Safety in San Diego jails has been under the microscope since 2022 when a state audit found the county had the highest rate of inmate deaths in the entire state.
On Wednesday, San Diego County Sheriff Kelly Martinez and her staff hosted a press conference at the Kearney Mesa County Operations building to share updates to her department's jail policies and procedures. In one corner of the room, there were easels displaying magnified x-ray photos using improved body scanners that discovered drugs on, and sometimes in, jail inmates.
The Citizens Law Enforcement Review Board, an independent group of volunteers recognized by the county, has called on the sheriff's department to enforce daily staff scanning after reports of deputy drug-related arrests. Adams-Hyder told NBC 7 the idea is still under consideration and that staff now are subject to searches if there is enough intel that they might be harboring narcotics.
“They have intercepted narcotics on more than 200 occasions since January of this year,” said Martinez.
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