with the Stockton Police Department.
“It also speaks too just how bad conditions have been at that jail for so long, and the real need to change the culture in the institution,” Janssen said. “If these deputies were not fit for duty, then how can we trust them to investigate our clients and testify against them in court?” Alameda County Chief Public Defender Brendon Woods asked in a statement “How can we trust them to treat people properly at the jail? This revelation could compromise hundreds of cases – closed and pending.”
“This falls solely on the agency and not on the individual employees,” Kelly said. “This is not a fault of theirs. This is fault of the agency that did this.” Thirty of the 47 affected deputies worked at the Santa Rita Jail — forcing the agency to fill about 100 shifts a month to account for their absences, Kelly said. The rest worked in other areas of the sheriff’s office, including on patrol, in courthouses and at the Oakland International Airport or with AC Transit.
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