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January 3, 2023. Preceded by. Greg Ahern. Yesenia Sanchez (born 1977 or 1978) [1] is the 23rd Sheriff of Alameda County. Sanchez is the first woman and first Latina to hold the office.
Jan. 3, 2023. OAKLAND, Calif. - After four years of discussion and delays, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday is set to consider whether to place unprecedented civilian oversight ...
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office operates one jail. Santa Rita Jail, located in Dublin, California, is the primary facility that houses most people arrested or convicted of crimes in Alameda County. The Glenn Dyer Detention Facility, also known as the North County Jail, located in Downtown Oakland was closed in 2019 for budgetary reasons.
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is a law enforcement agency responsible for policing the city of Oakland, California, United States. As of May 2021, the department employed 709 sworn officers and 371 civilian employees. The department is divided into 5 geographical divisions policing Oakland's 78 square miles and population of 420,000.
Sean Burrows, President of Alameda County Firefighters Local 55, said the heavy pieces of machinery and tools required for the job are the reason their firefighters train and stay ready in the ...
Greg Ahern. Gregory J. Ahern (b. 1957 or 1958 (age 66–67)) [2] was the 22nd Sheriff of Alameda County, California, serving for four terms between 2007 and 2023, losing re-election in 2022 by 21.6% .
San Diego Police officers confer with FEMA Administrator David Paulison during the October 2007 California wildfires.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn police officers—about 217 for each 100,000 residents.
A federal jury found that sheriff's deputies wrongly detained a Black family at a Northern California Starbucks and ordered compensation of $8.25 million.