Sacramento County Sheriff's Office looking to expand K9 bomb dog unit
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is expanding one of its K9 teams, specifically the team searching for explosive devices with the Folsom Dam Raise Project underway.
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Shasta County Sheriff's Office closing Sacramento River to recreational boating due to increased releases
The Sacramento River between Shasta Lake and the Shasta County line will be closed to recreational boating due to increased ...
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Sacramento sheriff explains changes in response to mental health calls
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office no longer responds to non-criminal mental health calls for help, and it will impact other agencies.
Sacramento Metro firefighter push back against new Sacramento County sheriff's policy
Sacramento Metro firefighters say a new policy from the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office on mental health calls could put ...
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Sacramento sheriff no longer responds to some mental health calls. Community members concerned
Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies investigate a shooting in 2022. The Sheriff’s Office says deputies have limited their response to certain mental health-related 911 calls. Paul Kitagaki Jr ...
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‘He’s Just Old and Homeless’: California Jail Death Leads to Accusations of Neglect
That man, David Kent Barefield Sr., 55, was among seven detainees the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office reported dying at its facilities last year — and one of three who died at its main jail ...
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Families fear new Sacramento sheriff's office policy on non-criminal mental health calls
On Tuesday, Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper spoke publicly for the first time since the new policy went into effect. it was the result of a 2024 federal court ruling that found law ...
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Sacramento sheriff explains new policy to turn away certain calls for help
SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper on Tuesday gave more details about a new policy not to respond to non-criminal mental health calls. The policy changes are in response to a July ...
Sacramento County sheriff's deputies will no longer respond to non-criminal mental health emergencies
The decision follows a recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found police use of force in such situations unconstitutional.
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New Sacramento sheriff policy will change how others respond to emergency mental health calls
The man’s family two years later filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office over the deadly shooting. Nathaniel Levine [email protected] Sacramento County ...
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Sacramento County deputies no longer responding to mental health emergencies without crime component
LEE ANNE DENYER EXPLAINS. SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF JIM COOPER MADE IT CLEAR BEING MENTALLY ILL IS NOT A CRIME, AND WE CAN’T BE THE ANSWER. IN A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE, HE SAID HIS DEPUTIES ...
Deputies rescue sex trafficking victims in San Joaquin County
Two sex trafficking victims including a minor were rescued and three people were arrested during an operation in San Joaquin County. On Jan. 29, the San Joaquin County ...