A new report from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's oversight office said the county is lagging on internal affairs investigations into deputy misconduct. Over the course of 2024, the Sheriff's ...

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith went on a Costco shopping spree Wednesday, not to buy food or household supplies. Instead, Smith purchased security cameras for her troubled jail.

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office cooperated with ICE at jails, groups claim The sheriff said his department does not assist ICE, but if agents find out from public court records when someone is ...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- A suspect opened fire on a Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputy last Friday in what investigators are calling an ambush. Sheriff Laurie Smith updated the media on Monday ...

The sheriff’s office confirms four recent detainments of people upon their jail releases, and say federal agents are using publicly available data to conduct the enforcement actions.