The Highest Law in the Land reveals the rise of constitutional sheriffs, a movement that fuses hardline law enforcement with far-right ideology and Trumpist populism, and argues that the institution of the sheriff should be rethought in order to understand the threat it poses to American democracy.
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In early February, the media reported a settlement agreement in a harassment case against Yolo County Sheriff…
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On Wednesday, Sheriff Ed Prieto released the results of an internal employee survey, resulting from June’s Grand…
In June, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County…
Yesterday afternoon it was reported that the Los Angeles Police Department is “no longer heeding federal immigration…
Last week, the Yolo County Grand Jury came out with a report that alleged that Yolo County…
The Grand Jury report that came out this week has the Board of Supervisors frustrated and the…
On Thursday, two newspapers that cover Yolo County – the Sacramento Bee and the Woodland Daily Democrat…
On Tuesday afternoon, in response to a Grand Jury report, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors sent…
The county has a weird system in place. The sheriff is his own elected official even though…
Yesterday morning, the Yolo County Grand Jury cited Yolo County Sheriff Ed Prieto with a wide variety…