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How the "cop culture" continues to reproduce despite all efforts to change it

[quote]Nearly four dozen Alameda County sheriff’s deputies were wrongfully hired over the last six years despite unsatisfactory scores on their psychological exams — a revelation that forced the deputies, about 10% of the force, off active duty, and could put an untold number of criminal cases in legal limbo, the department confirmed Monday.

Beginning Friday, the 47 deputies — most of whom worked at the county’s Santa Rita jail — were told to turn in their firearms and move to desk duty after an internal audit revealed that each was hired despite falling short of psychological testing standards established by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

The moves followed the arrest of a sheriff’s deputy earlier this month in the execution-style killings of Benison Tran, 57, and his wife, Maria Tran, 42, in their Dublin home. The deputy, Devin Williams Jr., was hired by the sheriff’s office in September 2021 after failing to pass a probationary period with the Stockton Police Department.

Lt. Ray Kelly, a sheriff’s spokesman, declined to say whether Williams was among the 47 deputies who failed their entrance psychological evaluations, citing employee confidentiality laws. However, Kelly said Williams was “the reason for the audit, and he’s the reason that we discovered the background discrepancies.”


The botched hires bring an ignominious end to Sheriff Greg Ahern’s tenure at the Sheriff’s Office, which he has helmed since 2007. He recently lost his re-election campaign to the commander of the Santa Rita Jail in an election that centered largely on conditions at the jail and a stream of lawsuits against the county alleging woeful mental health care there. Earlier this year, the jail was placed under a federal consent decree in a bid to improve conditions at the facility.

Kara Janssen, one of the attorneys who helped secure the consent decree, described the latest revelations of improper hires by the sheriff’s office as “very concerning.” She expressed alarm at how the changes will affect staffing at the jail, which is one of the nation’s largest.

“It also speaks too just how bad conditions have been at that jail for so long, and the real need to change the culture in the institution,” Janssen said.[/quote]

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/09/26/47-alameda-county-sheriffs-deputies-removed-from-active-duty-after-poor-psychological-exams/
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