description":"With the establishment of an independent medical examiner's system in Santa Clara County last year, those investigations are now free from influence by the county sheriff.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Reports of Sheriff's Interference in Death Investigations Spur Change in Santa Clara County","datePublished":"2018-05-22T00:09:09.000Z","dateModified":"2018-05-22T03:20:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11669146 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11669146","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/05/21/reports-of-sheriffs-interference-in-death-investigations-spur-change-in-santa-clara-county/","disqusTitle":"Reports of Sheriff's Interference in Death Investigations Spur Change in Santa Clara County","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2018/05/SmallSCMedExaminer.mp3","path":"/news/11669146/reports-of-sheriffs-interference-in-death-investigations-spur-change-in-santa-clara-county","audioDuration":239000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Every time the phone rings in Rosa Vega's office, it means someone in Santa Clara County has died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are calling from agencies, mortuaries and the field with deaths to report,\" the chief investigator for the medical examiner said earlier this year during a tour of the county morgue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega is the first point of contact for the office that handles about 5,000 calls a year -- or roughly half of all deaths in Santa Clara County. Of those, the medical examiner investigates an average of 1,500 cases per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11285099/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails\">Inmate's Brutal Beating Death Spurs Scrutiny and Reform in Santa Clara County Jails\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>With the establishment of an independent medical examiner's system in Santa Clara County last year, those investigations are now free from influence of the county sheriff. State \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation\u003c/a> currently in the Senate Appropriations Committee would require other large counties throughout California to establish similar systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vega and her team of civilian investigators make the initial assessment about which cases warrant a closer look, based on the circumstance of the death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Were they hospitalized for any recent injuries or trauma?” Vega asks callers. “Is there any acute drugs or alcohol associated with the death, and is there any suspicions of foul play, choking, abuse, suicide or homicide?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669736\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669736\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS31077_IMG_6343-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa Vega became chief investigator for the medical examiner in 2017, after county officials ended the sheriff's oversight of death investigations. \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Depending on the answers, Vega may bring the body to the morgue for a medical examiner to investigate further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Questions Of Bias, Interference Drove Change\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until 2017, Sheriff Laurie Smith and her staff exercised administrative control over Vega and the medical examiners that investigated sudden, suspicious or violent deaths, including all deaths that occurred in county jails run by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every California county has an agency responsible for investigating those kinds of deaths, and most are under a sheriff. That's the sheriff-coroner's system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials began to question that arrangement after a medical examiner accused Smith of having impeded death investigations in certain cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Michelle Jorden testified at a budget hearing in 2016 that the sheriff had withheld evidence from physicians and tried to intimidate them into signing an agreement not to speak to the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11669733\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11669733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS29013_IMG_6260-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Medical Examiner Michelle Jorden \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In certain cases the sheriff's office has impeded the examiners from receiving evidence necessary for the determination of cause and manner of death,” Jorden told supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also faulted the sheriff’s “poor management” of the office and a “general lack of support for the doctors and staff.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden urged supervisors to end the sheriff’s control over death investigations \"to have full independent control of our office and operate the office to the highest, highest standards possible without the potential for perceived law enforcement influence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said she hadn't done anything improper, but in the wake of the 2015 beating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10912163/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-in-one-month-what-can-we-learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death\u003c/a> of a mentally ill inmate, Jorden’s testimony took on more weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 26, 2015, inmate Michael Tyree collapsed in his cell at the county's Main Jail. The medical examiner determined he was beaten so hard that his spleen ruptured and he died. Three correctional sheriff's deputies were arrested and eventually convicted of second-degree murder. They were each \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced\u003c/a> to a 15-year-to-life prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county severed the sheriff's oversight of the medical examiners, at a cost of $846,000 a year to run a separate office, according to Deputy County Executive Martha Wapenski. The cost was offset somewhat by the reassignment of three sheriff administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paula Canny, an attorney who won a $3.6 million settlement for Tyree's family, supports the decision to spend more to ensure death investigations are free from pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's a fundamental inherent conflict of interest -- especially as it relates to jail deaths” Canny said, “because who's in charge of a jail? The sheriff!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10912297\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10912297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Michael-Head-Shot-Pic-400x500.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death.\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Sheriff Smith received some credit for swiftly arresting members of her staff, a blue-ribbon panel faulted her for lax oversight of correctional deputies that had allowed a culture of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10875665/santa-clara-county-jail-report-finds-widespread-complaints-of-inmate-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abuse\u003c/a> to flourish in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chief Medical Examiner’s Gold Standard\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden became chief medical examiner last year, administering the office, overseeing death investigations and conducting some of the autopsies herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because my patients are deceased, they can't tell me what happened to them,\" Jorden said. \"And that's where the importance of the job comes in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes an external examination of a body clearly provides the answers to how and why someone died, but in other cases an autopsy is required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorden said autopsy findings can and do change the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are some cases that appear that the person had died from natural causes, but it turns out to be homicide,\" she said. \"And that's important. We're bringing closure to that deceased individual, their family. But we're also now allowing that case to undergo further investigation by law enforcement. So other people in the community aren't hurt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Jorden’s leadership the medical examiner’s office has added four positions to replace sheriff administrators. She’s developing a residency program in forensic pathology, and training staff to handle a potential disaster that could result in mass casualties, something she said the sheriff refused to fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most importantly Jorden said the independence of the medical examiner's office means that Santa Clara County residents are getting the gold standard in death investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now here we have a civilian investigator conducting the investigation completely separate from any type of influence,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those findings are then given to the medical examiner, who will interpret them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the gold standard because you have someone able to understand those findings and then take into consideration the circumstances surrounding the death,” Jorden said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11669146/reports-of-sheriffs-interference-in-death-investigations-spur-change-in-santa-clara-county","authors":["6625"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_21742","news_21033","news_18188","news_21034","news_22846"],"featImg":"news_10912234","label":"news_72"},"news_11658208":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11658208","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11658208","score":null,"sort":[1522175272000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"ice-allowed-to-interview-santa-clara-county-inmates-despite-sanctuary-policy","title":"ICE Allowed to Interview Santa Clara County Inmates Despite Sanctuary Policy","publishDate":1522175272,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>A Northern California sheriff's office said Tuesday it allowed federal immigration officers to enter its jail and interview four inmates in violation of its sanctuary policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the staff \"mistakenly permitted ICE entrance to our jail\" on March 7 and 8, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county \"has a policy of not cooperating with ICE operations,\" Smith said in a statement, which was first reported by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ICE-gained-access-to-Santa-Clara-County-inmates-12783122.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said none of the four inmates were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. After learning of the incident, the sheriff's office re-evaluated and strengthened measures for admitting law enforcement agencies to its facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subsequent attempts by ICE officers to re-enter the facilities on March 14 and March 26 were denied, said Reginald Cooks, a spokesman for the sheriff's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interviews occurred at the same time ICE officers visited San Francisco County Jail on March 8 and interviewed an inmate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy apologized for that breach, saying that it appeared ICE was \"testing our defenses and found some weak points,\" the Chronicle reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy then issued a reminder to employees of sanctuary policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sued California\u003c/a> over the state's so-called sanctuary laws, escalating a feud between the state and the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Members of the staff \"mistakenly permitted ICE entrance to our jail\" on March 7 and 8, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1522189486,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":228},"headData":{"title":"ICE Allowed to Interview Santa Clara County Inmates Despite Sanctuary Policy | KQED","description":"Members of the staff "mistakenly permitted ICE entrance to our jail" on March 7 and 8, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"ICE Allowed to Interview Santa Clara County Inmates Despite Sanctuary Policy","datePublished":"2018-03-27T18:27:52.000Z","dateModified":"2018-03-27T22:24:46.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11658208 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11658208","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/03/27/ice-allowed-to-interview-santa-clara-county-inmates-despite-sanctuary-policy/","disqusTitle":"ICE Allowed to Interview Santa Clara County Inmates Despite Sanctuary Policy","source":"Associated Press","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11658208/ice-allowed-to-interview-santa-clara-county-inmates-despite-sanctuary-policy","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A Northern California sheriff's office said Tuesday it allowed federal immigration officers to enter its jail and interview four inmates in violation of its sanctuary policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the staff \"mistakenly permitted ICE entrance to our jail\" on March 7 and 8, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county \"has a policy of not cooperating with ICE operations,\" Smith said in a statement, which was first reported by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ICE-gained-access-to-Santa-Clara-County-inmates-12783122.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said none of the four inmates were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. After learning of the incident, the sheriff's office re-evaluated and strengthened measures for admitting law enforcement agencies to its facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Subsequent attempts by ICE officers to re-enter the facilities on March 14 and March 26 were denied, said Reginald Cooks, a spokesman for the sheriff's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interviews occurred at the same time ICE officers visited San Francisco County Jail on March 8 and interviewed an inmate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Sheriff Vicki Hennessy apologized for that breach, saying that it appeared ICE was \"testing our defenses and found some weak points,\" the Chronicle reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy then issued a reminder to employees of sanctuary policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has sued California\u003c/a> over the state's so-called sanctuary laws, escalating a feud between the state and the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11658208/ice-allowed-to-interview-santa-clara-county-inmates-despite-sanctuary-policy","authors":["byline_news_11658208"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_21034","news_20529"],"featImg":"news_11652923","label":"source_news_11658208"},"news_11640126":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11640126","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11640126","score":null,"sort":[1515177013000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate","title":"Jail Deputies Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for Fatal Beating of Mentally Ill Inmate","publishDate":1515177013,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Friday at 2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies convicted of beating a mentally ill inmate to death in 2015 were sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in state prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin were found guilty last year of killing Michael Tyree in his cell at the county's Main Jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10912297\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10912297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Michael-Head-Shot-Pic-400x500.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death.\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A jury \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/three-santa-clara-sheriffs-deputies-found-guilty-of-killing-mentally-ill-inmate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted\u003c/a> them of second-degree murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge David Cena said he felt the sentence of 15 to life was appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They inflicted injuries on Mr. Tyree that resulted in his death,” Cena said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorneys for the three former jail deputies already have filed paperwork to appeal the decision, a process likely to take two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SmallRadio2/status/949347650620424192\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree, 31, suffered from bipolar disorder and addiction. After he violated probation for a minor drug charge, a judge ordered him detained until he could be placed into psychiatric treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"kDKUmvqbTpQ4fb8d57nkTCN1RAebSZSX\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Aug. 27, 2015, jail staff discovered Tyree dead in his cell, his naked body smeared with vomit and feces. The medical examiner found that he died from massive blunt-force trauma that caused his liver and spleen to rupture, injuries he could not have inflicted on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Tyree’s sister, Shannon Tyree, wasn’t able to make it to the San Jose courtroom Friday because her flight was canceled, but prosecutor Matt Braker read her letter in court. In it, she said she felt she had failed to help her younger cope with mental illness. She wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I have a life sentence that started at 11 AM, August 27, 2015 when the coroner called to tell me Michael had died. Every day since then, I have thought of how forsaken he must have felt that night, how utterly alone, how terrified and I can’t forgive myself. I will never get a chance to make a different choice for Michael, to tell him I’m so sorry that I didn’t understand that he was so afraid and I’ll never have another chance to tell him how much I love him. I’m accountable for failing Michael. These three men walked into his cell and beat him to death. And they are accountable for that.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child, would not give her name and chose not to speak at the hearing, but looked relieved that the judge gave the maximum sentence to the former jail guards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deputies remained stoic, facing toward the judge until immediately after the proceeding, when family members, many of them weeping, called out to them, waving and blowing kisses. Then each turned and waved and called back. Farris appeared to be choking back tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Friday’s hearing, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen spoke to reporters from the courthouse steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The trust in the authority that the jail guards had in this case was not used to protect Michael Tyree. Instead, it was used to beat and murder him,” Rosen said. “And for that they've been justly sentenced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s murder exposed problems with how some county jails in California have handled a growing number of offenders with mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County, his death led to a series of investigations into the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/29/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-in-one-month-what-can-we-learn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treatment \u003c/a>of inmates and spurred \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reforms\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting in February 2016, new deputies were required to complete a weeklong training in crisis intervention. All staff are required to take a two-day course on how to de-escalate conflict with inmates who suffer from mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, the Sheriff's Department adopted a new use-of-force policy and requires body-worn cameras for deputies who work in jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors created a plan to implement civilian \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/09/07/two-years-after-inmates-murder-a-proposal-to-reform-santa-clara-jail-oversight/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oversight\u003c/a> of the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials also paid $3.6 million to Tyree’s family to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Santa Clara County deputies' conviction for the 2015 murder of Michael Tyree focused national attention on the plight of jail inmates with mental illness.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1515191537,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":690},"headData":{"title":"Jail Deputies Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for Fatal Beating of Mentally Ill Inmate | KQED","description":"The Santa Clara County deputies' conviction for the 2015 murder of Michael Tyree focused national attention on the plight of jail inmates with mental illness.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Jail Deputies Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for Fatal Beating of Mentally Ill Inmate","datePublished":"2018-01-05T18:30:13.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-05T22:32:17.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11640126 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11640126","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/05/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate/","disqusTitle":"Jail Deputies Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for Fatal Beating of Mentally Ill Inmate","path":"/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Friday at 2 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three former Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies convicted of beating a mentally ill inmate to death in 2015 were sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in state prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin were found guilty last year of killing Michael Tyree in his cell at the county's Main Jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10912297\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10912297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Michael-Head-Shot-Pic-400x500.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death.\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Michael Tyree several years before his death. \u003ccite>(Courtesy the Tyree family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A jury \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/three-santa-clara-sheriffs-deputies-found-guilty-of-killing-mentally-ill-inmate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">convicted\u003c/a> them of second-degree murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge David Cena said he felt the sentence of 15 to life was appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They inflicted injuries on Mr. Tyree that resulted in his death,” Cena said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorneys for the three former jail deputies already have filed paperwork to appeal the decision, a process likely to take two years.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"949347650620424192"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Tyree, 31, suffered from bipolar disorder and addiction. After he violated probation for a minor drug charge, a judge ordered him detained until he could be placed into psychiatric treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Aug. 27, 2015, jail staff discovered Tyree dead in his cell, his naked body smeared with vomit and feces. The medical examiner found that he died from massive blunt-force trauma that caused his liver and spleen to rupture, injuries he could not have inflicted on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Tyree’s sister, Shannon Tyree, wasn’t able to make it to the San Jose courtroom Friday because her flight was canceled, but prosecutor Matt Braker read her letter in court. In it, she said she felt she had failed to help her younger cope with mental illness. She wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I have a life sentence that started at 11 AM, August 27, 2015 when the coroner called to tell me Michael had died. Every day since then, I have thought of how forsaken he must have felt that night, how utterly alone, how terrified and I can’t forgive myself. I will never get a chance to make a different choice for Michael, to tell him I’m so sorry that I didn’t understand that he was so afraid and I’ll never have another chance to tell him how much I love him. I’m accountable for failing Michael. These three men walked into his cell and beat him to death. And they are accountable for that.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s girlfriend, who is also the mother of his child, would not give her name and chose not to speak at the hearing, but looked relieved that the judge gave the maximum sentence to the former jail guards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deputies remained stoic, facing toward the judge until immediately after the proceeding, when family members, many of them weeping, called out to them, waving and blowing kisses. Then each turned and waved and called back. Farris appeared to be choking back tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Friday’s hearing, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen spoke to reporters from the courthouse steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The trust in the authority that the jail guards had in this case was not used to protect Michael Tyree. Instead, it was used to beat and murder him,” Rosen said. “And for that they've been justly sentenced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree’s murder exposed problems with how some county jails in California have handled a growing number of offenders with mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County, his death led to a series of investigations into the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/29/two-mentally-ill-inmates-died-in-one-month-what-can-we-learn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treatment \u003c/a>of inmates and spurred \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/25/inmates-brutal-beating-death-spurs-scrutiny-and-reform-in-santa-clara-county-jails/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reforms\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting in February 2016, new deputies were required to complete a weeklong training in crisis intervention. All staff are required to take a two-day course on how to de-escalate conflict with inmates who suffer from mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2017, the Sheriff's Department adopted a new use-of-force policy and requires body-worn cameras for deputies who work in jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors created a plan to implement civilian \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/09/07/two-years-after-inmates-murder-a-proposal-to-reform-santa-clara-jail-oversight/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oversight\u003c/a> of the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County officials also paid $3.6 million to Tyree’s family to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11640126/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate","authors":["6625"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_457","news_6188","news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_21033","news_21034"],"featImg":"news_11489593","label":"news_72"},"news_11615761":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11615761","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11615761","score":null,"sort":[1504825429000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"two-years-after-inmates-murder-a-proposal-to-reform-santa-clara-jail-oversight","title":"Two Years After Guards Murdered Inmate, a Plan to Reform Santa Clara Jail Oversight","publishDate":1504825429,"format":"audio","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Santa Clara County Supervisor \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/d5/Pages/d5-supervisor-joe-simitian.aspx\">Joe Simitian\u003c/a> is putting forward a \u003ca href=\"http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=SplitView&MeetingID=8502&MediaPosition=&ID=88220&CssClass=\">draft ordinance\u003c/a> to establish independent civilian oversight of the county’s troubled jail system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jail operations have been under intense scrutiny since the death two years ago of a mentally ill man. This summer three guards were convicted of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/three-santa-clara-sheriffs-deputies-found-guilty-of-killing-mentally-ill-inmate/\">second-degree murder\u003c/a> for beating Michael Tyree to death.\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"4ctq4ISGTillfmrNod9bdt754wnv57Nf\"]\u003cbr>\nSimitian says he plans to present his proposal at next week’s Board of Supervisors meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Clearly civilian oversight is going to be a key ingredient in terms of preventing a further tragedy somewhere down the road,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree's death spurred the creation of a \u003ca href=\"http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=SplitView&MeetingID=7189&MediaPosition=4611.859&ID=80653&CssClass=\"> Blue Ribbon Commission\u003c/a> that examined operations at the jail and, among other \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/12/santa-clara-county-supervisors-unanimously-approve-jail-reforms/\">recommendations\u003c/a>, stressed the need for meaningful civilian oversight. The commission's chair, retired Judge LaDoris Cordell, says Simitian's proposal is critical to improving conditions at the jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a bold step, but it’s been long needed,\" Cordell said. \"This is going to go a big way to making the jails more humane and protecting everybody who works in the jails as well as the inmates.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed oversight office would monitor and audit both jails and the sheriff's office. The ordinance also provides for the creation of a citizen's oversight committee. The director of the new office would not report to the sheriff, Cordell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a separate body that reports to the board and to the public,\" Cordell said. \"The beauty of this is that it promotes transparency and it’s independent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff Laurie Smith said that she looks forward to working with county supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transformative change continues to occur throughout our custody facilities with the goal of ensuring a more holistic approach toward how we, as a law enforcement entity, safely and humanely manage inmates. 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The three have been remanded into custody, and are set to be sentenced on Sept. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Michael Tyree’s tragedy was worthy of our outrage,” said Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, speaking outside the courthouse after the verdict. “This jury’s verdict treated this jail not just as the grim setting for a murder, but as an important societal institution whose employees share a mission of protection of those outside of it as well as those housed within it. Without that protection, there’s no law, there is no order, there is no justice. And in the end, for Michael Tyree, there was no chance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters, “We’re proud that justice was served and that those that are culpable are behind bars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said the Sheriff’s Department’s internal investigation on the three deputies will be concluded soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the courtroom, the victim's sister, Shannon Tyree, hugged her companion after the verdict was read. The families of the defendants wept quietly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The verdict follows a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/23/santa-clara-jury-to-decide-murder-charges-against-jail-deputies/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-month trial\u003c/a> that brought national attention to the growing number of people with mental illness in jails due to a lack of community mental health treatment, and under the supervision of deputies who may have little or no training on how to interact with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 27, 2015, jail staff discovered Tyree dead in his cell, his naked body smeared with vomit and feces. He died from massive blunt-force trauma that caused his liver and spleen to rupture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of his death, Tyree was being held in the Main Jail in Santa Clara County for his own safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"4qOqrfxxm7KmasXDOmOp9XgzFy9APdNQ\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree, 31, suffered from addiction and bipolar disorder. He had served a five-day sentence for violating probation on a minor drug charge, but the judge in his case decided Tyree was better off waiting in jail than on the streets of San Jose until a psychiatric treatment bed -- part of the sentence -- opened up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days after Tyree's death, in a highly unusual move, Sheriff Laurie Smith publicly announced that an internal \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/newsroom/newsreleases/Documents/SOF%20-%20Farris%20-%20Lubrin%20-%20Rodriguez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation\u003c/a> had concluded that three correctional deputies were “the reason for this brutal murder of Michael Tyree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deputies -- Farris, 28, Lubrin, 30, and Rodriguez, 28 -- were arrested in September 2015 and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/NRA2015/3CorrectionalOfficersCharged187.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charged\u003c/a> with murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were released on $1.5 million bail each and placed on paid administrative leave.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin were all convicted of second-degree murder in the 2015 killing of Michael Tyree.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1496373875,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":455},"headData":{"title":"3 Santa Clara Sheriff's Deputies Guilty of Killing Mentally Ill Inmate | KQED","description":"Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin were all convicted of second-degree murder in the 2015 killing of Michael Tyree.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"3 Santa Clara Sheriff's Deputies Guilty of Killing Mentally Ill Inmate","datePublished":"2017-06-01T23:54:13.000Z","dateModified":"2017-06-02T03:24:35.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11489517 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11489517","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/three-santa-clara-sheriffs-deputies-found-guilty-of-killing-mentally-ill-inmate/","disqusTitle":"3 Santa Clara Sheriff's Deputies Guilty of Killing Mentally Ill Inmate","path":"/news/11489517/three-santa-clara-sheriffs-deputies-found-guilty-of-killing-mentally-ill-inmate","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A jury on Thursday found three Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies guilty of killing mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin were all convicted of second-degree murder. The three have been remanded into custody, and are set to be sentenced on Sept. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Michael Tyree’s tragedy was worthy of our outrage,” said Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, speaking outside the courthouse after the verdict. “This jury’s verdict treated this jail not just as the grim setting for a murder, but as an important societal institution whose employees share a mission of protection of those outside of it as well as those housed within it. Without that protection, there’s no law, there is no order, there is no justice. And in the end, for Michael Tyree, there was no chance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters, “We’re proud that justice was served and that those that are culpable are behind bars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said the Sheriff’s Department’s internal investigation on the three deputies will be concluded soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the courtroom, the victim's sister, Shannon Tyree, hugged her companion after the verdict was read. The families of the defendants wept quietly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The verdict follows a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/23/santa-clara-jury-to-decide-murder-charges-against-jail-deputies/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-month trial\u003c/a> that brought national attention to the growing number of people with mental illness in jails due to a lack of community mental health treatment, and under the supervision of deputies who may have little or no training on how to interact with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 27, 2015, jail staff discovered Tyree dead in his cell, his naked body smeared with vomit and feces. He died from massive blunt-force trauma that caused his liver and spleen to rupture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of his death, Tyree was being held in the Main Jail in Santa Clara County for his own safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyree, 31, suffered from addiction and bipolar disorder. 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