Lawyer for Sheriff Corpus responds to allegations – Palo Alto Daily Post

San Mateo sheriff’s scandal: Another former judge questions reliability of Cordell report

A second former judge has raised concerns about a 400-page investigative report into embattled San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, calling its methodology and conclusions into question. In a review released Friday, former Riverside County Superior Court Judge Burke E. Strunsky said the report — led by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell — suffers from “systemic methodological weaknesses” and relies heavily on uncorroborated claims, particularly…

Lawyer for Sheriff Corpus responds to allegations – Palo Alto Daily Post

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Rules for thee, not for me. A lawyer for embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus is making that argument in a 25-page report that’s intended to refute allegations Corpus retaliated against her employees, used racial and homophobic slurs, and acted dishonestly. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors plans to hold due process proceedings on whether to fire Corpus, and lawyers for Corpus are already attempting to make t…

San Mateo Co. sheriff's attorneys release report blasting county investigation

This new report says the judge who called for Sheriff Corpus to resign violated basic investigative procedures - that she did not record interviews with witnesses, did not meet them in person, and relied mainly on a single civilian employee for the most salacious accusations without hard evidence.

How nepotism allegations and a peeing puppy set the stage for a Bay Area sheriff’s removal

To really understand the whole mess in San Mateo County, you have to start with the overtime logs. Or maybe it was the urinating puppy. Or perhaps it was the $1,200 boots.  San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is facing removal by the Board of Supervisors after a cascade of allegations — some scandalous, some concerning, some just plain odd — portrayed a chaotic picture of her two years and three months in office. After a county investigato…