Santa Clara County Sheriff-elect Bob Jonsen will take office nearly one month early, after the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to waive board policy.
Less than six weeks after his predecessor
, Sheriff-elect Robert “Bob” Jonsen was appointed to take the position a month earlier than expected after a vote Tuesday by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors., will assume the title of interim sheriff before he’s officially sworn in on Jan. 2. His appointment is pending the Dec. 8 deadline for certification of the election’s results. The retired Palo Alto police chief and former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s captain will become the first new sheriff in Santa Clara County since 1998.
“We are not here choosing who the sheriff is going to be. The voters have cast the votes to choose a new sheriff for Santa Clara County and currently we do not have an elected sheriff,” said Supervisor Otto Lee, who represents District 3. “There is a lot of healing to repair the distractions that need to happen in the Sheriff’s Office and the sheriff-elect should be given the opportunity to start that healing now.
The early appointment came after six-term sheriff Laurie Smith resigned on Oct. 31 amidst a corruption trial based on charges made by a civil grand jury. Despite pleas from her attorney to end the trial after her resignation, Smith was stemming from the case on Nov. 3. The trial carried no potential punishment other than Smith’s removal from office.that she would not seek re-election.was named Acting Sheriff until the newly elected sheriff was sworn into office.
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