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The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is the chief law enforcement agency in the County of San Diego. The department is comprised of approximately 4,000 employees, both sworn officers and professional support staff. The department provides general law enforcement and jail functions for the people of San Diego County in a service area of approximately 4,200 square miles. In addition, the department provides specialized regional services to all of the county, whether they are needed in incorporated cities within the county or in the unincorporated areas not serviced by a city law enforcement agency.

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Bill Kolender, Sheriff

On Saturday March 10, 2007 the San Diego Sheriff's encouraged beatings, now they will be receiving one...

We at JAC had two meetings with the Sheriff's Department prior to March 10 to understand what the plan would be for a forced eviction if it should come to that. The Sheriff's office said that they would not honor the eviction of Karen and Walter and would form a line on the reservation to stop this eviction. When it came to pass that a forceful eviction was carried out the San Diego County Sheriff's were more interested in protecting the armed "Jamul Indian Police" than they were about the unarmed citizens of Jamul. Not only did the Sheriff's not come to the aid of citizens while they were being beaten with metal rods and pepper spray, but once on site they told the "Jamul Indian Police" that they were allowed to user reasonable means to move the guests of Walter and Karen off the property. Given that encouragement the "Jamul Indian Police" brought out the metal batons and pepper spray once again.

Perhaps most distressing is how little the Sheriff's department knows about the law as regarding the representation of oneself as an officer of the law. Of course, in their haste, the Jamul Indian Village may have overlooked a few minor items like Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Federal felonies to name but a few. Unfortunately the Sheriff's were not well enough acquainted with the law that they are sworn to uphold and did not arrest those committing felonies but rather supported them in their felonious attacks on the citizens of Jamul.

Of course some of this might have to do with the fact that many local law enforcement officials draw extra pay from a company known as Off Duty Officers. These folks have a great deal of explaining to do in terms of their hiring practices, their training, why they represented themselves as police officers when, in fact, they were not and their beating and spraying of unarmed citizens. Sounds like someone is going to be filing for bankruptcy shortly and, if the laws finally work as they are supposed to, be in for some jail time.

Supervisor Diane Jacob has taken on the investigation. The Sheriff's Department knows that they have not lived up to their sworn duty and have sent officers requesting meetings with the community. No meetings would have been necessary if they had simply lived up to the agreements that had been made in advance or had they performed their jobs in a competent manner. If you were there when we needed you don't come back around asking to smooth things over after you messed up!