"Moderators selected 11 questions from more than 400 submissions that touched on key issues, including how the candidates would build trust with immigrant communities, address the mental health and homelessness crisis, improve morale within the department and manage the agency's more than $300 million budget. The three-hour forum gave residents a chance to gauge how the contenders would lead the county's 800-member law enforcement agency after years of scandal, and comment on how what they would prioritize actions during their first 90 days in office."
"The finalists are David Lazar, a retired San Francisco Police Department assistant chief; Kenneth Binder, interim police chief in Gilroy and former Santa Clara County undersheriff; and Brian Wynn Huynh Travis, chief of police and director of public safety for the Solano Community College District. The final decision for a new sheriff comes on the one-year anniversary of a county-commissioned report by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell detailing allegations of conflict of interest, retaliation, and misconduct by Corpus."
"The report set off a yearlong battle, with the county dedicating massive resources disclosing at least $4.6 million in spending so far to remove Corpus, who continues to challenge the process. That same day the report was released, Deputy Sheriffs' Association (DSA) President Carlos Tapia was arrested on suspicion of timecard fraud an action union leaders said was retaliatory for his criticism of Corpus."
San Mateo County will select a new sheriff Wednesday after a three-hour public forum that questioned three finalists about leading an agency still affected by the ouster of former Sheriff Christina Corpus. Eleven questions chosen from over 400 submissions addressed immigrant community trust, mental health and homelessness, department morale, and management of a more than $300 million budget for the county's 800-member agency. A county-commissioned Cordell report alleging conflict of interest, retaliation, and misconduct set off a yearlong battle and at least $4.6 million in spending to remove Corpus. Deputy Sheriffs' Association President Carlos Tapia was arrested on suspicion of timecard fraud; the district attorney declined to file criminal charges, and Tapia remains on administrative leave. Corpus was the county's first Latina sheriff, elected in 2022.
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