Jail Surveillance Video Released by ACLU Shows Deputies Smashing Man’s Head into Concrete Wall
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A jail surveillance video caught an incarcerated man’s head…
Los Angeles Secretive ‘Deputy Gangs’ Focus of Civil Trial, Provides Insight into Tattooed Law Enforcement Members
By The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A civil trial here this past couple of weeks…
Class Action Federal Suit Filed Against Sheriff, County for ‘Sweeping Campaign’ to Drive Asian Americans Out of Siskiyou County
By Cres Vellucci Jr. Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – Siskiyou County and Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue…
Water, Weed, and Racism – ACLU Comments on Siskiyou County ‘Discrimination’
By Mathew Seibert SISKIYOU COUNTY, CA – Siskiyou County civil rights groups charge they have identified “intentional…
Hunger Strike at Santa Rita Jail after Dec. 2021 Increases in Commissary Prices
By Patty Yao DUBLIN, CA — Since Jan. 7, 2022, incarcerated people in Santa Rita…
In Response to Wild COVID Outbreak, Jail Critics Demand Half of Incarcerated in Sacramento Jails Be Released because ‘Lives Depend on It’
By Cres Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept. decision to…
Legislative Measure Would Allow Non-Law Enforcement Candidates to Run for Sheriff
By Dalia Bautista Rodriguez STATE CAPITOL – State Senator Scott Wiener has authored the Sheriff Democracy and…
County Funding Skews Even More Toward District Attorney, Sheriff, Away from Public Defender
Yolo County – In 2017, Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor pushed for more equity in funding for…
Analysis: Harassment Settlement Agreement Was against Yolo County
In early February, the media reported a settlement agreement in a harassment case against Yolo County Sheriff…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Can Sheriff Credibly Commit to Limitation on Use of MRAP?
Two weeks ago when Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto spoke before the Yolo County Board of Supervisors…
Sheriff Prieto Releases Employee Survey Showing Half Fear Retaliation if They Speak Out
On Wednesday, Sheriff Ed Prieto released the results of an internal employee survey, resulting from June’s Grand…
Yolo County Formally Responds to Grand Jury Allegations Against Sheriff Prieto
In June, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County…
City of Davis Became a Sanctuary City in 2007
Yesterday afternoon it was reported that the Los Angeles Police Department is “no longer heeding federal immigration…
A New Way Forward? Working Group to Examine Issues Raised in Grand Jury Report
Last week, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County…
Sunday Commentary: Prieto is the One Who Can Stop This Now
The Grand Jury report that came out this week has the Board of Supervisors frustrated and the…
Newspapers Weigh in On Prieto GJR
On Thursday, two newspapers that cover Yolo County – the Sacramento Bee and the Woodland Daily Democrat…
Board May Ask Grand Jury To Clarify Their Report on Sheriff Prieto
On Tuesday afternoon, in response to a Grand Jury report, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors sent…
Vanguard Analysis: County Has Critical Decision to Make About Sheriff’s GJR
The county has a weird system in place. The sheriff is his own elected official even though…
Supervisors: GJR Not Responsive to Concerns Brought Forward; Superfluous to More Serious Allegations
Yesterday morning, the Yolo County Grand Jury cited Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto with a wide variety…
Grand Jury Hits Sheriff For “Leadership Practices from the Wild, Wild West”
The Grand Jury has hit Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto on a wide variety of issues, after…
