Palo Alto Police Chief is best suited to restore trust and integrity to an office that lacks leadership under Laurie Smith.
Bob Jonsen has been Palo Alto police chief since 2018 and previously was Menlo Park’s police chief for five years. Laurie Smith’s decision not to run for a seventh term means that Santa Clara County will have a new sheriff next year.It’s a disgrace that the county’s top law enforcement official still refuses to answer questions under oath about whether she knew about corruption in her own office or was involved in it herself.
Two candidates — Palo Alto Police Chief Bob Jonsen and retired Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Captain Kevin Jensen — stand out as having the experience to hit the ground running and the knowhow for what will be a monumental task. Jensen is well-versed in the internal workings of the Santa Clara County department, having worked in a wide range of roles, including assistant chief of the Department of Correction and commander of the Elmwood Detention Facility. He lost a 2014 effort to unseat Smith, garnering 40% of the vote.
It’s still possible that Smith could be removed from office before the end of her term. A county civil grand jury in December accused her of seven counts of willful misconduct, alleging she extracted political favors in exchange for concealed-gun permits and stalled an outside investigation into her office’s handling of a high-profile 2018 jail inmate injury. A jury trial would determine if she should be removed from office.
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